Seasonal Recipes

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Baked to suit the weather

Best Ever Easy Pecan Pie Bars

Next to brownies, pecan pie bars are the most asked for dessert bars during the holidays. Don’t be caught without this seasonal favorite on-hand for your cookie trays!

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Best Ever Classic Frangipane Tart

Our Chef’s Best Ever Classic Pear Frangipane Tart or Tarte Bourdaloue in French is a delicious lightly spiced Fall and Winter pastry full of almond notes and perfect pear texture. The Sweet Pastry is filled with Almond Cream and topped with Poached Pears.

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Cinnamon raisin bread on a board

Whole Grain Cinnamon Raisin Swirl Bread

This cinnamon swirl bread is one of the best loaves of bread on earth to make into French toast. For our pastry chef, it is a longtime family tradition to serve this on the first day of school to the kids. It is the perfect bread for Fall.

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Fall Recipes

Best Ever Classic Frangipane Tart

Our Chef’s Best Ever Classic Pear Frangipane Tart or Tarte Bourdaloue in French is a delicious lightly spiced Fall and Winter pastry full of almond notes and perfect pear texture. The Sweet Pastry is filled with Almond Cream and topped with Poached Pears.

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Winter Recipes

Best Ever Easy Pecan Pie Bars

Next to brownies, pecan pie bars are the most asked for dessert bars during the holidays. Don’t be caught without this seasonal favorite on-hand for your cookie trays!

Read More »

Best Ever Classic Frangipane Tart

Our Chef’s Best Ever Classic Pear Frangipane Tart or Tarte Bourdaloue in French is a delicious lightly spiced Fall and Winter pastry full of almond notes and perfect pear texture. The Sweet Pastry is filled with Almond Cream and topped with Poached Pears.

Read More »

Spring Recipes

Spiced Cherry Biscuits

The tart-sweet cherries are combined in a lightly sweet fluffy biscuit with hints of cardamom, cinnamon and a subtly kiss of orange. Now, these are some pretty delicious biscuits!

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French Bread Formulation with Poolish

Generally, the French Bread found in America is glorified white bread. This is not that bread. This is a traditional French Bread with a pre-ferment called a Poolish. The poolish is blended and allowed to ferment for 8-12 hours at room temperature before the dough is made.

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Summer Recipes

Banana bread on cutting board with knife

Best and Easiest Guide to Banana Bread

One of the things we love about banana bread is how generally forgiving it is to make for beginners. This beginner’s guide is perfect! The ratios in the recipe are not as precise as they are in many other baked goods. This makes it a very non-threatening and approachable baked good to make.

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