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

[Ann_T]

Thanks @kayb.

Blueberry Pie, just out of the oven.

Bought a pie plate/server from someone who advertised it on a local "New/Used repurposed furniture and household items facebook page" for the big sum of $5.00.

 

Couldn't resist it.

[Smithy]

7 minutes ago, Ann_T said:

Thanks @kayb.

Blueberry Pie, just out of the oven.

Bought a pie plate/server from someone who advertised it on a local "New/Used repurposed furniture and household items facebook page" for the big sum of $5.00.

 

Couldn't resist it.

 

The pie is beautiful, and the pie dish is a real find! It looks as though you baked the pie directly in the dish. Did you use the cover for any of that? I can see how that might help control browning and crispness. Whether that would be good or bad is another question.

[Ann_T]

7 minutes ago, Smithy said:

 

The pie is beautiful, and the pie dish is a real find! It looks as though you baked the pie directly in the dish. Did you use the cover for any of that? I can see how that might help control browning and crispness. Whether that would be good or bad is another question.

@Smithy,  The person that I bought it from had never baked in it.  Only used it to take pies to potlucks.

I looked on line and found a number of different versions of the same thing, called both pie plates and pie servers. Couldn't find a picture where someone actually baked in it.   Most of the pictures referred to it as vintage.  No idea if it is old or new.  But it is made in Portugal.   Anyway, I figured since I only paid $5.00 for it, I really had nothing to lose if the pie plate broke in the oven.  Warned Moe that it would either work or I would be throwing out a pie.   Thankfully it worked.

 

ETA:  No, I did not cover the pie with the lid while it was baking.   I'm pretty sure it is only meant as decoration.

Edited November 16, 2019 by Ann_T (log)

[Matthew.Taylor]

From the King Arthur flour Cookie Companion. These are called Harvest Moons. Some with the suggested pumpkin pie spice glaze, some without.

[Kim Shook]

Every Fall since 2009 - when I got the recipe from @Lisa2k – I get the urge to make this Fig/Mascarpone/Apple Tart.  Along with her Green Apple Ice it makes the most perfect, seasonal dessert.  I put it together over the last few days for a dinner party we gave last night.  I started the ice on the 11^th.  I did the crust a couple of days ago and baked the whole thing day before yesterday.  Pressed into the tart pan:

I love that this doesn’t have to be rolled out and transferred to the pan.  The mascarpone/fig filling:

 

With the apples and glaze:

 

And drizzled with apple cider caramel sauce:

 

And Green Apple Ice:

Gratifying moans and groans ensued!

[Smithy]

On 11/17/2019 at 7:07 PM, Kim Shook said:

Every Fall since 2009 - when I got the recipe from @Lisa2k – I get the urge to make this Fig/Mascarpone/Apple Tart.  Along with her Green Apple Ice it makes the most perfect, seasonal dessert.  I put it together over the last few days for a dinner party we gave last night.  I started the ice on the 11^th.  I did the crust a couple of days ago and baked the whole thing day before yesterday.  Pressed into the tart pan:

I love that this doesn’t have to be rolled out and transferred to the pan.  The mascarpone/fig filling:

 

With the apples and glaze:

 

And drizzled with apple cider caramel sauce:

 

And Green Apple Ice:

Gratifying moans and groans ensued!

 

That looks delightful, Kim! You sent me down a rabbit hole looking for the recipe(s). For those who also would like to know more about them, here is a link to @Lisa2k's original post. In a later post, she notes that the actual recipe is in her blog, linked in her signature.

 

Ah, here it is.

 

 

[blue_dolphin]

@Kim Shook, I have to echo @Smithy's "delightful" comment on that dish and I thank her for the links to the recipes. If I ever saw something like that on a restaurant menu, I would break my "look but don't touch" dessert rule in an instant! I was also pleased to read that the recipe calls for dried figs as I thought your photo looked like they might be fresh, and out of reach around here. 

Do you make the green apple ice in an ice cream maker? I don't have one but would love to make this over the holidays. Or maybe I can rope my cousin in to the plan and use hers!

[Kim Shook]

11 hours ago, blue_dolphin said:

@Kim Shook, I have to echo @Smithy's "delightful" comment on that dish and I thank her for the links to the recipes. If I ever saw something like that on a restaurant menu, I would break my "look but don't touch" dessert rule in an instant! I was also pleased to read that the recipe calls for dried figs as I thought your photo looked like they might be fresh, and out of reach around here. 

Do you make the green apple ice in an ice cream maker? I don't have one but would love to make this over the holidays. Or maybe I can rope my cousin in to the plan and use hers!

Thank you so much!  I do make the green apple ice in an ice cream maker, but if you look at the recipe, you'll see that @Lisa2k says you can do it in a shallow tray.  I happen to have a little cheapo ice cream maker (a hand me down from my MIL's neighbor) that doesn't make very good ice cream, but comes out once a year to make THIS.  😁 

 

I, too, love the fact that it is made with dried figs.  The window for fresh figs is so small and it never comes along at the same time as good apples in my area.  I love finding dried fig recipes!  I hope you get a chance to make this and enjoy it.  The recipe looks a little complicated and there are a few steps, but each step is really simple and most can be done ahead of time.  

[shain]

Filo cups, with good ricotta, flavored with vanilla.

Some pomegranate and mint. Some with dark chocolate and Amarena cherries.

