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

Tuesdays with Dorie: Maple Almond Pie from Baking with Dorie

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Maple Walnut Pie sounded delicious to me but my other half doesn’t like walnuts (!) or pecans (!) so because I don’t even need two tiny pies to myself, I went with slivered almonds which is what I had on hand. Knowing this was … Read more

Tuesdays with Dorie: Parfait-Layered Vacherin from Baking with Dorie

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe comes from Baking with Dorie. Parfait-Layered Vacherin sounds fancy but honestly it couldn’t be easier to make. Case in point – I made this in my tiny kitchen in France on a very hot day with a less-than-ideal-freezer for this type of thing and it still turned out ok! … Read more

A tray of almond crackle cookies.

Tuesdays with Dorie: Almond Crackle Cookies from Dorie’s Cookies

This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies was meant to be a simple one. Almond Crackle Cookies only have three ingredients and I figured they would be a doddle to make… Dorie says: These have just three ingredients — sugar, sliced almonds and an egg — and no reason, other than a baker’s … Read more