Woo Hoo! Â This is the first recipe the Baked Sunday Mornings team is baking from the brand new“Baked Occasions” cookbook by Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito! Â This occasion is especially exciting because several of us tested Matt & Renato’s recipes right in our home kitchens. Â It was so much fun and the hardest secret to keep! Â We couldn’t even tell each other what we were baking and our notes and photos were being collected by our sweet leader, Sheri of Pork Cracklins, and being sent directly to the Gentlemen Bakers. Â Talk about intimidating! Â And, I really drove my poor husband crazy trying to take the perfect photo of each item. Â One of the recipes we tested were these beautiful Election Palmiers. Â They’re light, crisp, flavorful, and delicious. Â The sugar on top bakes up cruchy and caramel-ly. Â The beauty and elegance of these cookies belies how really easy they are to make. Â I remember pastries like this at lots of cafes and bakeries when I was growing up in Italy. Â Palmiers are best enjoyed freshly made with a cup of coffee or tea.
“Baked Occasions” is organized by months, and – you guessed it – occasions! Â In true Gentleman Bakers’ style, every occasion calls for a baked celebration. Â This book is fun and we’d love it if you’d join us in baking our way through it. Â Just grab a copy of the book and follow the schedule here! Â And, the most exciting thing, is that my photo is on page 266 as one of the “Badass Recipe Testers!”
And, oh by the way, I just put the St. Patrick’s Drunk Bundt Cake in the oven!
Enjoy!
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| Photos courtesy of Dafna of Stellina Sweets |
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Beautiful palmiers, I love the sugared topping!
This certainly looks delicious!! It is perfect with a cup of coffee. Catherine
So cool that you were a tester! That would have been a fun project! Palmiers look wonderful!
They look great! I loved them but thought it was a bit of a long process for such simple cookies. So glad to be in this group!
great post, Susan. And the palmiers look so good!
I loved these, too! That turtle tray is just darling!
Lovely, Susan! I loved the caramelization too, and then the spicy kick at the end– these were awesome. What a great way to start off the new book. 🙂
I love palmiers… I never can eat just one!
I haven’t had a palmier since I was last in Paris – many, many years ago! The book looks wonderful… I should just go to Amazon now and get it! xox
I’ve always wanted to make palmiers and I’ve had my eye on Ina Garten’s recipe. Patty Price made them once and featured them on her blog. This recipe looks even more delicious. Maybe I should try them both and compare. Another winter project. Thanks for posting the recipe.