Category: Sweet Recipes

Bouchon Bakery Project, Recipes, Sweet Recipes

Bouchon Bakery: TKO’s (Thomas Keller Oreos)

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C is for Cookie

There are a couple of cookies I consider classics, one being Chocolate Chip and the other, the Oreo.  Thomas Keller’s Oreo or TKO for short is a much more sophisticated sandwich cookie. The dark exterior comes from the cocoa powder in the dough and Chef Keller asks for cocoa noir or black cocoa to get a deep, rich flavor that is not as sweet as the traditional Oreo. The cookie is balanced with a sweet, white chocolate ganache filling that is smooth in contrast to the chalky consistency of the store bought version.

UPDATE 1/14/13: Serious Eats has featured this recipe on their blog with permission from Chefs Thomas Keller and Sebastien Rouxel. You can view the recipe here

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Demos, Sweet Recipes

Baking for an Amy Atlas Dessert Table

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Cherry pie fun! About a month before Amy Atlas was scheduled to visit Williams-Sonoma, I came up with a plan for putting her dessert table together. Part of the preparation involved a bit of baking. These cherry pies were included and I decided to test out a pie pan a few weeks prior to get the hang of using it. The pies were so adorable I had to have a little styling fun and as a result, a mini photo shoot.

In this post I’ll share with you more behind-the-scenes prep and tips for successful baking. I’ve also included a cookie recipe at the end that I like using.

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Fall, Sweet Recipes

Thanksgiving Past: Apple Cranberry Galette

For this year’s Thanksgiving dessert, I made an elegant French Apple Tart.  It was all about the perfect presentation of apple layers.  In contrast, last year I made a Cranberry Apple Galette.  A galette is a free-form tart so no need for rolling out dough or a tart pan.  You simply gather up the edges of the crust around the mound of juicy apples and cranberries.  While not as fancy as the French Apple Tart, it is equally impressive-looking when the fruit bakes down and it has a rustic, golden look when finished.

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Fall, Sweet Recipes

Simple Sage and Honey Cornbread

Super simple, super moist. This recipe from Bon Appetit is easy to add on last minute to round out your Thanksgiving menu.  It has ingredients you probably have in the pantry or on hand for other dishes.  I made it last week for a pre-Thanksgiving dinner and there were no leftovers.  It has just the right amount of sweetness and if you spoon some cranberry sauce on top the contrast of sweet and tart is great.

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