Dessert Photos
Many of us have been or will be baking. Share your photos!
Here’s my apple pie. I wish I was better at crimping the edges. Does anyone have a neat trick for that?
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last yearcarabubble your pie looks perfect!!
Two pies for five people!!! The praline,pear,apple pie is not a looker. The caramel topping just looks OFF but it's DELISH!! We use the three finger method of crimping. Two press out one presses in. Sometimes it's perfect sometimes it just is!!
Jasdip
last yearI do what Arcy does, the three-finger method. But I can roll a circle to save my soul; my crusts always come out looking like the map of the world.
I most often make a single crust, a crostata. Saves having it look perfect, and no crimping.
(it's not burned, cinnamon and nutmeg on top)
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TO ALL OF THE ABOVE plus the ones to come
Alone for the day and will eat whatever my hand reaches for in the refrig.
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The 3 finger pinch is how I do it too. I'll bake pumpkin pie next week. Right now... it's key lime cheesecake with whipped cream. OMG! It is sooooooooooo good! I made it early...and we've been partaking ALL week.....
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P.s. I crimp pies with thumb and forefinger. i think It gives a sharper pinch than three fingers. Alternatively I press in a fork or the flat of a knife tip but that is slower than just fingers.
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last yearlast modified: last yearHere is my mom‘s recipe of Fresh Apple Cake. i made it last night and this morning i glazed it with powdered sugar and lemon juice. I’ll
serve it with CoolWhip. Its sooooooo good’
stacey_mb
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Amylou - can you please share your recipe for cinnamon roll apple pie? It looks delicious! (Although admittedly I would enjoy a piece of any of the yummy looking desserts!) Posting a photo of peach upside down cake that I made a couple of months ago. Delicious with ice cream -
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recipe at home I'll post when I get home in MD with sick daughter and grandbabies 9 mo old has the flu daughter has appt with urgent care tomorrow 🤞🏻
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Alisande
last yearSo many delicious looking desserts! Katlan, I hope everyone recovers quickly!
I made this Mandarin orange cake today after watching a German recipe video on YouTube. It looked so pretty and unique, and didn't sound difficult to make. Once I converted the European measurements, it was fairly easy. I was nervous about turning it upside down, but it worked! Next time I'll put something in the center of the oranges.
Lars
last yearI only made cookies this year:
and they did not come out as pretty as usual, due to problems with my cookie scoop. I made a batch of 18, and my brother took some to a party. This is what he brought back, plus a couple of pieces of pound cake that someone else had made.
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