Baking with Dorie Greenspan

Sometimes I purchase a cookbook and right away I have to make something from it -- or several things. Then there are cookbooks that I gaze at and then place on the shelf, only to rediscover them months or years later. Dorie Greenspan's book Baking: From My Home to Yours is one of the later.

After ignoring it for ages, I picked it up a couple of weeks ago and  have made two recipes in succession which both turned out wonderfully. Now I shouldn't be all that surprised by this since this book did win the 2007 James Beard Award in the Baking and Deserts category.

First I made the chocolate chip cookies -- I usually use the Toll House recipe, so this was a departure. They were just perfect, the extra dough froze beautifully and the second batch that I baked up after thawing the dough was as good (if not better) than the first.

Then last night I made the Chocolate Chocolate Chunk Muffins. Perfect as a snack or dessert and everyone loved them. They were easy to make too.

I'm not sure what I'll make next from this cookbook, but one thing is certain -- this will be my go to baking book for some time.

Comments

[--Deb]

I LOVE that cookbook. I can't think at just this moment which recipes I've tried, but they've been GOOD.

Did you know there's a weekly baking meme called "Tuesdays with Dorie," where they pick one of her recipes each week and everybody makes it and blogs about it? The entries always make me drool.

(I tried to give you the link, but then I couldn't post the comment--just do a google search. You can find it!)

[caitlyn]

That is one of my favorite baking books! I've made the chocolate chunk muffins too and loved them. My other faves are the Blueberry Crumb Cake, Swedish Visiting Cake, and Espresso Chocolate Shortbread Cookies. Happy baking, Julie!