These Salty Oats - Posts Tagged dessert

Crash-Free Baking

If you walked into my kitchen one afternoon, the winter light reflecting off of cabinets and counters like a blue-ish laser beam, and saw this cake sitting on one of those counters, delicate and decadent, you might feel your shock crowding out your hunger.

Squirreling Away Flavors

Bon Appetit recently published an entire spread on Sqirl, a restaurant in LA that writer Matt Duckor calls “the future of restaurant food”.

Rearranging Resolutions

At the start of this year, I’d planned to put myself on a voluntary “sweets” hiatus, prompted by the same desires (cleansing, renewal, focus) most of us feel as we unwrap and hang new calendars and adjust to writing a new digit on letters and checks.

A Morphable Crostata

If you look closely, you’ll notice slight differences among several of the photos.

Flexibly Italian

Copious amounts of summer fruit have invaded my house.

A Non-Buckling Buckle

Throughout strawberry season – which lasts all summer in Oregon – our kitchen is rarely without a few tiny blue baskets of strawberries.

Beet Brownies

These beet brownies were supposed to be my sneaky way of transforming a decadent treat into a partially ‘healthy’ snack.

Reasons to Bake an Apple Pie in January

First, it's early January.

Embracing Change in the Form of a Cookie

Certain things change when you get married.

A "No Bowl Left Clean" Coffee Cake

I first made this coffee cake last year, around the start of Fall.

A Morning "Pudding"

"Pudding" is a common item on any British menu.

Portland Larder?

When we lived in Brooklyn – which seems like at least a year ago, but in reality was a mere four months ago – I visited Brooklyn Larder three to four times a week.

Berry Gazpacho

After yesterday's Fourth of July festivities, Thanksgiving's standing as my favorite holiday is in danger.

An Energy Boost

I've come to rely on afternoon snack breaks.

Six Pints of Strawberries: Strawberry Shortbread

I love it when dishes take familiar taste combinations and present them in slightly altered ways.

Six Pints of Strawberries: Strawberry Bread

When I brought home six pints of strawberries, my vague ideas about what to do with them consisted mostly of what I didn't want to do with them.

First of the Season Rhubarb Tarts

I learned last year that I don't have the tastebuds or palate to eat rhubarb as a main part of a savory dish, like in pasta or soup.

“Portland-ing”

I tend to glance at the 10-day weather forecast more often than is healthy.

Memories of Summer: Ginger Peach Muffins

Smelling a ripe peach immediately brings to mind several food memories: summers on my parents' deck, eating the fruit as quickly as I could as it leaked all over my arm.

Looks can be deceiving

These gingerbread people are a motley crew.

A Simple Apple Tart

As predicted, I baked an apple tart from the Nordic Bakery cookbook last week.

Sweet Potato Pudding

I'm intrigued by how certain recipes incorporate flavors in untraditional ways.

The Only Thing that Matters is Taste

Do you think this looks like "the death star exploded" (Justin) or something "otherworldly and beautiful" (me)?

Cooking it Fresh: Apricots

I brought a bagful of Red Jacket Orchards’ apricots home with me on Thursday.

Small Batch Cookies

It happens every few weeks: I crave a fresh-out-of-the-oven chocolate chip cookie.

Evoking Maine

For me, blueberry pie evokes images of Maine, sunflowers, and sitting by the ocean.

Peaches, Berries, & Cream

I wanted to prepare a low impact dessert, one that wouldn't heat up the kitchen to an insufferable temperature.

Happy 4th!

I made these portable pies yesterday and we've been munching on them all weekend.

Cherry Clafoutis

On Monday, we picked up our first pint of cherries of the season!

Make this as soon as you can!

I wanted to share this recipe as soon as possible, before it's too late to make it!

Three Layers, Four Hours

Since I’ve weathered the storm—though my kitchen, even after cleaning for an hour last night is still in disarray—the recipe at the end of this post is my adapted take, with the steps in the order I think they should be.