This wonderful, elegant, smooth, silky and tart-instead-of-sweet pie is a beautiful addition to the desert table or perfect company for an afternoon tea. This pie is one of my brother’s favorites. I come from a family that has always baked and cooked, but my brother took it to another level.…
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Continue ReadingA creamy, rich salad spread — perfect for on your melba toast, bread or baguettes. This recipe is an adaptation of the simple and tasty original, created by one of the most talented home chefs I know. I would be filled with joy whenever I could get my hands on…
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Continue ReadingBaked in a rectangular pullman tin, this bread is the best type of bread for a grilled cheese sandwich or your signature British high-tea sandwiches. It looks similar to the soft and doughy store-bought sandwich bread, but it won’t taste like it. The store-bought bread is usually clunky, doughy and…
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Continue ReadingThese cookies are set to help, promote and maintain milk supply for breastfeeding mothers. And they taste well, too. Recently, the home of The Orange Bakers was blessed with a new baby girl. This has dramatically changed our routine, our sleeping patterns — which now, are virtually non-existent, and our…
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Continue ReadingVery dark, adult-tasting chocolate chip cookies that may very well get eaten by the batch These cookies are my brother-in-law’s favorites. He is very mindful and cautious about what and how much he normally eats, but when I bring over these cookies, I always enjoy catching him when he…
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Rich, silky vanilla sauce for ice cream, fruit, bread pudding, cakes and tarts. There are many different recipes for this standard, basic but oh-so-good custard sauce, but this one comes from one of my favorite cookbooks, “Baking” by James Peterson, a tip from my brother Jasper.