When the trees are bursting with ripe, ruby red cherries, it’s time to make Sweet Cherry-Almond Pie. I got lucky this year when my neighbor offered to let me pick as many cherries as I wanted from her huge tree. My hubby and kids got out the ladders and collected […]
Tag: summer
Summer Peach Pie
This Summer Peach Pie is quite simple to make but its flavor is perfection. For some reason, peaches taste even better when cooked. Use the freshest peaches you can find. I usually wait till I can get them from my own tree or at a local fruit stand. The ones […]
Fresh Strawberry Pie
The fruit IS the pie in this Fresh Strawberry Pie, so make sure to look for the sweetest, most flavorful strawberries. It’s an easy, no-bake pie that’s made without Jell-O. It takes just a few extra minutes but the flavor and texture are so worth it. You can use this […]
Strawberry Shortcake
The perfect springtime dessert – this Strawberry Shortcake is just the thing for those times when the strawberries look so good at the market that you buy way too many (that happens to me every spring.) I prefer to make shortcake biscuits in this dessert, rather than traditional buttermilk biscuits, […]
Really Raspberry Pie and Tartlets
I could eat fresh raspberries every day, and this is one of my favorite ways to eat them. This jammy, creamy pie is as fresh and bright as fruit pies get. Half the raspberries are cooked while the other half are added fresh for the most wonderful, intense berry flavor. […]
Creamy Peach Pie
This pie is the reason I planted two peach trees next to my house when I moved in, years ago. I had to have enough peaches to make lots and lots of these glorious pies in the summertime. It’s so good that when the fresh peaches are gone from our […]
Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
Two of the best things about Spring are the sweet strawberries and the tart rhubarb; and nothing is better than the two of them together in a warm Strawberry Rhubarb Pie. I have a wonderful neighbor who likes to share freshly-picked rhubarb with me, but you can easily grow your […]