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What's for Dessert #2 - 2009

17 years ago

I was going to drag the old Dessert thread up to post on it but then I saw that it has 106 posts on it so I thought I'd better start a new thread. I'm posting a link to the old thread so we can easily go back there to check on recipes and to drool at favorites posted there. Smiles.

I had an order for a pecan pie the other day, so I set up my little photo area here in the livingroom on my ottoman since I was done walking for the day after all my cooking and baking. I made the usual cinnamon crisps with the leftover pie crust. I was taking some pics of them first for ya'll. When I was looking at the pics I took I saw something strange at the top of one pic.

Going merrily along taking crisp pics.

Then what appears at the top of the pic?

Aha!! Tsk,.. tsk....

Chuckling... anyway here is the pecan pie I made.

Here it is in it's baggie waiting to get bubble wrapped and shipped.

Sorry to start the thread with so many pics but I couldn't resist the Jessie pics.

Here is a link that might be useful: What's for Dessert Thread #1

Comments (32)

  • 17 years ago

    Coconut, I didn't have dessert tonight, but tell your dog I can see right up her/his nose! LOL

    You did share just one tiny little bite with the poor puppy, didn't you?

    Annie

  • 17 years ago

    HAHAHAHAHAH!!! Annie I was going to post the same thing! I can see clear up his nose!!

    Nice lookin Pie!!

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  • 17 years ago

    CoConut:
    One of my favorites, only thing, I can't eat much of that, save me a piece.
    Need room for Belgium Waffles. I'm on a diet.

    They are right. I can see what the dog is thinking.
    - - - - - - - - -
    How about Belgium Waffles ?

    I used 2 layers of Regular Waffles, with Vanilla IceCream,
    Nuts , Chocolate Syrup,
    Strawberry Preserves, split Bannana's, Whipped Cream and topped with Strawberries.
    Go for Broke, Lou

  • 17 years ago

    Reporting back here Lori...

    OMG, I/we loved it! I don't have dessert dishes but that cocktail glass seems to have worked out okay for the pic...lol! Next on the list is Tracey's chocolate with the heath bars.

    Not dessert but I made some white trash to send to my Marine (DN) along with some of his favorite cookies...oatmeal raisin cookies. A jar of Sharon's(aka the pickle lady from Canada) dills will be going too.

    Bad pics....had to use the flash as it was late. The trash is sprinkled with red and blue suger...red white and blue too support our troops. Not to forget others serving from other countries.

    Coconut, I love the crust leftover pics...brings back lots of memories of pie making with my DGM and DM. The dog pic is too funny too!

    To heck with a diet....just give me dessert!!

    David

  • 17 years ago

    LOL, you guys. He got a small piece of a cinnamon crisp. I told him he was exposing himself way too much with that pose.. lol.

    Lou, lol, if you can eat a quarter of that waffle concoction you can eat a small slice of pecan pie. I like to serve it with unsweetened whipped cream. That one was for an order so we didn't have any of it. Smiles. I also love to make walnut pie the same way and serve it with sour cream.

  • 17 years ago

    David, guess I was posting when you posted. I just bought some malt balls and your ice cream just adds to me wanting to make that recipe. I have some toffee chips too... hmmm..

    That's so great all the stuff you're sending to your DN. Lucky guy to have such a nice Uncle. Oatmeal raisin are my very favorite cookies too. I want some.

    Yeah, Jessie is a kick. These rescue dogs are the best!

    The heck with food, I'm with David, on with the desserts!

  • 17 years ago

    oh yummm I love cinnamon crisps!!!

    I'll have to figure out a way to make them Gluten Free..LOL

    I did make a 3 step cheesecake the other night with a GF crust.

    The cheesecake was easy.
    2 bricks cream cheese
    1/2 c sugar
    juice of one meyer lemon
    zest of said lemon
    pinch of sea salt
    1/2 t vanilla
    2 eggs

    The crust was easy too.

    2/3 c almond meal
    1/3 c oat flour
    2T of melted butter
    1/2 T of vanilla sugar

    Mix well, press into 9" pie plate..top with creamcheese mixture and bake at 350 until firm.

    Yummmm

  • 17 years ago

    I made cherry pies the other day. Pastry and filling were from scratch, unfortunately, I don't think I care too much for pastry but I keep making it thinking...one day I'll get wowed. Oh well, it was fun even though I almost burnt the crusts. Sorry, I don't know to post a picture directly so I have to link it.

    Here is a link that might be useful:

  • 17 years ago

    Coconut, Great looking pie. And I love that picture of your dog eyeing dessert. I think he is showing great restraint.

    David, Love your dessert glasses. Perfect.

    Terri, your cheese cake sounds good. I like how you are able to adapt recipes.

