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Lemon Tart with Candied Ginger

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:47:13 +0100

To make the sweet tart crust, with candied ginger:
Cream the butter, sugar and salt together with a mixer. Add egg one at a time; mix together till smooth. Chuck in all the flour at once and mix till just incorporated. Don't over mix!!! Turn out on a floured surface,…

Cherry Pie

Sun, 01 Jul 2007 20:26:04 +0100

This bakes at 425 degrees farenheit for 40 minutes or until the pastry is deep shiny golden and gurgling molten cherry urges. Combine cherries, sugar, flavorings, corn starch and salt and let macerate for about an hour. Meanwhile, prepare the WTF crust, but be more agressive when making. After adding…

WTF pie crust (wu's tender and flaky)

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 03:44:13 +0100

Combine the first 3 ingredients, then rub the cream cheese into the flour and spill out on the table, forming a rectangle with a bench scraper or ruler. Cut the butter into tbsp squares, place on top of the flour and roll into the flour as best you can. Scrape…

Apple Pie

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 03:29:01 +0100

Macerating and cooking the apples a bit before loading into the crust develops a sexy gungy caramel-like syrup, which binds the filling into a toothsome mass. It also makes a packed pie that doesn't deflate upon baking. Boys love this pie.

Trifecta

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 03:11:56 +0100

This is a combination of 3 separate recipes I've been playing with over the years. I took portions of the 3 I happened to be making at the time and baked sequential layers to make this bar. I call it Trifecta because it's 3 of my favorites in one nugget.…