Notes about Recipes in this book

• Thick and creamy potato latkes

  • ashallen on May 13, 2022

    These were wonderful. Although the recipe title says "thick and creamy," mine thinned out towards the edges and got awesomely crispy-crunchy (though the middle was creamy). I like my potato pancakes to be brown and crisp so I ended up cooking these a bit longer than specified in the recipe. I really enjoyed the onion flavors but my husband, who's less of an onion fan, would have preferred less. As noted in recipe, leftovers froze and reheated from frozen very well.

• Master recipe for classic apple pie

  • ashallen on November 23, 2019

    As the recipe title says, this is a classic apple pie. Delicious and very pretty with a tender and flaky crust. I missed the extra-buttery flavor of an all-butter crust but my husband really liked the more tender texture of this butter+shortening crust. The apples cook down *a lot* - it might look like they won't fit when they're uncooked, but persevere and squeeze them in for a well-filled pie once baked. [Cross-post for Annual Edition/Magazine.]

• Apple pie with crystallized ginger

  • mfto on May 30, 2011

    The crystallized ginger makes this pie special. But I now only use their 2010 pie dough recipe that uses vodka.