Quick disclaimer: I'm not the wielder of the whisk. I am the husband of the wielder of the whisk. In an effort to get these goodies up on Kim's blog while she maintains a hectic schedule I volunteered to post her pictures and write some comments. So here are the past two Dorie recipes.
I know these recipes are out of order, but I wanted to go with favorites first. And the toasted-coconut custard tart was a huge favorite in our house. Kim made it on Sunday and the entire thing was gone by Monday. For lent this year I gave up alcohol, fast food, soda, and sweets. But I made an amendment to my sweet sacrifice. If Kim makes the sweet I am allowed to eat it. So I am void of sweets throughout the week, but when Sunday gets here and she whips up her Dorie recipe I am all over the finished product. The toasted-coconut tart was no exception. I saw one comment on the Dorie site that said "Holy crap this is good." I can't say anything better than that. I agree whole heartedly 100%. Holy crap this is good!
On behalf of the entire Whisk household, thank you Cinemon Girl for picking such an awesome recipe. Be sure to check what the rest of the bakers did.
Next up are the honey-wheat cookies. These were met with some shrugged shoulders in our kitchen. It's not that they were bad, but they really weren't that great either. My father-in-law's comment was that they taste like "horse biscuits." He also asked me not to pass that along to Kim, so please keep that between us. I didn't think they tasted like horse biscuits and enjoyed quite a few of them, but even in my heightened sweet-craving state these still lasted over a week. I guess no matter how sophisticated I try to be I'd rather have melted chocolate all over my t-shirt while eating chocolate chip cookies and drinking milk than sipping tea with a honey-wheat biscuit delicately placed on my saucer.
In the end they all were eaten and Kim actually thought they were very tasty with tea. I got into a habit of eating a couple with my morning coffee (or my afternoon coffee). So while I wouldn't ask for them again, they were nice to have around for a week.
Thanks to Flourchild for picking this one out. I'm always excited when Kim says what she is making and it doesn't sound like something I would have thought of. I'm always game for the adventure.
Hopefully Kim will be back in blogging shape next week after her schedule eases off a little.
Pete you are my most favorite. Thank you so much for doing this. I love you.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the post Pete! Great job - glad you enjoyed the tart so much. It definitely seems to have been a popular choice this week!
ReplyDeleteKim - both of your desserts look absolutely amazing! Hope your schedule slows down soon :)
That tart looks delicious!
ReplyDeleteGreat looking cookies that were surprisingly tasty, too. And the tart looks fantastic.
ReplyDeleteGreat post.
The cookies didn't tickle my fancy either, but that tart.... That's a whole different story: delicious!!!
ReplyDeleteNicely done, Pete. I think you captured the essence of both desserts beautifully.
ReplyDeleteTart is beautiful. Cookies look perfect.
oh good! i was sad when i checked over before and didn't see anything, so thanks, pete! both of these look great, and even tho i liked the "horse biscuits," i'd also rank the coconut tart #1. looks like kim made a great one!!
ReplyDeleteHorse biscuits...too funny...and maybe a little too appropriate! Great photos of everything...the tart is particularly beautiful. Pete, Mark thinks your decision on the sweets exception is brilliant. This year he gave up alcohol (beer with ballgames is pretty much the extent of the alcohol around here anyway) and potato chips (his absolute favorite snack) because he figured it would be crazy to try to give up the sweets with the TWD stuff hanging around and "I don't want Matt to have to eat it all each week," very big of him dontchaknow. Now he is thinking of going your route next year and not having to give up the potato chips at all. Hmmmm...
ReplyDeleteYou're a wonderful husband for helping Kim keep up with her blogging. Thanks for sharing with wonderful renditions of Dorie's recipes with us.
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