Cooking a fresh pumpkin for baking - it's easy! We are getting into fall here in Upstate NY, and for many of us, that means pumpkins. No - not pumpkin lattes! Real pumpkins out in the garden. They'll keep for a while, but not forever. So, knowing how to cook a fresh pumpkin is a good skill to have in your repertoire! Better than canned from the store You can certainly use canned pumpkin from the store. But we like to be self-reliant. Often fresh pumpkins are on sale through September and ... Read More about How to Cook a Fresh Pumpkin
Pies
Summer Fruit Galette
Summer Fruit Galette is an easy-peasy summer dessert As someone who doesn't have AC, I don't turn the oven on very often in the summer. But this Summer Fruit Galette is a reason to look for that one cool day in July. But the galette is only part of it. Summer fruit is the main reason - there is so much to choose from this time of year. What is the best summer fruit for this galette? That is easy to answer. Whatever fruit you have in your area this time of year. We're at the tail end of ... Read More about Summer Fruit Galette
Chablis Pear Crisp
Crisps are fall's best! I must say, right here at the start - I like pears better than apples. I'm not really sure why, but raw, or cooked somehow, pears always win. In baking, pears are just sublime, and after trying them in this Chablis Pear Crisp, I think you will agree. Fruit Crisps are the bomb! The addition of the wine was inspired by the idea that pears are often poached in wine. That's a fine idea, and one I'm definitely in favor of. But, I wanted a little something more - more ... Read More about Chablis Pear Crisp
Molasses Apple Cobbler
A perfect last minute Thanksgiving Dessert Things are pretty exciting around here right now. We had barely finished our fall cleanup chores, when deer season started. Then we ordered a half of a pastured pig. And a split quarter of an organic grass fed steer. And on the second day of deer season, Larry got a deer. So - we had to buy another freezer, which meant we had to completely reorganize our spare room, which also doubles as a spare bedroom. This is all part of our determination to stop ... Read More about Molasses Apple Cobbler
S’more Chocolate Pie
It's a little ironic that only days after mentioning how little my husband loves chocolate, I am offering yet another chocolate dessert that you just might like to make for your Valentine. The fact is, I like chocolate - actually, I love chocolate and I know that lots of other people do too. Maybe even you, am I right? You know it's true. And, when you get right down to, it even my Valentine was impressed by this particular chocolate thing. That is partly because it's a pie and the guy loves ... Read More about S’more Chocolate Pie
Bourbon Pecan Pie
Bourbon Pecan Pie - just the name sounds delicious, doesn't it? But, first things first. If you were a reader of my old blog, you have certainly heard me lament about my inability to produce a pie crust what was both edible and presentable. Despite years of living next door to one of the world's premier pie bakers - my grandmother - my pie crusts were pathetic affairs. In my memory, watching grandma roll out a pie crust was like those really old Warner's Brother's cartoons, where little ... Read More about Bourbon Pecan Pie