Cherry Pie 

A pie with some kind of crust on it

There are two schools of thought on the procedure for Cherry Pie. One is a standard fruit pie preparation: combining cherries with sugar, flavorings, a thickener, and lemon juice, pouring the mixture into a pie shell, covering with a top crust. The pie is baked until the fruit bubbles, and the oven’s heat thickens the…

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Summer Pie Dough

Two dough balls on a counter top.

This pie dough, made with half butter and half vegetable shortening is perfect for the summer months when making, and working with all-butter pastry doughs, such as P¢te Bris©e, can be challenging. The recipe is from my Patisserie Lanciani days, and the one I adopted for use in my Martha’s Vineyard pastry shop. The method…

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The Friday Baking Project
Summer Pie Dough

PRINT Yield: 1 ¾ lb of dough, enough for a double crust 9†or 10†pie Ingredients:Summer Pie Dough ½ cup (4 oz / 113 g) unsalted butter, room temperature ½ cup (4 oz / 113 g) vegetable shortening, room temperature 2 ¼ cup (10.5 oz / 298 g) cake flour, sifted ¾ cup +…

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Glorious Brownies

A plate of chocolate brownie bites topped with powdered sugar.

Glorious Food wrote the book on upscale catering in New York City in the 1980’s and 1990’s, when it was the caterer for events at the city’s museums, cultural institutions, and other large venues. It was also an amazing place to work. The kitchen on East 74th by the FDR drive, was clean, well-organized, and…

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July 4th Lemon Tart

A pie decorated with berries and whipped cream.

When searching for a July 4th dessert with patriotic colors, I had two specific criteria in mind. Firstly, it needed to be easily sliceable, ensuring it maintained its visual appeal on guests’ plates. Secondly, given that there will be a lot of other food prep going on that day, it should not require last-minute assembly. …

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The Friday Baking Project
S’mores Tarts

PRINT Yield: 6 tarts # of Servings: 6 Ingredients6 Keebler Mini Graham Cracker Crusts1 egg white, beaten until frothy (optional) ½ cup (4 fl. oz) heavy cream 4 ½ oz chocolate, 64 to 66%, wafers or broken into pieces. ½ recipe Italian Meringue Special tools and equipment required:  Pre-recipe preparations: Directions: 

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S’mores Tarts

Four meringue pies are sitting on a tray.

With Independence Day around the corner, I’ve been contemplating dessert ideas that embody an American theme. S’mores, which were first documented in a 1927 Girl Scouts guidebook, immediately came to mind, and I started envisioning them as individual tarts.  The challenge lied in creating free-standing individual tarts with the same flavor profile as the campfire…

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Strawberry Ice Cream

A bowl of ice cream with strawberries and a cracker.

With gorgeous fresh strawberries making their annual June appearance in farmers markets, there is no better time to pull out (or purchase) your ice cream machine and make a batch of strawberry ice cream.The first thought when making this quintessential taste of early summer is to simply cut up strawberries and add them to your…

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