dessert – This and That

January 24, 2021

History of Rice Pudding

What is the matter with Mary Jane? She’s perfectly well, and she hasn’t a pain,And it’s lovely rice pudding for dinner again!—What is the matter with Mary Jane?— AA Milne, Rice Pudding When we were kids, our grandparents live in a New Rochelle apartment building across the park near the high school. We would get wonderful deli rice pudding with meringue...

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December 27, 2020

Pfeffernüsse Cookies & Blue Willow & Blue Onion

I discovered the best, authentic, Pfeffernüsse cookie recipe including making your own spice blend. I will therefore link to and list the recipes at the end. One difference is that I only use powdered sugar and not a glaze. I tend tho think of Lebkuchen as glazed. Pfeffernusse is a variant of German Lebkuchen, or gingerbread. Pferffernusse cookies differ from regular German gingerbread is that...

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December 27, 2020

Bavarian Apple-Raspberry Tart

DESCRIPTION Apple Tart Recipe with a buttery crust that is made from scratch, raspberry jam layer, creamy almond filling. Topped with cinnamon apple slices and sliced almonds and dusting of confectioner’s sugar. INGREDIENTS Crust½ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature¼ cup granulated sugar½ tsp. pure vanilla extract1 cup all-purpose flour Raspberry Layer¼ cup raspberry jam Filling Layer1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese, at room...

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August 16, 2020

Plum Torte

This plum torte is the most requested recipe from The New York Times since it appeared on October 24, 2010. Adapted from Amanda Hesser’s The Essential New York Times Cookbook published by W. W. Norton, 2010. Amanda Hesser said that this recipe made its first appearance decades ago in Elegant But Easy, a cookbook by The New York Times journalist Marion Burros. I retrieved it from...

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August 15, 2020

Easy Plum Clafoutis

I made a clafoutis before from cherries and apples. Plums sounded like they would be amazing.I found a recipe on Epicurious.com I followed the recipe except that I used Half and Half instead of whole milk. I baked mine in an iron skillet. Ingredients 1 tablespoon butter 8-10 medium plums (I used 4 sliced, not halved) 1/2 cup plus 3 TB sugar (original is...

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August 15, 2020

Yummy Grahams

Most Graham cracker recipes call for graham flour or whole wheat + wheat bran. I do not buy wheat bran unless I am eating it frequently because it goes bad too soon (rancid). I thought I had whole wheat flour. I did. However, it was out of date and smell off (rancid). Knowing that the point of inventing Graham crackers...

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August 9, 2020

Fresh Plum Cake (Pflaumenkuchen and Zwetschgenkuchen)

I was following the family recipe until I wasn’t. We only make the cake on an autumnal Connecticut day. However, we rarely have that day in New Orleans. Maybe in October, but without the colored leaves. That said, I have several photos from last fall that are amazingly reminiscent of a New England fall day. But, I digress. We all...

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August 1, 2020

Melanie’s (Mel’s) Brownies

For every event that Melanie was invited to, the hope and expectation was that she would bring her famous brownies. Sadly, we lost Melanie this April (2020). All I know about the brownies is that she used 1/4 cup real almond extract. You may use the most inexpensive box mix. I use Costco’s Ghiradelli Triple Chocolate Brownie mix. I replaced...

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