    Cookie, My son Matt would love your cherry pies. So would I.

    I made a blueberry pie with the last of the ten pound box of blueberries I bought last week.

  • 17 years ago

    The desserts look great. I think I'll start with Lou's deluxe waffles! Wanna pass a fork please :o)

    I can't believe I am going to follow the fabulous Ann_t with my cell phone camera picture, but this is the first time I've made dessert in a while. It turned out rather well so I gotta post. I wanted some cinnamon apples. I boiled them in a sugar/cinnamon sauce with the cinnamon sticks. Added some nutmeg and more sugar. Then raisins. Then I made fresh whipped cream, to which I again added (powdered) sugar (see a general theme here?). It was hot and sweet and tangy and very good! It looked a lot better before the hot apples started melting the cold whipped cream! As I ate (read inhaled), the melted cream spilled out of the dish, ran down my arms and dropped to the floor; I didn't care as I was already in sugar bliss (though if I stick to the kitchen floor when I cook breakfast in the morning we may have an issue).

  • 17 years ago

    You guys have really made me itching to go into the kitchen a bake something.

    Right now I have a big batch of Chocolate Caramel sauce waiting for me. I like to use it as a dipping sauce when I have company. I give each person a little bowl on a small plate with these cute little forks that I found. I then pass around banana slices, strawberries and cut up donut holes for them to dunk.

    Any left over is fair game as an ice cream sauce.

    Here is a link that might be useful: Recipe for Chocolate Caramel Sauce

  • 17 years ago

    Give that precious dog a hug and a kiss and a piece of cinnamon crisp!

  • 17 years ago

    Oooh, everything looks so good! I love pie and I would take a piece of that pecan, cherry or blueberry in a heartbeat!

    David, all your treats look perfect. Love the patriotic white trash! Is your DN overseas?

    Bobby, those apples look great. I love baked apples and whipped cream makes them just about perfect.

    Lou, those waffles are over the top! I think those would a great dessert to serve when we have friends over.

    I've not been baking too much-back to school time for me and the munchkins so we are not home very much. I did make some double chocolate mocha brownies the other day which the kids have been inhaling. I used natural turbinado sugar for the first time and they don't seem nearly as sweet. I don't know if you are supposed to add more turbinado when you sub for regular sugar, but it was a noticable difference to me.

  • 17 years ago

    Tracey:
    One of my favorite Snacks. Save me one.
    Lou

  • 17 years ago

    Wow! I love this thread. I have already gleened all the recipes! I'll take a piece of what everyone has baked.

    I have AnnT's Blueberry Upside Down cake in the oven right now! Yummy! If it's as pretty as hers I'll post a picture on this thread.

    David, your DN is in for a surprise if the upper command gets a look at what his goodie box has in it. DS told me he has to share with the Sergeants or they will take the next goodie box that comes. LOL!

  • 17 years ago

    Ahh, coconut-nj, love the peek-a-boo pup! What a face! That pie looks melt-in-your-mouth wonderful! Lou, can't go wrong with a decadent waffle! David, love the photos. Terri, cheesecake just speaks to almost all of us, doesn't it--cheeeeeeesecake! Cookie8, your pies look wonderful--and there's ann_t, posting food porn again (LOVE IT!!!). Vacuumfreak, love the ooey gooey goodness of your dessert, and I'd be adding some of justmeinsd's caramel sauce to it, too! Tracey, I'll email you my address and you send me brownies, okay? Huh? Okay?? Riverrat1, looking forward to a photo when you get a chance!

    Here's what we're having for dessert tonight. Gotta compliment Sol for the idea of the dark chocolate heart "stick" in the whipped cream AND for her recipe for pots de creme! Yes, underneath all that whipped cream is the "chocolate stuff!" I'm still working on using a light box, so special thanks go to Sharon (Cb) and her tutorials!

  • 17 years ago

    Sooz! Your pots de creme is delicious looking. Love that cup! I need to go look at Sol's blog...

    Here is AnnT's Blueberry Upside Down Cake

    Can't wait to eat it!

  • 17 years ago

    Thanks, riverrat. Hey, cut me a piece of that beautiful cake, will ya? It's lovely!

  • 17 years ago

    Sooz, you are a good student!

  • 17 years ago

    I agree Sooz..good student A+!

    I'm coming back to grab that Chocolate Caramel Sauce!

    I'm in the process of baking Meyer Lemon Sugar Cookies..inbetween dinner and fruit prep for jam tomorrow.

  • 17 years ago

    I have such a great photo of my honey and her homemade double cherry pie.

    And I've lost the instructions on how to post it as an imbedded photo such as you kids all do.

    Help?

    Joe

  • 17 years ago

    Joe, you need to have a host site. I use imagecave.com.

