I loved making this rough puff pastry, aka quick, blitz or cheater’s puff pastry. And I especially loved making it with @priscillamartel – we went from a bowl of raw ingredients to a tart in 2 hours all in. Everything you need to know is in today’s newsletter (tap.bio): Recipe, pix, video and inspiration. A little cheerleading too. It’s also the February play-around recipe for Bake and Tell group bakers and the recipe for everyone every time to finally brave at-home puff pastry. Puff away – if you’ve never made the dough before, you’ll be blown away. Promise – xoxoDorie #xoxodorie #bakingwithdorie #newsletter #playingaround #bakeandtell #puffpastry #roughpuff #puffpastryrecipes #recipe #baking #homebaked #pastry
This is not my usual kind of post, but then there’s nothing usual about the war against Ukraine. I’ll get to the backstory in a second, but I want to jump to what’s important here – the two links in tap.bio: one to @felicityspector ’s compelling article and the other to an organization supporting the children and families of those killed in the war, @antytila.ua Many of you might follow Felicity for her posts about baking and sweets in London, her homebase. But for months now, in addition to eating pudding and working as a TV news journalist, she has been traveling to Ukraine to deliver supplies to the front. What she is doing is remarkable, courageous and dangerous. On her most recent trip (read about it in the article), she and three Ukrainian volunteers drove 1,000 miles in 2 days to the Donetsk region. She’s made other similarly perilous missions to other battlefronts – look at her Instagram feed for more information. And please watch the video of the bakery that was bombed to the ground but is once again making “volunteer bread” for thousands of people. Like Felicity’s article, it is both heart wrenching and inspiring. Felicity is inspiring. If you can help support the people of these communities in any way, I hope you will. I also hope you’ll support Felicity by following her posts – the sweet ones, the uplifting ones and the ones that will make you weep – and encouraging her in the work that she’s taken on – xoxoDorie #ukrainewar #volunteers #antytila #donetsk #frontline #aid
When my son Joshua (many of you remember him as The Kid) was just a few months old, the pediatrician told us that we’d know we no longer had a baby when the tiny dimples on his hands disappeared. I loved those dimples and I wanted them to stay forever. Now I’m watching my granddaughter Gemma’s hands and holding on to the same impossible hope that she won’t outgrow the little pudge of them and the dimples. She’s 29 months old, dimples intact and fingers just long enough to wrap around a cupcake. Last weekend I got to spend a little time in the kitchen with Gemma. We made oatmeal cookies - I used the recipe on the Quaker Oats box - and we frosted cupcakes that I’d made the night before. We stirred the frosting for a couple of seconds and then Gemma would say “Taste!” Soon we were doing a lot more tasting than stirring, but as every cook and baker knows, you’ve got to taste as you go, so I decided that the gobs of sugar and cocoa she was eating were all in the service of teaching her good habits. In fact, I was learning something too, something I know - something most of us know - but something that’s so easy to forget: Not everything has to be perfect to be good. The frosting we made was a mess! The butter wasn’t beaten enough to be smooth. The cocoa was a little lumpy and the powdered sugar was even lumpier. And neither of us was very steady when we poured the milk into the bowl, and so the frosting was too thin. We added more sugar and then it was too thick. We added more milk. We tasted and tasted and tasted - I wish I had a picture of Gemma with chocolate fingers and a frosting moustache - and then we decided to go with what we had. And to be proud of it! We were having too much fun stirring and tasting and frosting and licking our fingers to fuss about lumps and lopsidedness. I’ve often said that perfection is overrated. Sometimes I forget that. Over the weekend I remembered. @linlingtao @joshgreenspan #bakingwithkids #cupcakes #cookies
Last night, Sister André, the oldest person in France, died at age 118. She loved good food, red wine and baked Alaska. To honor her 117th birthday, I wrote about her for @nytimes and the wonderful @zoebakes made a baked Alaska in the colors of the French flag for @nytcooking . It was one of my favorite stories and it was so delicious to work with Zoë. Tap bio for the story. Also, look at what Zoë posted today — a coffee and chocolate baked Alaska in memory of the sister. RIP Sister André and I love you Zoë - xoxoDorie #bakedalaska #sisterandré #french #seniors #centenarian #inmemoriam #onlyasoldasyoufeel #mayhermemorybeablessing #RIP
