There's been a lot of baking around these parts lately. The cold weather just makes me want to hole up in the kitchen for days and try out new recipes.
I finally found a reliable, easy, all-butter pie crust recipe. It's from The Handmade Pantry and comes together so smoothly because it uses a stand mixer. When I used to mix pie crusts by hand, I always had to add more liquid than recipes called for to get the dough to come together, which made for a sticky mess on my counter and an unreliable end result. The Homemade Pantry crust comes out tender, flaky, and flavorful. Each batch makes two crusts, so I've been freezing the extra to speed up the pie-making process in the future.
Chocolate pecan pie. Just perfect with whipped cream.
I made this one with Wild Turkey bourbon for an extra dose of Thanksgiving.
Pretzel croissant from the farmers' market (not my kitchen, unfortunately).
This croissant is what motivates me to get up on cold Saturday mornings to shop for kale.
Sour cream apple pie (before baking). Mmm...streusel topping.
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I hope you are all staying warm and well-fed!
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P.S. Thank you lots for your kind words on my pregnancy. You all are the sweetest, and I've tucked your comments in my memory to savor on days when I'm feeling less than my best.
MY gosh you're an awesome baker! Each dish looks absolutely scrumptious!
ReplyDeleteIt all looks so good!
ReplyDeleteI'd love to play around with making butter pie crusts. My mother always makes her crusts with oil---which was great for when my brother and I were vegan. They taste great (she's won a couple times at town picnics for her pies!) but I'd like to steer toward more natural ingredients.