Close-up of a golden braided raisin bread with coarse sugar on a wooden board.

Tuesdays with Dorie: Twist Bread from Baking with Dorie

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Twist Bread is a take on Dorie’s Daily White Bread – a fabulous recipe that always turns out. This iteration includes a layer of sugar, cinnamon and cocoa powder rolled into the bread with some cranberries – the dough is then cut into three … Read more

Assorted cupcakes with white frosting and colorful sprinkles arranged on a white background.

Tuesdays with Dorie: Gemma Cakes from Dorie’s Anytime Cakes

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Dorie’s latest book, Dorie’s Anytime Cakes.  I chose this recipe because I thought it would be a great one to make to celebrate my birthday with friends and when it’s your birthday month on Tuesdays with Dorie you get to pick the recipes! Gemma Cakes are mini … Read more

Brownies topped with colorful candy-coated chocolates arranged in squares on a plate. (Rainbow M&M-like toppings)

Tuesdays with Dorie: Olive Oil Brownies from Baking with Dorie

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. I chose Olive Oil Brownies because I am always happy to try a new brownie recipe and was intrigued to try this one – although it has some ingredients I was a bit suspicious of – black pepper, raisins (!) and olive oil… Hmm… … Read more

Pancake topped with blueberries and raspberries, dusted with powdered sugar on a white plate with a dotted rim. A light custard or sauce sits beneath the berries.

Tuesdays with Dorie: Meringue Snackers from Baking with Dorie

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Meringue Snackers sounded like a nice, easy recipe to me – that is, until I realised with one day’s notice that this post was due this week. Meringues need time more than anything and I was running out this past weekend! Cue panic in … Read more

Tuedays with Dorie: Maybe-This, Maybe-That Ham and Cheese Loaf from Dorie’s Anytime Cakes

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Dorie’s latest book, Dorie’s Anytime Cakes! Maybe-This, Maybe-That Ham and Cheese Loaf is the perfect Sunday bake! It’s a classic French “Cake Salé” (literally: salty cake but actually “savoury”) which is often served in small cubes with an apéro. This one is fairly flexible in terms of … Read more

Tuesdays with Dorie: Apricot and Almond-Olive Oil Cake from Baking with Dorie

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Apricot and Pistachio-Olive Oil Cake was on the “to bake” list but I riffed a little and replaced the pistachios with almonds. Here in Canada, there has been a widespread recall of pistachios and products containing pistachios over the past year and “[t]he Public … Read more