Pies, Tarts & Cheesecakes

How to Make Dulce de Leche (Cow Milk) or Cajeta (Goat Milk) Caramel

How to Make Dulce de Leche or Cajeta (Goat Milk) Caramel January 30, 2013

If you recall, I recently tried my hand at making goat cheese. I loved it but with almost 5 gallons of goat milk remaining in the freezer, I had a burning desire to make something else…and it didn’t take a lot of convincing for me to turn to Cajeta. Dulce de Leche (milk candy) is [...]

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Maple and Toasted Pecan Pie with Maple Whipped Cream

Maple and Toasted Pecan Pie with Maple Whipped Cream November 26, 2012

I love pecan pie. In my family pumpkin pie is not a necessary part of our Thanksgiving dinner; I’ll often make both pumpkin and pecan pie but if push were to come to shove, I know where everyone’s heart lies. It’s not just for Thanksgiving either…nope; we’re happy to do a repeat just a month [...]

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Bacon and Caramelized Onion Tart and the Best of 2011

Bacon and Caramelized Onion Tart January 1, 2012

Hello and goodbye. That time of year when we look at the past 12 months and search for accomplishments and meaning and face toward the new year with both anticipation and maybe some trepidation. Did we accomplish all we wanted to; did we grow, provide, serve enough? Will we make changes to how we manage [...]

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Warm Honeyed Brie with Raspberries and Almonds

Honeyed Brie with Raspberries and Slivered Almonds November 21, 2011

I’ve participated with Steven Gilberg and @WineTwits before when I’ve hosted combination wine tastings and tweetups that serve to get the word out about different wines; either by region or type. When I was asked to serve as a host  for a ‘food’ event, how could I say no? I invited friends; made sure they [...]

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Lemon Cheesecake – Another Best, Really.

The Best Lemon Cheesecake September 26, 2011

After another week of making what I consider the ‘best of’ something this month I have to wonder what has come over me. I did not set out to do a ‘Best of’ series but it’s happened nonetheless. Maybe it’s the bit of melancholy I feel in the fall that has me thinking of foods [...]

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Creamy Peanut Butter Pie – A Pie for Mikey

Creamy Peanut Butter Pie - #APieForMikey August 12, 2011

The food blogging community is huge; thousands upon thousands of bloggers and in the years I’ve been involved I’ve built relationships with people in my own town, in cities all over our nation and in countries where I never expected to know anyone personally. This week I was reminded of how connected we really are, [...]

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Cherry Pizza Crostata Dolce (Cherry Ricotta Pie) with Port Cherry Sauce

Bing Cherry Pizza Dolce Crostata with Port Cherry Sauce July 11, 2011

The other day was deemed #PieDay on Twitter. I had recently made a Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Pie and must say that was quite a pie day too! But for me? Any day is pie day! When I was growing up, I had both of my grandmothers close by. It’s funny even now to [...]

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Chocolate Hazelnut Pie with Frangelico – We’re Baking with Abby Dodge!

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Do you know Abby Dodge? NO? You should. She was the inspiration behind my all time favorite cake, a Chocolate Espresso Cake but I didn’t know Abby then. I got better acquainted with Abby as a recipe developer when I noticed her name again as the force behind this amazing Peppermint Meringue cake and I [...]

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Coconut Key Lime Tart with Honey Yogurt Topping

Coconut Key Lime Tart with Graham Cracker Crust April 10, 2011

My friend Abby Dodge posted a recipe recently for Key Lime Tart and I remember thinking…if only we were lucky enough to get Key limes in Denver. It sure seemed prophetic when I walked into Sunflower Market the other day and saw a bunch of those adorable little limes in the produce section. I can [...]

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Meyer Lemon Meringue Pie with Ginger Lemon Cookie Crust

Meyer Lemon Meringue Pie with Ginger Lemon Crust March 24, 2011

When I received an amazing gift of Meyer lemons from my friend Kim at Rustic Garden Bistro a couple of months ago, they were waylaid. Somewhere that we will never be privy to. All I know is that two shipments from California made at the same time saw one get to Indiana a week earlier [...]

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French Silk Pie with Graham Cracker Crust, Espresso and Kahlua

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If pies were wishes then I would wish this French Silk Pie for everyone! Hands down my most favortist (damn you spell check that so is a word; MY word!) pie ever. While I’ve seen several versions of this pie over the years, they’ve always been made with a regular pie crust or a regular [...]

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Maple Walnut Pumpkin Pie

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I fear I will create a bit of shock with this recipe. No Bourbon. None..no booze anywhere to be found! I didn’t set out to have an all Bourbon Thanksgiving but it seems I’ve got a fair number of dishes that call for either Bourbon or my other favorite, red wine. It is not a [...]

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Bourbon Pumpkin Pecan Pie

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I’ve always liked pumpkin pie but have never really loved them. Maybe it’s too many store bought, cardboard crust, metal tin, cafeteria style boring pies that turned me off, so I’m always experimenting and looking for one that suits me because I really think there is potential. This pie…for me, seems to be the best [...]

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Plum Tart with Almond Crumble

Plum Tart with Almond Crumble October 10, 2010

I often cook out of a need to use ingredients that are at their prime and just need to be used. That was the case this past week. I had a box of plums from Costco (how many times have I lamented an over-abundance of fruit for the very same reason?) and thought that the [...]

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Bourbon Caramel Apple Pie with Toasted Pecan Crumble

Thumbnail image for Bourbon Caramel Apple Pie with Toasted Pecan Crumble October 1, 2010

Now this is truly comfort food isn’t it? I love caramel, in truth, even cheap caramel but give me something with homemade caramel and add the richness of Bourbon and I’m in trouble! Add to those ingredients a flaky crust and apples and it’s sort of a fall, fruit flavor combination I could not resist. [...]

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