Get Your Bake On
November 30, 2024
I would rather toss something in the over than stand watching a pot on the stove any day. When the oven is on I reach for one of my favorites, either a classic Pyrex baking dish, a white glazed stoneware baker or a vintage Dansk Kobenstyle baker. I’ll decide on which based on what’s being prepared or how it’s being presented. If it’s a batch of Brown Butter Blondies or a sheet cake I might go with the Pyrex. If I’m entertaining for the holidays and I’m making a Panettone Bread Pudding or Sicilian Potato Gratin I will go with a white stoneware or the enameled Kobenstyle. The Pyrex is put to use all year long roasting vegetables while the other two are perfect for a seasonal fruit crisp or presenting a chopped salad to a group. And, it goes without saying any and all will handle the task perfectly when you are asked to whip up a batch of Funeral Potatoes or a Baked Mac and Cheese. Easy clean up for each makes it hard to pick a favorite.
Classic Pyrex photo: crate and barrel
White Potluck Baking Dishes photo: crate and barrel
White Enamel Dansk Kobenstyle Baker photo: Food 52
photos except where noted: gp
Easy as (or easier than) Pie!
October 8, 2012
When you have a craving for something like…pie, or a crisp, or a cobbler, but need it quick or are limited to only a few pieces of fruit on the counter, you have to get creative. With the late summer stone fruits everywhere, this dish works equally well with all of them, peaches, nectarines, plums…try them all. Today I had only two lonely nectarines and a taste for something comfortable. So I simply split them, lined them in a glass baking dish, sprinkled each with a little cinnamon, a squeeze of lemon juice, a good pinch of brown sugar. Then a quick crumble ( by hand, don’t pull out that processor) of a couple graham crackers and a drizzle of 1 1/2 tablespoons of melted butter. Pop them into a preheated 325 oven for 20 mins or so….the topping should be golden and the fruit tender when tested with the tip of a knife. That’s it! Simple, quiet and done! Eat them warm with a scoop of ice cream or room temp on their own.
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