Your Daily Sweets: What Are You Making and Baking? (2017 – )

[Jim D.]

@Pete Fred  I always enjoy your experiments (usually successful I have noted) into the world of sweets.  I was struck by your recent comment: 

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the pastry welded itself to the tin in places

 

Do have you any ideas as to why this happens?  I tried buttering the pie pan, and that resulted in an unpleasant fried look and taste to the crust.  I suspected I might be patting the crust into the pie pan too firmly; changing that technique seemed to help some, but not consistently.

[Pete Fred]

I'm not sure if it may just have been inexperience with this type of pie, @Jim D.. I made it the night before and left it out in a (very) cold kitchen, and when I came to cut a slice for lunch the next day I had the problem trying to remove it. But later that evening I reheated the pie (in the tin) in the microwave and it released just fine.

 

This is not something I've encountered before making European-style tarts in rings. Baking pies in dishes/pans/tins is not something I do very often, so I'm curious if this cold/warm thing is, y'know, a thing. Or should a well made pie come out of the dish just fine, hot or cold? Hopefully wiser pie-heads can chip in and help us both out.

[RobertM]

On 12/1/2024 at 12:30 PM, TdeV said:

 

Yum! Do you have a recipe for this, Robert?

Sorry I haven’t responded sooner, I was on vacation and didn’t see your request.

 

This was from King Arthur 

https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/easy-pecan-pie-bars-recipe

 

Easy Pecan Pie Bars….

 

hope it’s ok to put the link up….

 

[Pete Fred]

Shauna Sever's Chocolate Chip Cookie Brittle (via Food52)...

 

 

It was a little too brittle-y/crunchy for me. I prefer something more biscuity (in the English sense). But if brittles are your thing, then it does exactly what it says on the tin.

[OlyveOyl]

Pear, chestnut spread and hazelnut tart.  The spread had some rum added to it prior to spreading on the frozen crust which was a very positive addition to the spread! A Comice pear was sliced over the filling and sprinkled generously with crushed hazelnuts, baked for about 25 minutes until the chestnut spread started to bubble up. We really enjoyed this combination of flavors!

[Steve Irby]

Here's a sampling of the output from the past several days.  I've made Cornetti from the Carol Fields bread book for years.  Not Instagram ready but so good hot out of the oven.  The trim was placed in a muffin cup with homemade pear preserves.

 

 

Chocolate Seduction from a little Consumer Guide booklet that I was gifted around 1982.  The recipe calls for a 10 inch tart pan but I made  five 4-inch tartlets.

 

 

 

And from a yard sale cookbook by Linda Collister - Divine Chocolate Recipes.  Maybe my favorite chocolate and pecan cookie recipe.  I used Callebaut 811 in all of the recipes. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited Saturday at 01:12 PM by Steve Irby (log)

[Smithy]

I thought I recognized Chocolate Seduction! I have, or at least used to have, that same Consumer Guide booklet. I'll have to look for it. Thanks for the reminder!

[OlyveOyl]

Pear tart again, this time with caramel sauce and chopped walnuts.  Obligatory serving of vanilla ice cream on the side.

[Tropicalsenior]

I had some pie dough leftover from the quiche I made yesterday so I made six little Cherry streusel tarts to have for Christmas Eve tomorrow night.

[RWood]

A couple of decorated Christmas cookies

[MaryIsobel]

33 minutes ago, RWood said:

A couple of decorated Christmas cookies

Those are absolutely fabulous! You are truly an artist.

[ElsieD]

Stunning!

[FauxPas]

1 hour ago, RWood said:

A couple of decorated Christmas cookies

 

Those snowmen have so much detail!  They are really gorgeous. 

 

Is that Royal Icing? How did you do that lovely little bit of holly on the hat? 

 

 

[RWood]

45 minutes ago, FauxPas said:

 

Those snowmen have so much detail!  They are really gorgeous. 

 

Is that Royal Icing? How did you do that lovely little bit of holly on the hat? 

 

 

Thanks! It’s all Royal icing. I piped the little Holly leaves with a paper cone. 

[curls]

 

Whipped shortbread thumbprints from "Jam Bake" by Camilla Wynne. First recipe that I have tried from this book and they are delicious!

[curls]

My favorite fudgy brownie recipe.

 

 

 

 

[Shelby]

On 12/23/2024 at 5:54 PM, RWood said:

A couple of decorated Christmas cookies

WOW

[RWood]

Last thing I’m making. Lasagne is in the oven, and got the bûche decorated.

Decided on tiramisu this time.

[TdeV]

@RWood, I have a farmer friend who has a great fondness for tractors. How I would love to take him that bûche!

 

 

Edited to add: He's 91 in a nursing home, so this is not a real request. But I shall take him the photo!

 

 

Edited yesterday at 06:47 PM by TdeV (log)

[Pete Fred]

My fourth annual Christmas Day Steamed Brigade Pudding...

 

 

The crust is a suet pastry; this year the filling was <deep breath> apples, pears, black treacle, dark brown sugar, raisins, ground almonds, ginger, mace, cinnamon, mixed spice, rum, lemon zest and juice, oh and tequila... and sumac.

 

I only really make it for a bit of a goof (hello tequila and sumac 👋), but I do look forward to the leftovers through Christmas week.

 

Next year I might try to get hold of some individual pudding moulds; I think they'd make for a nicer presentation.