    The code is simple:
    (img src="http://webaddress.com";)
    Replace the ( ) with

    Here is a link that might be useful: Imagecave

  • 17 years ago

    The honey and her homemade "Double-Cherry Pie":

    Crossing my fingers,
    Joe

  • 17 years ago

    She's lovely and so is the pie. Cherry pie is my favorite fruit pie. You did a great job with it and I'm sure it was wonderful to eat.

    What makes it double cherry? Is it the cherries on the crust or something else?

    Lee

  • 17 years ago

    Thanks Lee.

    DOUBLE CHERRY PIE

    Serves 8

    Ingredients

    4 cups frozen unsweetened tart cherries
    1 cup dried tart cherries
    1 cup granulated sugar
    2 Tbs quick-cooking tapioca
    1/2 tsp almond extract
    1 9-inch pie crust, with top
    1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
    1 Tbs butter

    Directions

    Preheat oven to 375°F.

    Combine frozen cherries, dried cherries, granulated sugar, tapioca and almond extract in a large mixing bowl; mix well. (It is not necessary to thaw cherries before using.) Let cherry mixture stand 15 minutes.

    Line a 9-inch pie plate with pastry; fill with cherry mixture. Sprinkle with nutmeg. Dot with butter [we did not]. Adjust top crust, cutting slits for steam to escape.

    Bake at 375°F for about 1 hour, or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly. If necessary, cover edge of crust with aluminum foil to prevent over-browning.

    NOTES: Two 16-ounce cans unsweetened tart cherries [which is what we used], well drained, can be substituted for frozen tart cherries. This is NOT "Cherry Pie Filling".


    Joe

  • 17 years ago

    That beautiful Lady deserves that beautiful pie..

    Well Done Joe!!

  • 17 years ago

    Mrs. Joe is lovely, and I love the heart shape of the pie!

    Made this for tonight--pulled a couple of lemons off the tree and made lemon pudding cake.

  • 17 years ago

    So many fancy pants desserts! I love it! DH had his fantasy football draft tonight and I provided dessert. I couldn't decide what to make, so I ended up with three choices-Lemon brownies (thanks to Annie for reminding me about them), peanut butter pie, and chocolate chip M&M cookies for the kids.



  • 17 years ago

    coconut:
    I don't think you have tried my Sin Bunns.
    Take a bite!!!
    Lou

  • 17 years ago

    Joe, the pie looks delicious, and very nicely decorated with those pastry leaves. Your "honey" looks like she's happy with it too. I was hoping that "double cherry" meant it had sweet cherries in it, I've yet to find a decent pie recipe that takes those sweet cherries so of course I have a lot of them in the freezer....

    I had lemon brownies too, here's mine:

    Notice the difference in texture? I add a little baking powder to mine so they are less dense and more like cake.

    Annie

  • 17 years ago

    Lou, I'm loving those sticky buns! A work of art.

    Annie, I thought about adding the bp but I decided not to so I could see the difference between mine and yours. I liked the flavor of mine, but I did not like the recipe method of just dumping the butter into the flour and sugar. I'm thinking maybe next time I will make them like I make my regular brownies-melting the butter, then mixing in the sugar, then eggs, then flour and see how they turn out. I did double the lemon juice in the recipe and threw in an extra tablespoon in the glaze and the flavor was great.

  • 17 years ago

    More desserts here, the Monkey Princess and Bruvver came over yesterday and we just had to make some elephant ears. The Princess didn't get quite enough of them at this year's fairs and festivals, LOL. So, she and Bruvver started stirring some up...

    We fried them in hot oil and sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar:

    {{gwi:1558094}}

    The Princess approved:

    We also had a birthday party today, for my sister's Terrible Twins. They turned seven so I decided to make some cake pops, I'd seen them all over the internet. They both like "Hello Kitty" so off I go. I bake a cake. From scratch, the Hershey's Cocoa recipe. I crumble it up and mix up a cream cheese based buttercream frosting, mix it all together. Make balls, add sticks and freeze. But what for ears? White/vanilla chips, stuck to the tops of the cake balls, as per "Bakerella", then a dip into melted candy coating. Some piped on decorations and we have it:

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    What a PIA. Plus, the coating drips down and it's not smooth, and my piece of styrofoam I had holding the pops fell over and smashed several. I gave up on "hello Kitty" and just dipped the rest, sprinkled them and added some flowers:

    {{gwi:1558097}}

    Oh yeah, and just to add to the equation, I have to tell you that I tasted one of them today. It was possibly one of the worst things I have ever put into my mouth, so sweet it would make your teeth ache and soft and mushy, kind of like the center of brownies when they aren't quite cooked enough. Ewwww.....

    Annie