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Blueberry Nectarine Crosata ~ Enjoying the last of summer’s stone fruit in a rustic free form crust.

If you have been reading, you know nectarines are one of my favorite summer fruits. As the summer nears the end I get a little panicked and start buying them like crazy.

I’ll take them raw or baked. For this post they are baked and paired with some blueberries and, oh my, are the two good together.

Since this was a fruit filled recipe, I didn’t feel guilty serving it for breakfast. A funny bit—my son told me he loves having my giant sized fruit cookies for breakfast. I didn’t correct him and instead I granted his wish for another portion. Yes, I am sucker and easily manipulated with compliments. Flattery will get you everywhere with me.

This is an easy recipe to throw together. For the filling use any fruit you prefer or have on hand. A favorite combination of mine is blackberries and cherries. Continue reading Blueberry Nectarine Crosata

Basic Tartelette Shells ~ This is a fast and easy tart shell recipe that you can execute with ease.

Tartlette Shells Bakers Royale PostA Baking Basics: How to make tartlette shells — Basic Tartelette Shells

Let me start by saying, I have never found the saying, “Easy as pie” entirely accurate. I like to think the person who coined that phrase was referring to a crustless pie or a pie made with a graham cracker crust.

I find working with any pastry not so easy. I’m always worried about whether I’m mixing it enough, over working it, is my butter getting too warm-all things that make me think twice before making any recipe that includes a tart or pie crust.

After trying a few recipes, I like Our Chocolate Shavings’ tart shell as my go-to recipe. Of course I like it, because it was success with ease. The recipe is written clearly and concisely, with little tid bits that most other recipes take for granted. You’ll see what I mean when you read it for yourself, especially the part about smearing out the dough. I have not seen or read that elsewhere and I found it most useful. Continue reading Baking Basics: How to make tartlette shells