 

 

[heidih]

Got up at 3 so already had breakfast and lunch...  Orange olive cake is in the oven. Not too sweet. I picked the oranges after it was light enough to see well. They are not juicy yet but the zest is lovely. Waiting for the scent from the oven to come up. 

Edited November 22, 2019 by heidih (log)

[CatIsHungry]

Well, I wasn't quite as motivated as Heidih ... the other day I made a little (and I mean little!) 3-layer 6" white cake with vanilla IMBC - it was so cute - so little!  ... Mr Cat asked for a slice so I brought him a quarter of the cake - to me that was a slice  ... when I brought it to him he looked at me like  ... he took a quarter slice to work the next day and shared it with TWO other people  ... well, that's what I get for thinking a quarter slice of a little tiny cake is one piece, I guess   ... I also sent the same size slice to Cat Son ... he did not share  

[heidih]

My meauring cups were all occupied so I "eye-balled" the orange olive oil cake. Probably low on sugar but really good to my taste. It was oranges as kumquats were pea green and the ground around was muddy ...  It has a lovely texture.  Obviously I have sampled

[blue_dolphin]

46 minutes ago, heidih said:

My meauring cups were all occupied so I "eye-balled" the orange olive oil cake.

 

OK, I'll bite. What were your all measuring cups occupied with?  And why was your scale unavailable? 

[heidih]

My old scale is stuck behind this "tractor" and I had a yeast starter in one and rice and fish heating in another - only have 2. and hand issues so pyrex with a handle is my preferred mode  

Edited November 22, 2019 by heidih (log)

[Matthew.Taylor]

Here’s something I made for the kids for our pre-thanksgiving Thanksgiving meal with my sister and her family. They head up north for thanksgiving so Travis parents can see the kids.

[blue_dolphin]

A slice & bake version of Poilâne's Corn Sablés.  The recipe appears in Apollonia Poilâne’s new book, “Poilâne, The Secrets of the World-Famous Bread Bakery.” I used the recipe that Dorie Greenspan wrote about in the NYT: A Cookie Inspired by American Cornbread, Perfected in a French Bakery.

Instead of rolling the dough and using a 2" inch cutter, I shaped it into 2" diameter logs. 

Dorie describes the corn flour called for as, "a type of cornmeal so finely milled that you can barely feel the grain’s grit."  I purchased corn flour but it must be a more coarsely ground product as my cookies have a slightly gritty texture.  I don't mind it, but I might try sifting the corn flour next time to see if that makes a difference. On the other hand, she also says that sablé means sandy so maybe the texture is as it should be, though mine do look a bit more coarse than the article photo does. 

Either way, I like them - buttery, sandy and not too sweet. 

 

[Anna N]

37 minutes ago, blue_dolphin said:

Dorie describes the corn flour called for as, "a type of cornmeal so finely milled that you can barely feel the grain’s grit."

I did not know there was such a thing as corn flour distinct from what I know as cornstarch until I started baking from Modernist Bread and was able to source corn flour at my bulk food store.

[blue_dolphin]

28 minutes ago, Anna N said:

I did not know there was such a thing as corn flour distinct from what I know as cornstarch until I started baking from Modernist Bread and was able to source corn flour at my bulk food store.

 

I bought mine at the same local mill where I get the coarser stuff I use for polenta.  It is certainly finer than the polenta stuff, but still with a noticeable grit.  I went ahead and sifted enough for another batch with a mesh strainer, giving the coarse bits an extra grind in my old whirly-blade coffee grinder until they were fine enough to pass through.  Dorie recommended the Bob's Red Mill corn flour for these cookies but I don't want to buy more corn stuff.  I'll save that expense and perhaps invest it in some cultured butter as Dorie says they use at Poilâne 🙃

[shain]

Doriyaki. Half with the classic anko paste, then again, some of them with peanuts and some with chestnuts. The other half with matcha creme patissiere.

 

 

[caroled]

Today I made the desserts for tomorrow, our US Thanksgiving. I have for the last 4 years made a batch of  my grandmother's Banana bread, it makes 3 loaves, and one happily went away with the young man who helps out with tasks too arduous for us to handle. 

I also made a hot fudge pie, and my first ever attempt at butter tarts.  OMG!!! they are one of the best little bites I have ever had. 

Rounding out the table will be a purchased pumpkin roll. Gussied up with fresh whipped cream of course.

 

Happy Thanksgiving to you all! 

[heidih]

Friends have requested spiced cookies like gingerbread. . I'm thinking more along the lines of pfeffernusse. Will play.

[andiesenji]

November 30, 2019

Today's bake.
Apple kuchen.
I had planned to make an apple bread pudding on T-Day but ended up just baking a small bread pudding.

Today I decided to mix up some dough for scones but as I began to measure out the liquid, I stopped at half the amount. I mixed in some self-rising flour, a little sugar, some almond extract. Then cored and sliced 3 apples, layered them with the batter/dough, sprinkling with cinnamon/sugar.
Baked for 65 minutes at 370°F.
Very tasty.

[shain]

Crepe Suzette.

 

 

[Margaret Pilgrim]

Lovely, shain.   This reminds me of another crepe dessert that I love for its simplicity.    Sugar and lemon crepes

[jmacnaughtan]

@shain, this is clearly not the Crêpes Suzette photo that we want to see.

 

Where are the flames?