Archive for September, 2010
Tuesdays With Dorie – Tarte Fine
This was pretty okay. I wish this had included a recipe for a homemade puff pastry. This needed probably double the sugar on top. My apples were not particularly flavorful. I hate my life. ACK! Anyway, here’s your stupid tart already. Here is my second run on Pink Velvet Cupcakes, since you asked. Much pinker [...]
Tuesdays With Dorie – Coffee Break Muffins
I think I may have made the coffee too strong on this (or maybe I just shouldn’t have used a Starbucks blend with that traditional burny flavor). I can see what Dorie was going for with this recipe, but I feel like the coffee bitter is just a tiny bit too strong. Of course, these [...]
Tuesdays With Dorie – Raspberry Upside-Downer
I hate doing substitutions on TWD recipes. I feel like I’m doing this to experience Dorie’s recipes, and that doesn’t include dicking around with success. Still, I couldn’t find cranberries. Onward and upward! I used frozen raspberries because they were cheap and, like cranberries, not super sweet. This is not my favorite TWD recipe, and [...]
Tuesdays With Dorie – Peanut Butter Crisscrosses
There’s not an awful lot to write about these cookies. If you’ve ever had peanut-butter cookies, you know all about these. If you’ve never had homemade peanut butter cookies, YOU’VE LED AN EMPTY LIFE.