Apple Strudel (Daring Bakers)

The May Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Linda of make life sweeter! and Courtney of Coco Cooks. They chose Apple Strudel from the recipe book Kaffeehaus: Exquisite Desserts from the Classic Cafés of Vienna, Budapest and Prague by Rick Rodgers.
I was surprised to see that I had already made a version of this month’s chosen [...]

Apfelstrudel

Strudel has been on my list to make for a long time.  I’ve had a recipe from Sherry Yard’s Desserts by the Yard marked since I got the book about a year ago.  When I saw it, I said that was the recipe I would chose if I ever got to be a Daring Bakers [...]

Tuesdays with Dorie: Rugelach

I was pretty excited when I saw that Piggy of Piggy’s Cooking Journal chose the Rugelach for this week.  These stood out to me in the book because of how unique they looked.  I honestly have not had Rugelach before, so I don’t know how these compare to other recipes, but I was happy with [...]

August Daring Bakers: Chocolate Eclairs

This month Meeta of What’s for Lunch Honey? and Tony had the Daring Bakers made chocolate eclairs from Pierre Herme’s book Chocolate Desserts. I have heard so many good things about this book, and I’m thinking that I might need to add it to my collection soon.  I think that I would have to say [...]

June Daring Bakers: Danish Braid

I was really excited when I found out that this month’s Daring Bakers Challenge was Danish Braid from Sherry Yard’s book The Secrets of Baking. Kelly of Sass & Veracity and Ben of What’s Cookin’ did a fabulous job choosing this one. I have had a few experiences with pastry, one time making puff [...]

Danish Pastry- Pinwheels

David loves pastries. He’s not much of a chocolate eater, but he can pack away a pastry pretty much anytime. Since one of my favorite cookbooks, Williams Sonoma: Essentials of Baking has a section devoted to pastry, I decided to challenge myself to make it at home. I’ve already made Palmiers, [...]

Palmiers (also known as Elephant Ears)

This is the baking feat I am most proud of. I made these using puff pastry dough that I made from scratch. This recipe came from the Williams-Sonoma cookbook Essentials of Baking that David gave me for Christmas one year. It contains an entire section on pastries. What I really like [...]