The One Recipe: How to Make Dorie Greenspan's Custardy Apple Squares
The perfect back-pocket dessert, this sweet cake takes just minutes to throw together and is as well suited to a dinner party as to an after-school snack.
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In the Kitchen with Dorie Greenspan
"I guess I'm a baking nerd," says Greenspan with a sly smile. The award-winning cookbook author is standing in the middle of Food Network Kitchen, whisk in hand and talking about her latest book, Baking Chez Moi. "I've come to think of myself as a baking evangelist. I want people to have the satisfaction of making something themselves. So when I write, I try to imagine I'm talking to a newbie." Dedicated to the home cooking she delights in during the four months a year she spends in Paris, Greenspan's newest book is friendly and approachable, straddling both the high (Bubble Eclairs) and humble (Granola Cake). Her Custardy Apple Squares are an ideal mix of the two, and Greenspan happily demonstrated how to whip them up during her visit. "I love this recipe," she says. "It's so easy, so unfussy, so French." Here's how she did it.