November 9, 2009 · 1 Comment
This is the first pie I’ve ever made. Okay, I’ve made pie crust before for fruit tarts and I’ve made pie shaped things like quiche, but I’ve never actually made a pie. If you know how much I love pie, it’s even more suprising. I love pie so much that at my wedding, I didn’t want a wedding cake, I wanted many kinds of pie (and got what I wanted)!
Sweet potato pie is sort of like pumpkin pie in that it’s an orange pie made from a vegetable and it includes spices like cinnamon and nutmeg.
I made this pie with sweet potatoes that we bought in Vientiane. We can’t usually get them up here yet. The variety of sweet potatoes that we can get in Laos isn’t as rich and moist as the kind in the US, but it still made a great pie. (more…)
Categories: desserts · produce · vegetarian
November 3, 2009 · 1 Comment
The Once and Future Apple Cake is a cake with a story. It began with a little girl whose mother baked apple cakes, but then died when the girl was young. When the girl grew up, she searched and searched for an apple cake like her mother’s. Please read the story and recipe here. I can’t tell the story any better than it has already been told. (more…)
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I’m visiting James’ family in the Dominican Republic. We’re having a very Christmassy time even though we’ll actually spend Christmas at a cottage on a beach. Today we made wreathes, listened to Christmas music, and made peppernuts. This is the second time we’ve made peppernuts because the first batch was eaten in less than 24 hours. (more…)
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Our British friends invited us to “high tea” and asked us to bring something appropriate for a tea, so I made these. I tried a recipe I found here, but the texture of the dough wasn’t right. I altered the recipe and made another batch before the tea. I love how apple and chedder taste together. I’ll definitely make these scones again. (more…)
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I love that galettes are like pies, except less fussy. You don’t need a pie pan or any skill at shaping a pie crust. This probably works with a variety of fruits, but I know that it works with peaches. (more…)
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