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Tarts are for dreamers: Blueberry nectarine tarts

September 16, 2014 By Katrina

Tarts are for dreamers: Blueberry nectarine tarts

I think most people, buried in the to-do lists of their day-to-day lives, probably have some sort of pipe dream, an “I’ll do this someday when life slows down and the timing is right” sort of thing, that they keep coming back to when day jobs get too busy, overwhelming or stressful, and they just…

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Filed Under: Fresh from the oven, Pies/Tarts Tagged With: Amanda Hesser, baking, blueberries, blueberry tart, breakfast, brunch, dessert, food, Food52, fresh from the oven, fruit, fruit tart, nectarine, nectarine tart, peach, peach tart, recipes, summer, tarts

French apple tartlettes? Bon appétit!

March 8, 2013 By Katrina

French apple tartlettes? Bon appétit!

It feels like it’s been forever since I baked from a good old-fashioned, paper-bound cookbook, and I forgot how much I missed the feel of those pages. Unless you’re unreasonably careful, cookbooks always share reminders of their use, and all those drips of batter and smears of butter across flour-speckled pages remind the book that…

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Filed Under: Fresh from the oven, Pies/Tarts Tagged With: Amanda Hesser, apple, apple tart, apple tartlettes, baking, breakfast, brunch, dessert, food, fresh from the oven, pastry

Life without a microwave: Brown butter Rice Krispies treats

February 27, 2013 By Katrina

Life without a microwave: Brown butter Rice Krispies treats

We have no microwave in our home, and we haven’t since we moved here a year and a half ago. As apartment dwellers, we’ve spent the past five-plus years relying on the appliances our rentals provide, and when we moved here, there was no microwave. Gallant folks that we are, we decided to trudge on…

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Filed Under: Cookies, Fresh from the oven, Snacks Tagged With: Amanda Hesser, dessert, easy recipes, Essential New York Times Cookbook, food, no microwave, recipes, rice krispie treats, Rice Krispies treats, rice krispy treats

Lessons from a do-over: Banana tea muffins

April 12, 2012 By Katrina

Lessons from a do-over: Banana tea muffins

I’ve learned a lot of lessons in the kitchen over the past few years. No. 1: Wait until the immersion blender is in the soup before turning it on. No. 2: Serrated knives are great for cutting chocolate. No. 3: Never underestimate the power of parchment paper. And No. 4: Don’t freak out when it…

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Filed Under: Breakfast, Fresh from the oven, Muffins/Cakes/Custards Tagged With: Amanda Hesser, baking, baking disasters, banana, banana bread, banana muffins, breakfast, brunch, dessert, Essential New York Times Cookbook, food, fresh from the oven, muffins, recipes

Project NYT: Mr. Wonka, this one’s for you

June 15, 2011 By Katrina

Project NYT: Mr. Wonka, this one’s for you

Remember that blueberry girl from Willy Wonka? The one who chewed like a fiend and blew up to the size of a small boat when she chomped a bit too heartily on the three-course-dinner gum and had to be juiced to get back to normal size? I’m not sure I’d choose magic gum as a…

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Filed Under: Fresh from the oven, Frozen Desserts Tagged With: Amanda Hesser, blueberries, blueberry ice cream, dessert, Essential New York Times Cookbook, frozen desserts, ice cream, WIlly Wonka

Project NYT: Strawberry ice cream forever

June 13, 2011 By Katrina

Project NYT: Strawberry ice cream forever

Boy howdy. I am in love with this ice cream maker. The snazzy little gizmo (let’s just call her Creama) has been whipping up a storm this weekend and is already proving to be quite a pro. It’s easy to set up, easy to use and easy peasy to clean. No, this is not a…

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Filed Under: Fresh from the oven, Frozen Desserts Tagged With: Amanda Hesser, dessert, Essential New York Times Cookbook, frozen desserts, ice cream, recipes, strawberries, strawberry ice cream, summer recipes

An ice cream kind of summer

June 10, 2011 By Katrina

Deep within the pages of the NYT Cookbook, in the introduction to the frozen dessert section, Amanda Hesser writes: “As someone who eats ice cream nearly every day, I’m an enthusiastic proponent of making it yourself” (p. 715). I came across these words of wisdom a few weeks ago, and they struck me for a…

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Filed Under: Fresh from the oven Tagged With: Amanda Hesser, Cuisinart, dessert, Essential New York Times Cookbook, homemade ice cream, ice cream, ice cream maker, recipes

Project NYT: Sugared puffs

June 3, 2011 By Katrina

Project NYT: Sugared puffs

After too many days of packing, moving boxes and settling into our summertime abode, I’ve come to one conclusion: Moving (even the temporary, just-for-the-summer kind) is exhausting. The exhaustive nature of all this moving business has been pretty clear in our kitchen since sometime around the end of April, when we started trying to eat…

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Filed Under: Fresh from the oven, Muffins/Cakes/Custards Tagged With: Amanda Hesser, baking, breakfast, brunch, dessert, easy recipes, Essential New York Times Cookbook, popovers, sugared puffs

Project NYT: Lemon sablés — everyone needs some sparkle

June 1, 2011 By Katrina

Project NYT: Lemon sablés — everyone needs some sparkle

It’s hot. It’s humid. I’m on another lemon kick. You know that feeling when you walk into the bathroom not long after someone else in the house took a super hot shower? That’s how Missouri feels in the summertime. Hot. Steamy. Ooph. If you’re a hot-and-sticky summertime fan, then you’re probably gearing up for three…

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Filed Under: Cookies, Fresh from the oven Tagged With: Amanda Hesser, baking, cookies, dessert, dorie greenspan, Essential New York Times Cookbook, lemon, lemon sables, sables, summer recipes

Project NYT: Lemon bars

May 31, 2011 By Katrina

Project NYT: Lemon bars

I’ve spent a good many years making lemon bars from the basic box mix that you find at the grocery store, the ones with the light, cookie-like crust and the sort of spongy lemony middles. I know they’re nothing to write home about; they’ve never been the kind of dessert that makes my taste buds…

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Filed Under: Cookies, Fresh from the oven Tagged With: Amanda Hesser, baking, dessert, easy desserts, Essential New York Times Cookbook, lemon, lemon bars, Memorial Day, recipes

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