With the feel of cool-like breezes yesterday, I opened our kitchen window and felt inspired to bake – featuring a couple of fall ingredients. While apples are considered the quintessential fall fruit, (Bartlett) pears are also an autumn favorite. Adapted by the Taste of the South magazine, I made this golden goodness, “Pear-Almond Crostata”. While the Taste of the South…
Dessert Recipe: DULCE DE LECHE MELTING MOMENTS
If you plan on having an afternoon tea with your friends or a Mother’s Day brunch, might I suggest trying these Dulce de Leche Melting Moments Cookies! The title says it all…they literally melt in your mouth! I adapted this recipe from one of my recipe books called The Afternoon Tea Collection. I made a couple of…
DESSERT RECIPE: Williams-Sonoma Apple Spiced Cake
This past weekend, I visited Williams-Sonoma and as soon as I walked in the store, I was greeted with an inviting aroma of apple cider and a beautiful Thanksgiving table setting that was dressed in a Fall color palette. While perusing the store, I noticed this Apple Cake Pan. It’s one pan with two wells that creates a 3-D…
ASSORTED HAND-PIES: Apple & Pear with Cardamom
With supermarket shelves selling an abundant amount of apples, one cannot help but think of baking an autumn inspired dessert. So yesterday, I baked an assortment of decorated Hand-Pies and enhanced a classic apple pie recipe to a scrumptious Apple & Pear with Cardamom! Adapted from Martha Stewart’s Chai-Spice Apple Pie, I tweaked her recipe by adding…
A MORNING OR AFTERNOON TREAT: Almond-filled Pastry Puffs
Almond Croissants has to be one of my guilty pleasures! Served in the morning with a cup of coffee or eaten as an afternoon treat, it’s one of my favorites. I thought, how hard could it be to re-create this recipe?! So I took the easy way and used the classic Puff Pastry Sheets, baked with almond paste…
