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Valentine’s Day Apple Pie or Pie for Someone You Love
If measures and precision were not part of recipe writing or too-zealous bakers (who forget it's not about the measure, it's about the heart of the matter..), how would this...
Valentine’s Day Chocolate Caramellato Tea
This glorious tea is a replication of a special tea I had somewhere, once, with someone, on a sweet first date that featured this marvellous brew of toasted walnuts, almonds, caramel, chocolate and...
Valentine’s Day Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies
These are monster cookies but thin, crisp and butter with a touch of cream cheese in the batter. You could make them small but they are sensational if you make...
Valentine’s Day Special Chocolate Chip Cookies
Densely filled with chocolate chips, crisp edges that are slightly rolled and hefty and a chewy center: a super chocolate chip cookie for your collection.
Valentine’s Day Truffle Raspberry Cake
A silky, dark chocolate wonder – somewhere between a cake and a torte, this deep, moist cake features fresh raspberries, raspberry eau de vie (if you have it; otherwise use...
Valrhona Chocolate Bread
The recipe is now in A Passion for Home Baking, Marcy Goldman, Oxmoor House 2007
This bread is sharp with bittersweet chocolate, yet moist and chewy, with a sweet, chocolate swirl...
Vanilla Bean Biscotti
Pure vanilla extra and vanilla paste, a wonderful product from Nielsen Massey you can find at their site and...
Vanilla Bean Bread Pudding with Strawberry Rhubarb Compote Coulis
Bread puddings have always been the baker’s wise way to use up leftover bread and transform it into a homey, sweet dessert. This one is classic, creamy and comforting. A...
Vanilla Bean Shortbread
Flecks of pure vanilla bean and pure extract mellow up the buttery taste of classic shortbread.