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CROISSANT + REUBEN = CREUBEN

2021-03-10T12:07:00.001-05:00

There are a lot of steps to make Creubens, but it's worth it!! Ideally, you would make the croissants ahead of time, with a plan to have the corned beef in the crock pot while you work. You can certainly use crescent roll dough from the refrigerator section of your local grocer, or, if you're feeling bold, you could ask your local baker for their croissant scrap. It does exist! Whether the baker will part with it, you won't know until you ask!

If you want to make your own French pastry, I'd recommend a sourdough croissant recipe, like this. Be sure to make an egg wash with one egg and a splash of milk, to ensure that golden glow.

Happy cooking!!

What you need:

Canned sauerkraut

Swiss cheese slices
1.5-2 pounds corned beef brisket with spice packet
2 (12 oz) bottles of beer
2 bay leaves
¼ cup peppercorns
1 bulb garlic cloves, separated and peeled
Thousand island dressing
Croissant or crescent roll dough

eggwash (egg + milk)

1000 Island Dressing:

Equal parts:

Mustard (Weber’s )

Paprika

Ketchup

Mayo (Duke’s )

Chopped dill pickles

3 splashes worcestershire

1/2 tsp horseradish

Place the corned beef briskets into your crock pot. Pour in the beer, covering the meat 1 inch. Add the bay leaves, peppercorns and garlic cloves. Cover, and bring to a boil on high. Once boiling, reduce to medium/low and simmer for 3-4 hours, keeping the meat covered in liquid. Carefully remove the meat from the pot. Allow it to rest on a cutting board for about 10 minutes. Slice meat into strips.

Roll out crescent rolls and place the following in this order on the widest part of the dough:

Cheese

Meat

Sauerkraut

Dressing

Roll, carefully keeping ingredients intact. Make an egg wash by mixing an egg and milk, and brush onto pastries with a pastry brush or blotted paper towel.

Bake at the appropriate temperature for whatever dough you are using. Have fun!

Naked cakes aren't just for weddings!

2017-08-07T11:13:00.001-04:00

A summer birthday is a wonderful reason to make a naked cake. Add a theme of a garden party - et voila! This beauty used the local hydrangeas and greenery around the house to beautify!

This weekend, our Bae, Karina Lopez of KC You There fame, turned 30, and had a beautiful backyard bash in the Hamptons. Check out her blog for all the gorgeous pics! KCyouthere.com

BEHIND THE APRON TIP: Be sure to still keep it nice and cool before serving!

Rainbow Unicorn cupcakes

2015-10-05T23:14:00.001-04:00

Sometimes, life hands you the tools to make multi-colored cupcakes with rainbow buttercream.
And on those days, if you're not happy,
something is wrong with you!!

This summer, make berry tarts!

2015-05-22T22:45:00.000-04:00

People get intimated by the unknown. If you don't know how easy (and fun) building a fruit tart is, you may never get that joy of putting the last piece of fruit and looking at your masterpiece with pride!

Hopefully, this berry season will inspire you to have fun with fruit tarts. You can either buy pre-made pie shells, or you can make your own pie dough, roll it out, fill tart shell tins, bake and then fill with your favorite custard recipe, or even cheesecake filling (#yum)....

Behind the Apron TIP: While it can be very pretty to place your berries in a circular pattern, you can choose to group like-berries together like in the above picture!

Go 'nuts for these donut cookies!

2015-05-22T22:27:00.001-04:00

Cookies are high on the LP hierarchy.

Make that cookie look like a donut and you're speaking our language!

Anatomy of Easter Bunny (Butt) cupcakes

2015-03-26T14:30:00.000-04:00

Easter Bunny cupcakes are adorable and easy to DIY. Follow these steps and you will have an adorable dessert at your Easter table. First thing's first, you need white, pink and green frosting! A grass tip or shredded coconut is necessary for the hole, or you could use Oreo crumb! Have fun with it!

Step 1:
Pipe grass in the form of a circle (using a grass tip)

Step 2:
Squeeze a blob for the body

Step 3:
Squeeze a smaller blob and drag towards the center

Step 4:
Repeat step 3 on opposite side

Step 5:
Pipe a smaller blob on center and dip in non-pareils

Step 6:
Pipe pink pads on feet

If you like it then you should have put a (diamond) ring (cookie) on it...

2015-03-25T22:04:00.000-04:00

If diamonds are forever, how long is a yummy diamond ring cookie??

St.Patrick's Day cupcakes make Irish eyes smile...

2015-03-25T21:59:00.003-04:00

March is almost over. That doesn't mean lucky shamrocks aren't as lucky. But a buttercream shamrock on a delicious cupcake means you've found the treasure at the end of the rainbow!

These St. Patrick's Day cupcakes are adorable and make us want to eat them (and some corned beef and cabbage!)

FACT: Cupcakes cure the Winter Blues

2015-03-03T22:48:00.000-05:00

What's not to like about life imitating art when it's in the form of cupcakes?! The swirls remind us of the swirl of the wind and all it's winter glory.

Old Man Winter has nothing on the blues of these cupcakes!

Behind the Apron Tip: White non-pareils are a great match to blue frosting for a fun snow effect!

Monster Cookies

2015-03-03T21:32:00.001-05:00

They did the mash....

... They did the "Monster Mash"!

Monster cookies are so fun because
they are gender neutral, great for birthday parties, baby showers, or just for fun!

Be creative!

Happy Valentine's Day!

2015-02-14T17:51:00.000-05:00

Hearts, sprinkles, and heart sprinkles.

The word "sprinkles" is even fun to say :)

FACT: It's hard not being happy while making it rain red heart sprinkles over red velvet cupcakes.

If only Valentine's Day was everyday!