Today's recipe is out of the ordinary (at least it was for me) — a riff on a bread that's sometimes called "stone age." It's dense (in a good way), chewy and full of great ingredients and terrific flavors. It's also gluten-free, doesn't use yeast, mixes in a minute and pairs well with butter, jam, honey and cheese. Just pick your favorite seed + nut + fruit equation — it's baker's choice. Let me know what you choose and tag me when you bake! xoxoDorie #xoxodorie #newsletter #stoneagebread #bread #grains #seeds #nuts #nutbread #ancientbread #baking #glutenfreebread #glutenfree #bakingbread #breadbaking
Like ketchup and mayonnaise and even English muffins, poke is the kind of dish you think you've got to go out and buy. But nope! It's a cinch to make at home. Fun, too. Also infinitely play-aroundable. You don't even have to make it with fish! Here's my no-recipe recipe (tap.bio for link). Let me know what you do with it - xoxoDorie Photo: @ellensilverman #xoxodorie #newsletter #poke #freshfish #hawaii #pokebowl #pokebowls #recipes #everydaydorie #recipe
Happy, happier, happiest new year! Here’s to a year filled with … well, whatever you most want it to be filled with. And maybe even a bit more. Chez me, I’m still playing catch-up with ’22. With nor’easters and torrential rains, frigid weather and fog (that’s what’s out my window now), maybe, like me, you could use a quick break – today’s newsletter (tap bio for link) is all about sunny, surfy, sandy Hawaii and a lot of great food. Aloha! xoxoDorie Visits/eats: @fetehawaii @robynnemaii @chuckbussler @breadshophnl @fsmaui @namikaze.hi @magurobrothershawaii @tedsbakeryhi @kensfreshfish_ #hawaii #honolulu #vacation #chinatown #chinatownhonolulu #happynewyear #fete #fête #fetehawaii #holidaygetaway #poke #xoxodorie #newsletter #stollen #artisanbread #family #freshfish
In case you can’t tell, 50% of my family is wearing Star Wars Hawaiian shirts. Shooting for full participation in 2023. Hope your Christmas was merry and that Santa liked his cookies. “May the force be with you” this holiday season. Aloha and love - xoxoDorie . @reynspooner #hawaii #christmas #holiday
I’m finally catching up with Paris! I’ve bundled a whole bunch of Paris treats into my newsletter today (link in bio). It’s jam packed with deliciousness and fun. Some cookie inspo too. It's new and it’s free! – xoxoDorie Treats from @pierrehermeofficial @liberte.paris @maison_isabelle @lechocolatalainducasse @larotondemontparnasse @caretteofficiel @tontinebistrot @gontrancherrier @juvenileswinebar ; Fun with @mackievicz @carolineletouze @kevinthepang @jennifermclagan #xoxodorie #newsletter #pastry #pastries #patisserie #oysters #oyster #scooter #paris #bakingwithdorie
I wrote about three holiday cakes for @nytcooking @nytimes : Cranberry-Spice Bundt; Apple Butter- Gingerbread; and savory Ham and Cheese Quick Bread. All delicious//none in need of coddling. Thank you @genevieve_ko @dmalosh @hadassmirnoff and Cathy Lo!! Link in bio #simplecakes #holiday #holidaybaking #bakingwithdorie #holidaycake #nytfood #nytcooking #gingerbread #bundtcake #quickbread #cranberry
For all of us who love Louise Penny’s Inspector Gamache series – and there are so many of us – here’s good news: Three Pines is now a streaming series! Alfred Molina plays the fascinating Armand Gamache and everything happens inside the beloved village. The four episodes are on @primevideo – it’s like getting an early holiday gift! Also, Louise’s newest novel: A World of Curiosities is in the world and #1 on the New York Times Bestseller List! (Of course.) Hooray for @louisepennyauthor ! Happiness for us! xoxoDorie #ThreePines #louisepenny #alfredmolina #bookstagram #books #minotaurbooks #mystery #mysteryseries #primevideo #booktoscreen #whattowatch #bookish
It’s official: Cookie Baking Season has begun. For sure, it’s the month when no matter how many cookie recipes you have, you can use more, and I’m sure you can use these: Do-Almost-Anything Vanilla Cookie Dough and its Chocolate twin – both in my newsletter today (tap.bio for link.) The dough is easy to work with, fun to play around with and delicious 100 ways. Have fun! Can’t wait to see what you do – xoxoDorie 📸 @davideluciano #xoxodorie #bakingwithdorie #doriescookies #beurreandsel #cookies #christmascookies #holidaycookies #playingaround #riff #holidaybaking #baking #cookieswap #holidays #newsletter #cookiedough #chocolate #vanilla #whitechocolate #spice #pecans #gingercookies #raspberry #almond