Icebox Key Lime Pie

Icebox Key Lime Pie

The graham cracker crust clearly needs work and I need to get myself a 9 inch pie pan. Used agar agar instead of gelatin. The next time I make this, will omit the vile instant vanilla pudding mix and rely entirely on agar agar to firm up the filling. The pie is too diary intense for me. And I have 16 more ounces of cream cheese to work through. Sigh!

Thin and Crispy Coconut-Oatmeal Cookies

Thin and Crispy Coconut-Oatmeal Cookies

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The addition of coconut is definitely a winner. I followed the same substitutions and omissions as here. Ignoring the egg also means there's little liquid in the dough to bring all ingredients together. In this recipe moisture from the sweetened, flaked coconut is a welcome addition; it was easier to roll the dough portions into balls. There are two more variations listed: orange-almond and salty. Maybe I will. Maybe I won't. But coconut's here to stay.

Thin and Crispy Oatmeal Cookies

Thin and Crispy Oatmeal Cookies

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As I post a picture this Sunday evening, there's not single one o'em left. Had baked this pile and more last Thursday. Of course, I omitted the lone egg called for and yes, weighed the ingredients. A baking recipe written just the way I like it.

Substitutions
- turbinado sugar for light brown sugar
- kosher salt for table salt

I think I already know what I'll bake next, same cookie with coconut added. Yours truly is a goan mallu after all.

Peach Upside-Down Cake

Peach

Upside

Down

Cake

pass me some vanilla ice-cream please...

Peach Upside-Down Cake by Alton Brown

Florentines

Florentines by Giada De Laurentiis (Used a muffin top pan to get perfect rounds. Substituted vanilla extract for orange zest. Baked 3/4 tablespoon mounds at 325 degrees F for 7 minutes. Yield: 42, if i had not burnt two batches :-))

For my cousin's housewarming party!

Frozen Berries with Hot White Chocolate

Frozen Berries with Hot White Chocolate by Ina Garten (from her book, "Barefoot Contessa at Home: Everyday Recipes You'll Make Over and Over Again"; Clarkson Potter; October 2006)

I used blackberries from the local summer farmer's market.

Chocolate Kisses (Baci Di Cioccolato)

Chocolate Kisses (Baci Di Cioccolato) by Gina DePalma

(from her book, "Dolce Italiano : Desserts from the Babbo Kitchen"; New York : W.W. Norton; 2007; first edition)