This week's recipe was Dorie's Summer Fruit Galette (delicious!) chosen by Michelle of Michelle In Colorado Springs. Lately, over at TWD, we've started doing things a wee bit differently; for instance, now we've started being informed of the chosen recipes for the entire month, instead of one week at a time. I think I'm the only person out of the entire group who doesn't really cozy up to this idea. Call me crazy, but I enjoy finding out one recipe at a time - its like a little weekly surprise! It sure makes Mondays a little more enjoyable, I'll say that! But, I understand most of the members' reasonings for wanting this new method- going to the grocery store sucks. Let's just come right out and say it. Nobody likes to go more than they absolutely have to, so by finding out the whole month's TWD recipes, it allows us to go the the store one time and get everything we need for the whole month of baking. I get it.  No judgement here, ladies. That's why I didn't make a peep when the idea was proposed...I'm just one of those weird people who like the spontaneity, I guess. I don't have to have it, though....therefore, no gripes from SingForYourSupper!

Anyway, this galette rocked, in my fruit-and-pie-crust-lovin' opinion! It starts with Dorie's perfect Pie Crust, followed by apricot jam, graham cracker crumbs, plenty of fresh sliced summer fruit, such as nectarines, plums, apricots, peaches...(whatever your heart desires! I used nectarines and apricots), then topped with a surprisingly yummy pastry creme and baked....pure delicious, people! If you would like the recipe, and trust me, you do, you can visit Michelle's blog and she'll fix you right up! As always, you can see TONS more galettes on the other TWD members' rockin' blogs here.

I hate to say it, but this was the first recipe of Dorie's that I just flat out did not care for - at all! I thought the day would never come when I would dislike, hate even, one of Dorie's recipes, but there really is a first time for everything, I guess.

This week's recipe was Cherry Rhubarb Cobbler, chosen by Amanda of Like Sprinkles on a Cupcake. To start with, I wasn't too enthusiastic about another biscuit topping "cobbler" (not that it matters what I think - all that matters is the person who chose it, and if she wanted cobbler, than by gosh, cobbler is what she'll get!), but its a cobbler containing rhurbarb....I think I've actually seen rhubarb in person once in my whole life around these parts....but not now apparently - the stuff is darned near impossible to find - so it would be a cherry rhubarb cobbler minus the rhubarb. Maybe that's why mine was so unappealing - who knows. (At least it looks good, right?)

I bought a truck load of fresh cherries at my farmers market and was all excited to get home and start on my cherry cobbler. Until I realized I had no cherry pitter thingie. Great. I read on the TWD website that you could use a chopstick instead....so there I was in my kitchen, using a chopstick to try to pit my cherries. Five minutes into the process, it looked like I had murdered a small animal or something - bright, red cherry juice - EVERYWHERE. My face, my hair, my clothes, my walls, my hands - my fingers are still stained!- but I managed to get all those @#$%^&! cherries pitted, alright. During the whole process I kept thinking, "this had better be the best cherry cobbler known to man, or else I'm going to be really upset!" Against my better judgement, I decided to go ahead and make the biscuit topping instead of using a different topping like I did last time (the TWD gods were not amused at that), and hope for the best. I pulled it out of the oven and it looked delicious - juicy and red with a nicely browned crumbly topping. The taste, however wasn't near as good as it looked. Both hubby and I were disappointed in the topping - it tasted like flour and nothing else - and the cherry filling was just "ok". Now that could be due to the lack of rhubarb - so I won't judge that part too much. Either way, it didn't get eaten. And I was disappointed that I made something of Dorie's that I didn't care for. I guess it happens though - she can't make everyone happy 100% of the time. So, there's always next week (Summer Fruit Galette) and I'm particularly excited about it! Stay tuned!

This week's recipe was Dorie's Double Crust Blueberry Pie, chosen by Amy of South In Your Mouth. I think pretty much all of us at Tuesdays With Dorie loved this pick and thought it was perfect for the 4th of July Holiday! I was really excited to try this recipe for two reasons: 1.) I've never had a blueberry pie before and 2.) I've actually never made my own piecrust! I couldn't wait to get started.....only there were hardly ANY blueberries to be had in my grocery store. I don't know if there's a "blueberry shortage" or what, but it was near impossible for me to find fresh blueberries (unless I was willing to spend a fortune...which I wasn't, thank you very much!). So, I had planned on using frozen blueberries; that is, until my good buddy Jessica, over at My Baking Heart invited me to come blackberry picking with her and her mother! YEE HAW! I'd never gone pickin' for anything before, so I decided fresh blackberries would be delicious!! We got TONS of ripe, delicious blackberries (sorry, Jess sent me the pictures, but I couldn't figure out how to get them onto my blog, so if you want to see pics from our little outing, go visit her blog - she's got 'em up!) and came home and made our pies.

Unfortunately, I had a bit of trouble with my pie crust. I don't know if I didn't let it chill long enough before baking or what, but something just didn't seem right as it was in the oven (as you can see by the picture above!) My crust was MELTING OFF!! It was the strangest thing! Not only that, but it burned rather quickly, too, even covered with foil. However, it was still delicious! I took the pie to my mom and dad's house for the 4th of July weekend and the crust was a big hit. The blackberry filling was good...just very, very, VERY runny. I guess blackberries weren't the wisest choice here. We ended up having to eat it with spoons! However, it was still pretty tasty with my mom's homemade vanilla icecream over the top of it!

Sorry for the crappy pics....I didn't get ANY good ones of the inside of the pie, mostly because its "innards" were running all over the place and hardly looked suitable for a close-up. Regardless of the appearance of this pie, it was really tasty and my whole family enjoyed it! Nex time, I'll definitely try it with the fresh blueberries, though!

No, I didn't use Dorie's recipe for the biscuit topping. Shoot me. Sorry, but I don't believe in cobblers with "biscuit topping" - that's just not how its done in my family. I'm sure Dorie's recipe is perfectly delicious - but if I'm going to make a cobbler, I'm going to use my great grandmother's crust recipe. Everything else is just like Dorie calls for - just not the topping. And guess what  - it was delicious! Every week, I follow the recipe exactly how its written - I'm a good little TWD member....just not this week. Don't worry, next week I will definitely be making the Apple Cheddar Scones exactly as Dorie calls for; I promise I'll go back to being a good girl. :-)

This weeks' recipe was the Mixed Berry Cobbler chosen by Beth of Our Sweet Life.