Last year Claire Saffitz posted this cheddar apple pie on her YouTube and I had massive fomo but never made it. It seemed like a faff and I’m not really a pie person. With apples in season I wanted to give it a go this year since everyone raved about it last year. It was worth the wait and the hype. Absolutely divine even for someone who isn’t really a pie person.
Love these ones. They’re truly one of my favorite in terms of input v. output. Thought I underbaked them but they were so perfect.
Recipe from Claire Saffitz’s YouTube. I absolutely love French toast and she did a recipe for caramelized French toast where you basically just add sugar and let it toast on the flattop. 10/10. So delicious. Finished it with Maison Bordier vanilla bean butter. This might be my deathbed meal.
Is it really already September? I certainly can’t believe it! I think for most of us we’re still in warm weather but the bakes below are definitely some that I think will start to gear us towards fall!
The maple sticky buns are one of my all time favorite recipes. They are so satisfying and deceptively easy as baking goes. On the other hand, the profiterole bar seems like a huge challenge and I need to figure out something to celebrate for to make them! I am not sure I’ll go all in on all the toppings but the few times I’ve made choux, I am shocked with how quickly it comes together. I missed the wagon on the Cheddar Apple pie last year when she posted it. I was a million months pregnant and just wasn’t up for it. I am super excited to try it as part of the challenge!
Looking forward to this month’s bakes! Share any tips and tricks below!
- Dessert Person: Maple Sticky Buns
- What's for Dessert: Profiterole Bar
- YouTube: Apple Cheddar Pie
I meal prep some version of these muffins for my kids every few week or so. I also did them for the low sugar week. I use a variation of Sally’s Easy Banana and Healthy Muffin recipes and throw some chia seeds and date chocolate chips on top. The kids love helping and even with two toddlers and a baby “helping” we managed to get them baked in under and hour!
With reddits new update I can’t figure out how to rotate / edit my pictures.
This is the least aesthetic picture of my peach cobbler because I realized after we had eaten 90% of it at like 10:30p I forgot to take a picture of it! I love this recipe so much. I love the biscuits the most. I’m looking forward to making the blueberry drop biscuit recipe, too!
Ever since I saw this recipe I wanted to make it and selfishly slated it for the Bake Along this month. Paired it with Maison Bordier vanilla butter and it seriously was one of the best things I’ve ever tasted. Super easy. We did it on my flattop. I also didn’t want to do a whole batch of it, just a few pieces so we did all normal French toast and then did the last 4 pieces sweetened. Skipped the nutmeg - it’s summer here - wasn’t in the mood.
So this one is a bit of a stretch, but Dutch babies are actually an American creation from Seattle based on an egg based polish pancake. I used the recipe from Savory Baking. It’s a great one!
Like a lot of the WFD bakes we’ve done? I’ve been pleasantly surprised by how easy it is. These were very simple and easy to come together, especially with the preserves in them. Next time I think I’d make them as strawberry or blackberry instead of rhubarb. The crumble was good and they disappeared quickly.
I normally would never do a mousse but have been doing the Claire Saffitz r/Dessertperson bake along and this was part of the challenge. My husband is a mint chocolate guy and this was for his birthday. Turned out AMAZING and would absolutely do again!
How is it August? Anyone else struggling with summer already coming to a close? It seems like yesterday that the days were just starting to get longer! For August we have a killer set of bakes. I think both the WFD and DP bakes are fairly involved so make sure you’re planning ahead. If you want a less involved version of the cake, you can always do cupcakes! I’ve been dying to make the French toast for ages so am glad to have an excuse to do so! I had planned on doing the peach cobbler with nectarines from our tree but squirrels won this year and I didn’t get nearly as many as I’d hoped. As always, please put any tips and tricks you have from these bakes below! Happy baking!
