Company this week meant lots of opportunities to bake--so many, in fact, that I didn't get around to baking this week's
Tuesdays with Dorie pick, Date Nut Loaf, chosen by Mary of
Popsicles and Sandy Feet. She has great pictures and a terrific write-up. When I baked it, I remember that it had great taste and a lovely texture.
With the first strawberries of the season, I baked Dorie's La Palette's Strawberry Tart, an absolutely delicious dessert for. A simple nut-crust-sweet-tart base, smeared with strawberry preserves, piled with fresh strawberries, and topped with a splash of creme fraiche. It was amazing!
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| La Palette's Strawberry Tart |
Then I made the Oatmeal Breakfast Bread (for people who claimed not to like oatmeal) and was barely able to snap this picture before it entirely disappeared.
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| Last bit of Oatmeal Breakfast Bread |
We celebrated the birthday of a young woman who loves pumpkin pie so I baked Dorie's Caramel Pumpkin pie. Almost forgot to snap that picture, too, and didn't manage to get one with the whipped cream on top.
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Caramel pumpkin pie
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We received fresh mint with our CSA share this week and so I played around with Dorie's vanilla ice cream recipe, infused some cream and made mint ice cream with some shaved chocolate on top. Wow!
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| Mint ice cream with chocolate shavings |
Wow, you have been one busy baker. I need to make all four recipes. The strawberry tart looks delish and I have wanted to make the oatmeal bread. I did make the caramel pumpkin pie, yummy!
ReplyDeleteHave a great day. We are enjoying the Date Nut Loaf.
It sounds like you had a good time and produced some fabulous desserts.
ReplyDeleteOoh, that's a great way to use up that mint! It looks delicious.
ReplyDeleteWow, so much baking this week! I loved the date loaf, but I love dates.
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