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Pastry

Fresh Strawberry Kiwi Danish

November 4, 2010
Fresh Strawberry Kiwi Danish

I so enjoy making pastries. Pastries are so easy to make and so pretty when completed. And let’s face it, I like making recipes that take many steps to complete. It’s not that I avoid simple recipes like cookies, not at all. But I enjoy the different components, dough, filling and topping because there are [...]

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Neopolitan Brioche Crullers!

April 26, 2010
Neopolitan Brioche Crullers

Well, I am finally moved into my new internet home but many boxes are still packed and waiting to be opened…oops linked! But I am so glad to finally be here! It’s been a tough week all the way ’round, not with my blog or the moving but I had a tooth abscess and things [...]

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Welcome to the 2nd HBinFive Bread Braid

December 15, 2009
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Whenever I bake my three Rottweilers like to keep me company in the kitchen but I can not maneuver in my kitchen with three fully grown Rottweilers under foot! So I’ve drawn invisible lines on the floor that are not to be crossed and the dogs know exactly where the lines are located. And my [...]

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Poppy Seed Roll

December 13, 2009
Poppy Seed Roll

When I was growing up in Flint, Michigan, we had a neighbor down the street that my Mom and I would visit for late morning coffee. I was very young at the time and the family moved away when I was about 6 years old. I don’t remember much about the family except that they [...]

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Poor Man’s Brioche with a dose of Rich Danish!

June 3, 2009
Fresh Strawberry Danish

We’re into our fourth week of Bread Baker’s Apprentice (BBA) my weekly bread baking group. And this week the assignment was Brioche. There were three different versions of Brioche to choose from, the difference was in the amount of butter; Rich Man’s Brioche with 2 cups of butter, Middle-Class Brioche with 1 cup butter and [...]

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Chocolate Eclairs!

August 31, 2008
Chocolate Eclairs

Although my work load has lessened this week, the allergy season has begun! So between sneezing and sniffles I made the Chocolate Eclairs any way and they were delicious. I’ve made Choux Pastry before and I have to admit this time my puffs did not puff like I’m used too…darn Midwest humidity but they tasted [...]

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Friend, Financier or Friand

July 4, 2008
Cherry Almond Friand

When I first came across a recipe for Friands, I was hoping beyond hope that it had some Swedish history. I do genealogy and I do connect to Nils Larsson Frand/Friend (1630-1686), one of the first Swedish settlers into New Sweden, located in PA, NJ and MD. Being most of my ancestors were English, finding [...]

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Danish Braid with Fresh Strawberries and Cream Cheese

June 29, 2008
Danish Braid with Fresh Strawberries and Cream Cheese

This is my 2nd challenge for Daring Bakers and I absolutely had a blast making the Danish Braid!!! Our hosts for the June Challenge are Kelly of Sass & Veracity and Ben of What’s Cookin’?. Thank you both so much for choosing such a fabulous challenge. I loved every minute of the process and can’t [...]

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