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Cream Puffs – pâte à choux (pate a choux)
Another classic, basic pastry, pâte à choux, can be used to make all sorts of awesome things fairly quickly. From cream puffs, to eclairs, to savory gougères, it’s a good trick to have up your sleeve. The Alton Brown episode where he makes pate a choux is awesome, by the way, like most things he does. 1.0 pâte à choux Ingredients: 1 1⁄2 […]
Puff Pastry
January 10, 2013
Also known as pâte feuilletée. There are many recipes for “quick” puff pastry, with a food processor – but this one turns out nicer. It is based on an old post from my favorite food blog (she’s since moved and is now ) You make two doughs, and then role them together. The first is the […]
Buche de Noel – Chestnut – bûche de noël
December 21, 2012
This is another multi-step cake. There’s still time to make one for Christmas (or just because it’s a log. Log, Log, It’s big it’s round it’s wood.) Much like opera cake, it is made in a sheet pan or jelly roll pan. Prep 1 half sheet pan (15×12 inches the biggest you have in your […]
Bread – Plain French Boule & Rye
November 30, 2012
Technically speaking, this is not a sweet recipe. Make it into french toast or something. This makes two loafs, you can make them the same, or I made one rye (with no caraway, I’m not a fan or seeds in my bread – California is on notice about this). Get started the night before you […]
Chess Pie – Thanksgiving Pie 1
November 18, 2012
This recipe is yet another one I modified slightly from one in my mom’s recipe box; it is originally from my grandmother. This is going to be my Thanksgiving dessert – because pumpkin/squash pie isn’t a favorite. I was going to make this into a butternut squash chess pie, but it got vetoed by the […]
Pie Crust (Old Fashioned Lard) – and Mini-pies
October 28, 2012
This recipe is one I modified slightly from one in my mom’s recipe box; it is originally from my grandmother. It is southern, and contains lard. It is the most flakey pie crust I have ever encountered, just don’t feed it to your kosher vegetarian friends. Finding lard has proven difficult, but Eataly in NY […]
Opera Cake
October 10, 2012
This is probably my favorite cake – which is also a multi-step process. Usually this is made as two large (half sheet) pans, but that is a lot of cake – so this is a smaller version. Prep 1 half sheet pan (15×12 inches the biggest you have in your home kitchen) by coating it […]
sam makes sweets 
January 11, 2013
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