by Benjamin Lester | Dec 21, 2023 | Baking, Bread, Dessert, Pastry, Recipes, Uncategorized
(Scroll Below for Recipe Book preview followed by Ingredient list and directions in text only) This recipe transforms a basic brioche bun into a fancy Italian pastry. In Medieval Rome, Maritozzi were the one of the only sweets permitted during Lent, because they...
by Benjamin Lester | Dec 10, 2023 | Baking, Dessert, Pastry, Recipes
(See below for book spread and text recipe and instructions) Recipes for this and other “upside-down cakes” began appearing in America in the 1920s, America, and their popularity has continued into the 21st century, for good reason. Upside-down cakes are simple,...
by Benjamin Lester | Nov 28, 2020 | Baking, Dessert, Pastry, Recipes, Uncategorized
by Benjamin Lester | Dec 7, 2017 | Baking, Blog, Dessert, Pastry, Recipes, Video
Not a pie. Not a doughnut. But a masterpiece of a cake. Classic butter cake filled to the edges with thick vanilla(or maple)custard. And topped with decadent chocolate ganash. Accented here with Black raspberries from the garden(held in the freezer) this is an instant...
by Benjamin Lester | Sep 14, 2016 | Baking, Blog, Dessert, Grain CSA, News, Pastry, Recipes, Uncategorized
Triple Chocolate Cookies My Little buddy(Gabriel) has been on a mission to eat sweet things as a matter passion. So when I’m not drizzling a little honey and maple syrup on healthy nourishing foods I am sometimes inspired by his sweet tooth to make cookies or...
by Benjamin Lester | Aug 26, 2016 | Baking, Blog, Dessert, Grain CSA, News, Pastry, Recipes, Uncategorized
We headed out into the fields in Hardwick at the farm of Stan and Abby White Along with there two sons Simon and Evan and Harvested over 6 tons of beautiful Redeemer wheat! Of course it wasn’t without challenge as the rain threatened and a drive chain was lost...