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My Second Tuesday: Double-Crusted Blueberry Pie

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe was Double-Crusted Blueberry Pie (courtesy of Amy of South in Your Mouth, where you can find the recipe). I don’t like blueberry pie (or any other kind of fruit pie), but the rest of my family loves it. And I don’t like rolling out pie crust. So I delegated [...]

More Dorie!

Friday, July 4th, 2008

This would, I guess, be Wednesday with Dorie, but let’s keep that among ourselves. We (Husband, #1 Son, #2 Son, #1 Son’s Girlfriend, and I) were going to an outdoor concert the other evening for which I was making a picnic dinner, and I thought “Where better to look for a dessert recipe than my [...]

Pear Cheddar Scones

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

This is my first Tuesdays with Dorie post, the raison d’etre for Confectiona’s Realm. I’m so excited! Dorie’s recipe is for Apple Cheddar Scones, but I didn’t have any dried apples. I did have dried pears, so there we are. I love making scones for breakfast, because I can mix all the dry ingredients the [...]

Garlic-Rosemary Knots

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

We’re having lamb chops and twice-baked potatoes for dinner this evening, courtesy of #1 Son, but I contributed the rolls, Buttery Garlic Knots with Rosemary. They looked delicious, and they were.

Mise en place

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

The fortuitous discovery of Dorie Greenspan’s Baking: From My Home to Yours on the sale rack at Borders last week has led me to this point: I must blog, so that I can take part in Tuesdays with Dorie. It’s amazing the things we’ll do for an excuse to eat sugar, isn’t it? Along the [...]

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