by Heather Sheire | Jan 1, 2011 | Cake, Pies & Tarts, Sweet
For the past 10 years, ever since my eldest daughter was a baby in a bucket, my family has spent New Year’s Eve with our good friends The Millers. That first year, we could all fit around their small dining room table. Now their party has grown into a crowded...
by Heather Sheire | Dec 3, 2010 | Pies & Tarts
As a native Pacific-Northwest-kind-of-girl, it’s a part of my Holiday traditions to bake a blackberry pie. Picking the wild berries with my father back in Washington State is one of my treasured childhood memories. Where I grew up near Seattle, blackberry...
by Heather Sheire | Nov 22, 2010 | Pies & Tarts
First off, I love anything in an Oreo Crust. Oreo crust good, Oreo crust filled with peanut butter mousse, toffee and chocolate ganache…where is my fork? Since I love the chocolate and peanut butter combo, this is, no doubt, just the start of the chocolate...
by Heather Sheire | Oct 25, 2010 | Pies & Tarts
So Saturday before last, I made this totally gorgeous deep dish apple pie that photographed really well, but was dry and practically tasteless. This was probably my worst apple pie ever. Really, stupendously bad. So anyway, as fate would have it, the very next day I...
by Heather Sheire | Sep 17, 2010 | Pies & Tarts
I finally found some ripe plums. This makes me very happy because it’s an excuse to make a plum frangipane tart. I really like this tart because: A) the rich sweet almond flavor reminds me of marzipan and matches beautifully with ripe soft fruit and B)...
by Heather Sheire | Sep 17, 2010 | Pies & Tarts
Isn’t that a fancy name? Doesn’t everything sound fancier in French? and more difficult? Don’t believe it. This slightly-sweet all-butter pastry dough is really easy to put together. More crisp than flaky, it holds it’s shape well which...
by Heather Sheire | Aug 11, 2010 | Pies & Tarts
I am from the Pacific Northwest and wasn’t exposed to Sweet Potato Pie until I moved to Virginia. Very similar to pumpkin, but with a slightly more complex flavor and texture, this pie is as delicious after Summer BBQ as it is after Thanksgiving dinner. Sweet...
by Heather Sheire | Aug 8, 2010 | Pie & Quiche, Pies & Tarts
So you’ve made a beautiful Pie Dough and now you need to get it into a pan of some kind. Going forth, remember that pretty pie crust doesn’t necessarily equal perfect pie crust. Just think of all those perfectly awful perfectly formed pies you’ve...
