When I checked my email late yesterday morning I was surprised to see an email from my friends at Tumblr informing me it was the 7th anniversary of my blog, Dinner at Sheila’s! Wow…how did I let that slip by? I told my husband I needed to create something immediately to celebrate! On the counter…
Tag: pastry
Double Apple Pie
Better late than never…so here is the recipe for the Double Apple Pie I served at Thanksgiving this year. But please don’t wait until Thanksgiving to make this! It’s that good! Vodka in the pastry makes for a very flaky crust! Wanted to get this up before we move into Hanukkah, Christmas and 2017! Double…
Spiced Apple Pie with Walnut Streusel Topping
Recently friends from LA came for the weekend, and I made this apple pie for dessert after a meal of Beef Bourguignon. It is such a great apple pie, perfectly spiced in my opinion… cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, cloves… The recipe for the Spiced Apple Pie which you will find here on a previous post makes…
Mixed Summer Fruit Pie with an Almond Streusel Topping
Summer and fresh fruit pies! Is there anything better??? I love to get creative with fruit fillings , especially when I don’t have enough of any one fruit to fill a pie I so desperately want to bake. Case in point: the Berry Pie with Streusel Topping which I had hoped to make untii I…
French Pear Tart
This French Pear Tart which I served at my recent brunch is simply an adaptation of Ina Garten,The Barefoot Contessa’s French Apple Tart which I have made numerous times. I had bought a large bag of Forelle Pears when I spotted them at Costco on a recent visit. I first tasted them several years ago,…
Sour Cherry Pie
If you have been following my blog you will remember that before our home was completed we had lived in a hotel for one month, then a lovely rental with a small kitchen (finally I could cook again), where we stayed for 6 weeks. Due to a previous booking at that time, and our home…
Coconut Cream Pie
My sister came to visit this past weekend so we could all celebrate her birthday. Our best friends who have become good friends to her as well joined us for a terrific dinner Saturday evening in DC at a wonderful restaurant called District Commons. Check it out. Our cocktails, appetizers, entrees, salads, and desserts…
Meyer Lemon Curd Tartlets
One of the things I love to do most in the kitchen is to take left-overs and re-purpose them. In other words, use it in a different way than originally intended. Case in point: the Meyer Lemon Curd Tartlets pictured above. I love making Meyer Lemon Curd whenever I find Meyer lemons available. A small…
Sufganiyot (Hanukkah Jelly Doughnuts)
It is traditional during the eight days of Hanukkah to eat foods fried in oil commemorating the miracle of the oil. The story goes… After Antiochus’s forces had been defeated and driven from the Temple, the Maccabees discovered that most of the ritual oil had been destroyed. A single container was still sealed by the…
Blueberry Streusel Pie
Our best friends were bringing pizza over for dinner last night. I promised not to fuss since we are leaving in 2 days for the west coast. Those who know me know that me not fussing is an oxymoron , but I tried. The challenge was to see if I could avoid going to the…