Pecan Honey Sticky Buns, Part 2

I finally made it to the store and attempted to make the Pecan Honey Sticky Buns again.  This time, the dough came together nicely.  The smell of these sticky buns baking was absolutely AMAZING!  No candle, potpourri or other fragrance can replicate that scent, though I do love to burn bakery scents when I’m not [...]

Pecan Honey Sticky Buns, Part 1

This week’s Tuesdays With Dorie recipe for Pecan Honey Sticky Buns was selected by Madam Chow of Madam Chow’s Kitchen.  The sticky buns are made from a brioche dough.  This was my first attempt at making both brioche and sticky buns, though I’ve made many a cinnamon roll before.  I knew from reading other bloggers [...]

Brown Sugar-Pecan Shortbread Cookies

Shortbread is quickly becoming one of my favorite things to bake.  It has become one of my go-to egg-free desserts.  I used to think that shortbread was boring and plain and tended to skip right past most shortbread recipes.  But now recipes for shortbread catch my eye.  Now I can’t resist the deliciously buttery and [...]

Florida Pie

This week’s Tuesday’s with Dorie has turned in to Thursdays with Dorie, for me anyway.  I apologize for the delay.  We had a busy weekend, as I’m sure many of you did, and Tuesday was here before I knew it.  I should have planned ahead a little more.  Over the weekend, I celebrated my first [...]

The Most Extraordinary Lemon Cream Tart

This week’s Tuesdays With Dorie recipe was selected by Mary of Starting From Scratch.  Even though I don’t like lemon desserts, I knew The Picky Apple would want to try this, and I got to brush up on several techniques that I don’t use regularly.  This recipe made me realize just how incomplete my kitchen [...]

Gooey Chocolate Cakes

This is my first week participating in Tuesdays with Dorie, the group dedicated to baking its way through Dorie Greenspan’s Baking From My Home To Yours.  This week’s recipe, Chocolate Gooey Cakes, was selected by Leigh of Lemon Tartlet.  I’ve always had a weakness for molten chocolate cakes like this, so I was super excited [...]