August
- Dessert Person: Carrot Cake
- What's for Dessert: Peach Drop Biscuit Cobbler
- YouTube: Caramelized French Toast
It was my aunt’s birthday and she requested carrot cake, so albeit a bit early, I did it for the bake along. I’ve done the recipe before and absolutely love it. It is such a classic and truly it’s so hard to mess up. I let the carrots marinate in the buttermilk for over three hours. And the cake was so tender. It actually took much longer to cook than the 30 minutes she outlines. I only got these shots, taken on my lap in the car on the way. First time piping too!
Another Claire Saffitz r/dessertperson July Bake Along crossover! I’ve been dying to making this one for a long time and it did not disappoint! I ended up doing a half recipe since it wasn’t for a large crowd but I was super happy with it! I used fresh blueberries from the farmers market! 10/10.
Can I start by saying how difficult it is to get a glamour shot of a rice crispy treat? I absolutely love rice crispy treats and was so excited to have these on the bake along. I was excited for a chocolate “bake” as well because I’m truly a chocolate girl at heart. When getting the ingredients I didn’t realize HOW expensive cocoa nibs were - my goodness it was like 1/5 of my entire grocery bill, but alas, now I guess I have enough for quite some time. These were super easy, came together quickly, and were SO delicious. It was a heatwave here so the chocolate pieces melted a bit and I had little pockets of melted chocolate. I ended up popping them in the fridge and that helped. I also feel like I should’ve pressed down a bit more in putting them into the pan because they fell apart a bit but they were still excellent. They’re incredibly rich - the idea that this is 9 servings is diabolical. Anyways, I’d make them again in a heartbeat and would leave out the cocoa nibs if I didn’t have them because they’re too damn expensive.
Claire Saffitz’s NYT recipe except it calls for 2 turns - I did 3. Used Isigny butter. I forgot that once I make croissants I become obsessed and want to bake them exclusively. Admittedly I just happened to bake these (World Cup not considered) and it aligned well that France was a semi-finalist.
Does anyone else bake a lot outside the challenge? I have for the past 2 years and I’ve found that’s what makes it easier to follow along.
I had been anxiously awaiting this one. I am admiringly not the biggest blueberry baked good girlie usually but we have excellent farmers market blueberries and I after reading someone’s comment that it’s a bit more jammy as a filling I got excited. I don’t have an occasion to bake this for…I missed the 4th so did it for a Sunday dinner as the half slab. It was SO delicious. I definitely understand the hype and think this one is worth it. I liked the half-slab size and see she did this in her madein baking dish which I’m almost at the point of being influenced to buy - but even if I were to do this one again for a large crowd, I might do 2 half slabs. I tho I everyone wants an edge piece anyways so want to maximize them.
Although a tad late, I felt compelled to do the NYT croissants. I’ve done them before but now with a lot more experience under my belt, I wanted to give them another go with isigny ste mere butter. They are always a labor of love but they turned out SO well I can’t help but be so proud of myself. Love a reason to do a challenging bake and reminded myself that I’m a big fan of laminated pastry. Maybe just not in summer.
I absolutely love lemon poppyseed and anything that is yummy, doughy, and I can take “just a little bite” of. Enter Sarah Kieffer’s lemon poppy pull apart bread. It’s soooo good and yummy and you can tear off piece by piece and convince yourself you’re just having one. I’m also working on taking more aesthetically pleasing pictures of my bakes. This one was a 10/10.
I’m not sure how it’s already July and month three of our bake-along. It’s been so fun seeing everyone’s post and comparing notes. We’ll have to collectively ask for Claire to clarify how the crystallization is supposed to happen as **checks notes** no one ever seems impossible to get.
For July, we’re continuing with more seasonal bakes and some fun ones that seem perfect for summer nights! I know I’m personally SO excited to try the blueberry slab pie and like any excuse to get rhubarb. I’m still a kid at heart and the rice crispy treats seem easy and on the less serious side of bakes.
Enjoy July, everyone!
July
- Dessert Person: Blueberry Slab Pie
- What's for Dessert: Rhubarb & Oat Crumb Cakes
- YouTube: Triple Chocolate Rice Crispy Treats
Has anyone done the silkiest buttercream and left out the chocolate? Does it still work? I absolutely love it but want a French vanilla buttercream…