These are rounds of meringues, sandwiched with whipped cream and rolled in chocolate shavings and other crunchy bits. Dorie calls them little marvels after the famous…
Phew, we’ve finished making the lemon meringue layer cake. This is next to the last in the layer cakes section of the book, Baking with Dorie,…
Chocolate/ classics/ Dorie Greenspan/ foundation recipe/ Nut
Oatmeal Cookies with Nuts and Chocolate | Baking with Dorie
The classic chocolate chip cookie recipe calls for equal parts butter, sugar and flour. (Or the simple ratio of 8 ounces/two sticks/272 grams of butter: 4…
Chocolate/ classics/ Cream/ dessert/ Dorie Greenspan/ French/ pastry
Chocolate Eclairs | Baking with Dorie
The name éclair means “flash of lightning;” they are elongated. (I like word games, such as Wordle and Spelling Bee, so any word trivia would get…
This big banana cake is no joke in terms of its size and the time commitment getting to the finish line. I spent the full day…
The marbled cheesecake follows all the classic methods. It has a graham cracker crust and a filling made by whipping together cream cheese, eggs and heavy…
Biscuits rose may not be the apt description for the cookies I’ve made, because I did’t use red dye to color them in the pinkish tone…
In my early bread baking days, I made a lot of brioche, primarily using a sourdough starter. My experience with the brioche dough has been generally…
dessert/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Pantry essentials
Brown-Sugar Oat Squares | Baking with Dorie
This is a quick and easy recipe that uses only basic pantry ingredients. Even bakers with limited experience can be successful in making these. All you…
Coffee shortbread has a distinct coffee flavor that you can’t miss. Less obvious is the subtle flavor of lemon zest and cardamon. Together, these shortbread cookies…
breakfast/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ make ahead/ Pantry essentials/ Side
Tender Biscuits | Baking with Dorie
Tender biscuits may be easy to do, but hard to make perfect — from my experience. The dough comes together by hand in a bowl. No…
Chocolate/ Dorie Greenspan/ Fruit/ Middle Eastern
Rugelach with Classic or Cream Cheese Fillings | Baking with Dorie
Rugelach is popular in our neighborhood in the New York metropolitan area. You can find them in every grocery store. We often pick up a box…
The orange spice cake reminds me of the pecan-cranberry loaf we made last year around Thanksgiving. Fall theme, warm spices, quick one-bowl hand mixing and a…
5 ingredients or less/ classics/ dessert/ Dorie Greenspan/ French/ Fruit
Tarte Tatin | Baking with Dorie
I’ve made multiple attempts at tarte Tatin over the years, but haven’t been fully satisfied with the results. Every time I vowed to come back with…
classics/ dessert/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ holidays/ make ahead/ Nut
Maple-Walnut Pie | Baking with Dorie
If maple-walnut pie does not ring the bell, maple-pecan pie will. Thanksgiving is around the corner, it’s the season to make the iconic pecan pie. However,…
breakfast/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Fruit/ Nut/ quick cake/ year round
Morning Bundt Cake | Baking with Dorie
I want to have a piece of the morning bundt cake, together with a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice and latte for breakfast. There is…
autumn/ dessert/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ featured/ Fruit
Apple Galette with Caramel Applesauce | Baking with Dorie
There are a few apple galettes I make: French country style, apple with calvados, or a tart with apple compote. The common elements are the sweet…
Dorie Greenspan/ Other Breads/ quick bread/ scalable/ year round
Buttermilk-Molasses Rye Quick Bread | Baking with Dorie
This is a one-bowl quick bread recipe, slightly cake-like, very dark blend of rye, wheat and all-purpose flour by Dorie. Drawing on Dorie’s approach, I make…
There are changes in the air: peaches are giving way to late-summer figs in the farmers’ market. I grab a few cartoons of black figs, some…
Berry/ classics/ dessert/ Dorie Greenspan/ French/ my favorites/ scalable
Alsatian-Style Blueberry Tart | Baking with Dorie
There are a few of my favorite things to which I’ll keep going back. Blueberry tart is among the top of the heap. I can’t agree…
Chocolate/ dessert/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ make ahead
Caramel Crunch-Chocolate Chunklet Cookies | Baking with Dorie
There are several unexpected elements — in a good way about the caramel crunch-chocolate chunklet cookies. First off, there is no caramel in the ingredient list…
The idea of a parfait-layered vacherin is an unfamiliar one for me. Never before have I made or tasted one. The biggest assist comes when I…
Berry/ breakfast/ Dorie Greenspan/ summer
Lemony Yogurt Muffins with Blueberries | Baking with Dorie
Muffins with a lot of blueberries folded into them are Dorie’s go-to as well as her template for fruit muffins. I love blueberry muffins and I’m…
Berry/ dessert/ Dorie Greenspan/ easy everyday/ Fruit/ summer
Strawberry-Rhubarb Squares | Baking with Dorie
Strawberry and rhubarb is a classic paring as well as a perfect summer dessert in the form of a cake. In this recipe in Baking with…
Berry/ dessert/ Dorie Greenspan/ my favorites/ Pantry essentials/ scalable
Jelly Roll Cake Unlike Any Other | Baking with Dorie
Starting off with the classic jelly roll cake recipe from Baking with Dorie, I ended up with a version that’s unlike any other cake I’ve made.…