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| Left over frozen rhubarb and frozen strawberries: I thicken using sugar and cornstarch OR sugar and tapioca. Recipe in and older post for fruit crisp. |
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| For a small square I used 1/2 cup or 125 ml of oatmeal, brown sugar, flour and butter |
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| Pat down lightly..... |
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| pre rolled pastry for a 9" pie plate; found with biscuits in a tube. |
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| 2 pieces - top and bottom or one open face pie |
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| I like a glass pan, better browning of bottom crust. |
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| Mrs Wakely's recipe for apple pie filling. Canned would work. |
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| I piled the apples higher in the center |
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| Top layer on |
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| Following the package directions, I tucked the pastry together and crimped the edge. Cream on the top, and a sprinkle of sugar. Air vents are important! |
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| Looks good.....I still prefer my homemade pastry, made from lard. |
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| I used my huge cupcake tin (spray and dust with flour) |
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| Cover the entire doll up to the arm. Keep the hair wrapped up until presenting the cake. |
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| I thought it would work to put the layers in this direction; the bottom of the cupcake pan facing up |
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| I iced the cake bottom (after trimming and using icing to stick it to the cake board). I cut out the center for the doll |
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| I used the pieces from the top of the bottom layer to build up the base. |
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| Use thick blobs of icing to fill in the spaces where the top and bottom layers meet. You can then connect the blobs to avoid pulling crumbs. This can be used s a crumb coat. I did refrigerate to set this icing. I covered over it with another layer of icing. |
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| I should have trimmed off the edge to make the dress flow better.... |
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| Use tiny amounts of dye on a tooth pick. You can add more colour if needed. |
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| I wanted a similar colour to the dress. |
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| Add caption |
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| Put blobs of icing on the cake and connect the dots. I use an off set spatula. |
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| Yeah, I made it this far!! not happy with that ridge at the top. Use icing to put a top on the poor lady... |
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| I tried to pipe shapes on the cake to match the dress...... |
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| I started by using tweezers to add the detail on the dress..... |
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| It is supposed to be a shell border on the cake. I was not happy with the lower front decorations... |
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| Left over egg whites from making a key lime pie. Page 50 of Cookies by Company's Coming. Mix the measured sugar and cornstarch in a bowl. |
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| Follow the instructions. This is a cooked meringue, I place my steel bowl over a pot of boiling water. I have never owned a double boiler. |
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| Use the longest coconut you can buy. Mine was from Save on Foods. Fold the coconut in. |
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| If you want perfect, round cookies use a wet finger to push the coconut in. |
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| Crispy on the outside and soft inside. |
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| I stagger the cookies so the air can circulate around them. Flat cookie sheet, not a rimmed jelly roll pan. |
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| Roll the pastry on floured parchment; roll it larger than your pie plate (include the height of the side and a large overhang) |
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| Trim any of the larger pieces off. Don't worry about the cracked pieces. You can use water to join them together. |
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| Be careful not to stretch the pastry. I drop mine onto the plate from the parchment. Tuck the overhanging pastry in until it matches the edge of the pie plate. |
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| crimp the edge of the pastry. |
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| I weight the pastry down with a matching pie plate instead of using pie weights when I bake the shell. |
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| The shell did shrink in one spot. |
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| What went wrong? I used a recipe for key lime pie which said 9" pie plate. It will take alot of whip cream to hide this mistake. |
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| I used a 9" pie plate with a higher rim!!! These 2 pie plates are the same size...... |
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| I seasoned a top sirloin roast. added chopped turnip, whole brussel sprouts, whole small carrots, onion wedges and small, whole coloured potatoes. I did add water o the bottom of the pan for gravy. I use parchment paper so I don't have to scrub the pan! |
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| Quick fix. Pre-washed box of spinach leaves, drained tin of orange wedges and praline pecans. Choice of Peach White Balsamic OR Raspberry vinaigrette. |
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| Toss the leaves with dressing. place in bowl and top spinach with pecans and oranges. You could add slivers of red onion. |
