The dough used in danishes is similar to the dough used in croissants. It is a very flaky, buttery yeast dough that takes more than a little bit of time and patience to put together. Sometimes it’s nice to dawdle over a batch of pastry on a lazy weekend morning, but other …
The Art of the Dessert
When it comes to baking – and cooking in general – there is always a place for new ideas, but there is often no substitute for experience. Ann Amernick, author of The Art of the Dessert, has been in the pastry business a long time and shares a lot of her …
Gingerbread Pancakes with Candied Ginger
It has been a long time since I made a batch of gingerbread pancakes, and an even longer time since I posted about them! I am always tweaking pancake recipes and, while the first batch from a few years ago is still good, a couple of changes make them …
Great Thanksgiving Leftover Sandwich Ideas
While I like heating up a plate of Thanksgiving leftovers and having a holiday dinner all over again, what I really like to do with leftover turkey is make sandwiches. The breasts are usually so large that you get perfect slices of meat – meaning that they’re quite big – for sandwiches …
Leftover Turkey Sandwiches with Homemade Cranberry Barbecue Sauce
One of the best things about Thanksgiving dinner is that there are always plenty of leftovers for the next day or two. This means that all the time and effort that went into cooking and cleaning on Thursday makes up for the fact that there is no need to spend much time …
Bites from other Blogs
- Pumpkin pie is easy to make as homemade pies go, but there are plenty of pumpkin desserts that are even easier. One of these is Tartelette‘s Pumpkin Semifreddo. A semifreddo is a frozen dessert that is a cross between mousse and ice cream, with a soft, …
Homemade Cranberry Jelly
Jellied Cranberry Sauce has a certain nostalgia to it because the can-shaped log of clear cranberry juice made an appearance of many of our Thanksgiving tables growing up. While whole berry cranberry sauce seems to be a bit more popular these days (especially amongst foodies and food bloggers), you have …
Pre-Black Friday Cookbook Sale!
Black Friday is just a few days away. Stores will open at the crack of dawn, lines of tired and hopefully people with too much caffeine in their systems will wait at their doors for the chance to be the first to get their hands on some amazing deals, stores will be …