Judy's Gross Eats

For today's Tuesdays with Dorie challenge, I made the Daily Bread:  Whole Wheat and Flax Edition.
The Daily Bread, either edition, is such a lovely bread to make. It's great for sandwiches, or, better yet, toasted and buttered.
I decided to use toasted sesame seeds in place of the flaxseeds. Not because I dislike flaxseeds, but the batch I have has such an overpowering flavor that it is a distraction.  I suspect it will languish in the freezer until the apocalypse....

January's cake from Dorie's Anytime Cakes features winter fruits and a delicious combination of flours:  spelt, rye, and hazelnut. The addition of honey and yogurt provide a hint of sweetness and tanginess.
I always have specialty flours in my freezer, and my biweekly produce box just happened to contain pears, so this was the perfect cake to make.  I did end up baking it for about 15 minutes longer to be sure the cake was cooked through....

World Peace Cookies are one of my favorite cookies. Dorie has updated the flavor profile this time, adding in rye flour, cocoa nibs, freeze-dried raspberries, and a pinch of cayenne pepper.  I chose to make the original version this time, but I did update...

Just in time for the holidays, the Tuesdays with Dorie group baked a Cocoa-Cranberry Linzer Tart.
The tart resembles a linzer cookie, with raspberry jam and a peek-a-boo top, but adds in chocolate, fresh cranberries, and a crumbly, nutty crust.  It's a delicious combination of sweet and tart and very rich, so just a sliver is enough. It even improves...