Anna | November 20, 2009
November isn’t cherry season, but you can still serve cherry pie in the fall. The trick is finding a recipe that makes good use of the alternatives – canned and frozen. Mixing cherries with raspberries is one way of making a canned cherry pie more exciting. While you won’t get the firm [...]
Anna | November 20, 2009
This week I’ve been practicing my pie crust making technique. Even though I know the basic rules of tender crust – use cold ingredients and don’t over work the dough, I still run into problems. My dough usually sticks because I don’t use enough flour for dusting surfaces, I’m not good at crimping, [...]
Anna | November 19, 2009
I’m in the midst of more pie baking and hope to have a good one for you tomorrow. For today, here’s a cookie adapted from the current issue of Every Day Food. This recipe was excellent and the bittersweet chocolate and tangy cranberry combo hit the spot.
Double Chocolate Cranberry Cookies
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Anna | November 18, 2009
Yesterday I made two pies for a school event — one was pecan and the other was sweet potato. The pies were to be turned in today, but I had a meeting with a flooring guy and couldn’t drop them off myself. Todd had to do it for me, which means I don’t [...]
Anna | November 17, 2009
I’ve been busy today making pies for a school function. I’d planned on making just one pecan pie, but I found this sweet potato pie that looked so good, I decided to make one of each. The sweet potato pie is cooling and may or may not be worth posting, so for now [...]