When I saw these on Down to Earth I decided to make them for Easter brunch. My niece and a neighbor friend were joining us. Normally I wouldn’t have made a dessert but since the gathering was so small, I had time to have some fun and experiment. Rhonda called these Napoleons and a commenter…
Desserts
Pie Crusts
Here are recipes and detailed directions for making pie crusts. First, is the old-fashioned shortening based recipe that is pretty standard. Following that is a low-fat version that tastes great as well. Pie crusts do take a bit of practice but once you learn how, you’ll save a quite a bit of money compared to…
Apple Pie
A very basic apple pie–but very good! I don’t have a picture of the pie, but I like to use these little pie cutters rather than cutting slits in the top crust. If you have some leftover pie crust, I like to roll it out and top with a bit of cinnamon and sugar, then…
Cherry Crunch from Joy of Cooking
This Cherry Crunch is like a crisp but with the crunchy oatmeal based topping also added to the bottom of the dish as well for double crunchy goodness. The recipe is straight from Joy of Cooking, one of the books that would be on my list of “if you could pick just one cookbook” except that…
Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
The rhubarb in the garden is ready! I planted it three years ago, so left it alone the first year, then harvested lightly last year. This year I get to go to town. 🙂 I shared some with a neighbor I know loves rhubarb. My daughter and I made a strawberry rhubarb pie the other…