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Susan W.
July 9, 2017
Mine didn't come out looking quite this perfect, but I made these with the salted caramel filling, dipped in ganache, and finished with a little extra fleur de sel. Decadent!
NRasic
October 23, 2014
I love making caramel! The homemade version is so much better than anything store bought! Thanks for sharing Dorie, she has offered so much to the culinary world!
reneej
October 22, 2014
I love to make fruit tarts as well as loaf cakes, like banana bread or pumpkin bread. I think mine are better than the ones I buy because mine contain less sugar
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Cyn
October 22, 2014
Pie! Any one of my homemade pies beats out anything we can find in a store! Especially my Custard pie made with cream and egg yolks, real vanilla and a minimum of nutmeg.
HalfPint
October 22, 2014
a simple layer cake because no seems to sell a good simple layer cake anymore.
Lark
October 22, 2014
My favorite store-bought dessert I recreate at home would be chocolate chip cookies. There is no comparison to a freshly made, buttery, warm chocolate chip cookie.
DianaDC
October 22, 2014
I love to make cream puffs, flan, pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, lemon cookies, banana bread, cream cheese swirl brownies and lots of other desserts! Why buy it when home made is so much better!
Catherine
October 21, 2014
Cake. Any kind of cake, but particularly those of the layered variety. Also, real buttercream!
Donna D.
October 21, 2014
brownies,made w/bittersweet chocolate,butter and walnuts.no bakery can beat them.
summersavory
October 21, 2014
This may not count as a full "dessert" in many peoples' minds, but I think that homemade whipped cream offers the greatest possible improvement over store-bought for the least amount of work. I mean, who can bear to eat reddi-whip once they've tasted the real thing?
gabsimonelouise
October 21, 2014
Anything that Trader Joe's makes as a dessert I love to copy at home...lately it's been their pumpkin ice cream sandwiches...pumpkin ice cream between two gingersnaps!
Lisa
October 21, 2014
Shortcakes. There really is no comparison between the store-bought version and the home-baked one! Wow. Now I'm craving shortcake. Hmmm...now where did I put that extra butter? :)
SteffieB
October 21, 2014
Homemade ice cream is incredible and totally worth the expense of good ingredients.
EmFraiche
October 21, 2014
Chocolate chip cookies. I grew up thinking Chips Ahoy were good... /shakeshead
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