Eat Your Feelings: Valentine's Day Cookie Edition

2015-02-11T16:27:00.002-05:00

Nothing like hearing the words “eat your feelings” when it’s Valentine’s Day. It is best to eat your feelings during the month of February. February has the holiday for lovers. Lovers of chocolate. Lovers of sweet and tangy. Chocolate covered pieces of sweet. Chocolate covered this, pink and red that.

This time of year, conversation hearts are the perfect opportunity to give and eat what you feel. Remember, if you get what you give, give yourself or your special someone a plate of conversation heart cookies. Grab a “big daddy” or “love stinks”.

But remember: focus on you and you will certainly receive!

Rose Cookies for Valentine's Day

2015-02-04T22:44:00.000-05:00

Look twice at these cookies....

These rose cookies are really upside-down bells!

Inspired by You Can't Judge A Cookie By It's Cutter, these cookies have another use for the traditional Christmas bell!

Do you dream in cookies and cream? + Oreo Buttercream RECIPE

2015-02-04T22:38:00.001-05:00

Raise your hand if you love

all things cookies and cream?!

Okay. Put your hand back down and keep reading.

Valentine's Day is all about getting smothered in favorite flavors. Whether you are smothering yourself, or the one you love, cookies and cream cupcakes are a splendid idea!

Behind the Apron Tip:

Oreo buttercream is super easy to make at home. First, follow our favorite buttercream recipe. Then add your favorite cookies into a food processor.

(Don't worry about pulverizing too many,

you can use it as garnish!)

Add cookie mixture into the finished buttercream and mix until combined and you're satisfied with the chocolate cookie flavor.

Happy February!

2015-02-04T22:23:00.000-05:00

Roses are red,

Cupcakes are pink.

Sugar around cupcakes make them oh, so sweet!

Gender Reveal Cupcakes

2015-01-19T23:07:00.000-05:00

Dear baby,

Are you a boy? Or are you a girl?

The blue and pink baby feet are an adorable addition to these gender reveal cupcakes!

Behind the Apron Tip: What makes these cupcakes gender reveal cupcakes is that they are filled with buttercream that is tinted in either blue or pink, indicating the gender of the baby! Have you ever been to a "Gender Reveal Party"?

The best Christmas Cupcakes of 2014

2014-12-26T22:30:00.000-05:00

Cupcakes and Christmas should go hand in hand like cookies and Christmas. Granted, Santa's favorite gateaux dip better in milk, but cupcakes on a cake stand bring your Christmas table to the next level.

Here are some of our favorite cupcakes from throughout this holiday season:

Seriously, who wouldn't want to pop some of these festive mini Christmas cupcakes?!

Santa, baby. You've never looked so tasty! These cupcakes are super cute. Make sure you use pearlized sugar around the rim for his fur!

A star tip makes these mini cupcakes look like a Christmas tree!

Ah, the magic of fondant. What's cuter, the snowman cupcake o the candy cane?!

Olaf from Frozen cupcakes!

2014-11-24T21:20:00.000-05:00

If you haven't heard of Disney's newest hit, "Frozen", you've probably been sleeping under a rock. The movie's loveable snowman character, Olaf, is an easy character to replicate out of fondant and makes adorable cupcake topper!

TMNT cupcakes

2014-11-24T21:19:00.000-05:00

Teenage.... Mutant.... Ninja..... Turtles...... As cupcakes!

Thanksgiving turkey cupcakes + cookies

2014-11-20T20:52:00.000-05:00

Gobble, gobble! Grab your red, orange, yellow and brown colors! It's time to make some turkeys!

Don't have a turkey cookie cutter? No worries! Think beyond the normal cutter and be creative! These turkeys were created from a flower cookie cutter.

Behind the apron tip: To make these turkey cupcakes, use a rose tip to make the feathers!

DYI: Halloween Pinata Cupcakes

2014-11-18T15:39:00.001-05:00

Halloween is best because of all the tricks and treats. We especially love treats that trick! Take these cupcakes for example - Delicious cupcakes filled with candies and decorated like regular, spooktacular Halloween cupcakes!

How to make:

1. Bake cupcakes according to recipe and let cool completely.

2. Using a metal teaspoon, indent a circle and dig out the center of the cupcakes.

3. Fill with desired candies.

4. With a piping bag, frost as normal and decorate!

Trick or treat cupcakes are fun for Halloween parties or even gender reveal parties.

Last month, we had a great time on the "Winging it, Buffalo Style" set making these cakes. Click here to watch the segment!

Hawaiian-inspired flower cupcakes

2014-09-16T21:51:00.001-04:00

Can someone please take me somewhere warm with palm trees blowing in the wind?! These cupcakes are ready for a luau!

Spotted: Zombie [pumpkin] cookies!

2014-09-16T21:48:00.001-04:00

Here comes Halloween, Halloween... Halloween.

How awesome are these zombie cookies?! Here are two tricks for these treats: They are made from a pumpkin cookie cutter & the eyes are made with fondant!

Buffalo's best breakfast secret!

2014-07-12T20:13:00.001-04:00

They say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. We agree! Team LP has been hard at work at Old Man River each Friday, Saturday & Sunday from 7-10:30am slinging Southern-style breakfast sandwiches. Come check it out! It's going on now until Labor Day weekend!!

Golf Ball Cake Pop ALERT

2014-05-16T23:29:00.001-04:00

Ahhh, the elusive golf ball cakepop.

They are spectacular on all levels.

The same can be said for the inspiration of these balls. Oncore Golf's ball has a hollow, metal core. These golf ball cake pops have a delicious vanilla cake core.

Behind the Apron Tip: If you plan on making them at home, be sure to use toothpicks instead of normal cake pop sticks. The toothpicks will be easier to hide with fondant "tees" as well as make your life easier in the process of preparing them!