Me (left) with Dorie Greenspan (right)
Last Sunday afternoon, I had the opportunity to attend a cooking class at Central Market in Dallas taught by the REAL Dorie Greenspan. It was a fabulous experience not only because I got to see Dorie, but I also got to eat some tasty vittles and meet some fellow Tuesdays with Dorie members including Amy of Sing for Your Supper, Jessica of My Baking Heart and Jaime of Good Eats ‘n Sweet Treats.
Dorie putting together Lamb and Dried Apricot Tagine
Dorie was thrilled with her birthday cupcake.
Dorie’s engaging personality and entertaining manner made the afternoon fly. I loved how she kept whipping out her iPhone to take pictures as if she wanted to remember the moment as much as we did.
It probably won’t surprise you she admitted she doesn’t normally pay attention to calories. You can’t tell it by her petite figure but her recipes are proof.
Take these Peanutty Blondies for example. They are chewy, chocolaty and RICH!
I used the mini-chocolate chips Dorie recommended but did not add peanuts as it seemed over the top with all the peanut butter already in the mix. Mine turned out dense and flavorful but a little bit heavy. I may have overcooked them slightly but they were still good.
You can get the recipe for Dorie’s Peanutty Blondies from Nicole at Bakeologie.
Coming tomorrow: My Favorite–Glazed Peanut Butter Bars
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this brownie looks incredible good! I`d like to try it
have a nice time,
Paula
Great Dorie photos! How lucky that you got to watch her cook.
Fun. Paula!!! So exciting to spend this time with Dorie! How sweet she seems
I imagine you enjoyed this special day spent with the author of such a delightful cook book and other TWD bakers!
You met Dorie! She has such an engaging personality! I think she looks like a cute little elf, don’t you? How does she eat stuff like this and stay so teeny?
Hey Kitch, I think Dorie told me her secret although she didn’t call it that. She said, “I TASTE everything.”
Paula,
How fun for you to actually meet Dorie!? I wonder if she’ll ever come to little old Idaho! I love the pictures you took too!
Your blondies look good great! They are so yummy!!
You lucky gal, meeting Dorie. She has changed my cooking life with her recipes.
Did you double the chocolate since you cut the peanuts? It looks like a lot of chocolate and I love chocolate.
What a lovely time you must have had and what a great opportunity to have met Dorie and all the other ladies. Your blondies don’t look too overdone to me
The picture of you and Dorie is lovely and the picture of Dorie taking a photo of her cupcake is actually really sweet.
What a fun afternoon! A cooking class with Dorie is on my ‘bucket list’. She is one amazing lady.
Great post!
It was so lovely meeting you – we definitely need to put a DFW get-together on soon!
Just so you know, I’m slightly, OK maybe more than slightly, envious that you got to meet Dorie. How fun! The Blondies look great.
Mimi
Lucky girl meeting Dorie Greenspan! Thanks for baking along your blondies look amazing!
i used crunchy PB and peanuts and they still didn’t seem like too much
seems like a lot of us overbaked this one! oh well, i agree they still tasted good.
again, it was great to meet you! so fun to meet dorie, too
I wish I could have been there!! Sounds like you TWDers had a blast!! I’m a few cities over, and I believe that she had a class here (or an upcoming one).
Anywho, your treats look great!! Can’t wait for your fave peanut bar recipe!
I’m green with envy over here.
What an opportunity and what a great pic of you two!
What fun to meet Dorie! Those blondies look yum.
How lucky are you! I am envious – I would love to meet Dorie. Ilove the fact that she took pictures all the time – makes me feel like she is really one of us. I am getting an iPhone this week – weeeeeee!
How cool that you met Dorie!! That’s a great photo of the two of you! I really liked the crunch and saltiness of the peanuts in the blondies. I think I would have preferred regular chocolate chips instead of minis, though. I like a big bite of chocolate!
What a great picture of the two of you and how much fun you must have had. Plus, your brownies are very pretty!!
Another lucky Dorie meeter. I so wished my daughter still lived in Dallas. I would have been there….
These blondies were so good. Yours look great.
How lucky you are to meet Dorie! Glad you had fun. Your blondies look terrific!
Great photos of Dorie and your blondies…such fun to see you and The Great One together…sounds like you had a wonderful time.
I used mini chips, too and I kept the peanuts in there. I really enjoyed these. Looks like you had a lot of fun that night meeting Dorie!!
don’t you just love dorie. she’s my new bff!! I met her at blogher food and it was one of the highlights! you look fantastic!
that class looks so fun! i’ve met dorie in NYC–she’s really nice.
What a great opportunity to meet Dorie in the flesh! I thought these blondies were ok, but a bit on the hefty side.
So fun. I love that you said the REAL Dorie. I wish she would have toured somewhere around here. Sigh.
Truly glad for you and truly jealous! What a great time you must have had! I almost made it to a book singing in Seattle… almost. Blondies look fantastic – these were definitely a hit!