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Tuesdays With Dorie – Soft Chocolate and Raspberry Tarts
Wow!
First of all, thank you for the outpouring of support last week on both the comment section of this blog, as well as on your own blogs. Having it be “your” week to host Tuesdays With Dorie is a lot like prom night, except this time I didn’t end up sobbing!
Looks pretty good, doesn’t [...]
Read More..>>Tuesdays With Dorie – Thumbprints For Us Big Guys
Hello. My name is Mike and I am a Big Guy.
For those of you who do not regularly read my site, I pretty much destroy everything I touch – baked goods included.
For this recipe, I destroyed my garlic press, which I used to crack the shells on my hazelnuts. GOTTA USE SOMETHING.
Otherwise, all [...]
Read More..>>Tuesdays With Dorie – Toasted Coconut Custard Tarts
I made up a batch of these on Saturday to bring to our new Dungeons and Dragons game on Saturday night. (shut up). I am a dwarf warrior named Thaddeus (shut up). Shut up (shut up).
You should have expected no less from a gentleman who has spent 100% of his $reading budget [...]
Tuesdays With Dorie – Honey Wheat Cookies
These were tremendous. My first tray came out a little underdone so I adjusted. I took these to our Office Olympics party (yes, we had Office Olympics, and yes, we won the gold medal in balloon animals). After people’s initial hesitance (based on the name “honey wheat cookies”), the whole batch of [...]
Read More..>>Tuesdays With Dorie – Chocolate Chip Cookies
How come, despite all of my improvement in baking over the last year and a half, I manage to screw up chocolate chip cookies – the standard cookie! THE STANDARD COOKIE!
My cookies all spread out like crazy and burnt on the bottom. Yum.
Tuesdays With Dorie – Somebody’s Brownies For Julia
I made these all wrong. Instead of putting half of the egg mixture into the chocolate mixture, I put ALL of the chocolate mixture into ALL of the egg mixture. So I didn’t get to do any of the delicate folding that the recipe called for. Still, these turned out pretty well. [...]
Read More..>>Tuesdays With Dorie – Chocolate Mini-Bundt Cakes
I forgive you, Dorie, for the marshmallow debacle. These were moist and delicious. I think I should have warmed the glaze a little more so that I could get that smooth, “runny” look like in the cookbook, but I’m pretty happy with these.
I bought a mini-bundt pan for the occasion, except I didn’t [...]
Read More..>>Broccoli Rice Casserole
I’ve never made a casserole before. This one was fairly quick to throw together – long-grain rice, chopped broccoli, cheese, onions, butter, a small bit of mayo, some flour and ground mustard seed, and bread crumbs. I’d like to say I enjoyed this more. It needed more flavor – maybe a stronger [...]
Read More..>>Tuesdays With Dorie REWIND – Marshmallows
I have been so excited to try this recipe. Rachel’s sister made homemade marshmallows for her daughters’ baptism and they were amazing.
Mine…
Terribly disappointed. The gelatin and sugary-meringue mix became separate, leaving me with a super-sticky white layer and a firm, Jell-O-ish layer of sewage-brown nothingness. They taste fine, but definitely nothing I [...]
Read More..>>Eggplant Crepes with Roasted Tomato Sauce
Roasted eggplant rolls filled with spinach, ricotta, and parmesan, topped with shreds of gruyere. Homemade tomato sauce out of fresh plum tomatoes. I did not have high hopes that this would work out well for me.
LOOKIT.
Even my inability to slice an eggplant couldn’t stop this dinner from looking…well, I must say, downright edible.
It [...]