Last week I was in the mood to be a little more creative and remembered a post I saw on Facebook demonstrating how easy it is to make pastry roses using puff pastry and sliced apples. Hmmm...great idea! I had puff pastry in the freezer and apples sitting on the counter. And so I set to work, first thawing out the puff pastry (1-2 hours in the … [Read more...]
Apple Pie Cake
I love the beginning of Fall. Temperatures turn cooler and the leaves on the trees turn beautiful shades of red and gold as the days shorten. Fall also bring two of my favorite foods for baking--apples and pumpkin! I recently took a trip to Apple Hill, (a California community of apple growers and wineries set in the Sierras west of Sacramento) … [Read more...]
Individual Peach Cobblers
Summer has ended (or nearly ended) but there are still summer fruits like peaches and plums in the markets. Last chance to make use of those summertime fruits! You can use just about any fruit you like in a cobbler. The fruit is topped with a biscuit-like topping which is then baked to a golden brown. Cobblers can be made in large baking … [Read more...]