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Archive for February, 2010

Priory Fine Pastries at the Cardello Building

Posted by Priory Fine Pastries On February - 24 - 2010

Master Baker Darrin and Bakery Clerk Linda at the Express Unit in the Cardello Building

We are excited to announce that our new unit inside the Cardello Building (behind the Rivers Casino) is now OPEN!

Please stop by and see us – we have a great assortment of cookies, pastries, danish, cakes and more as well as specialty coffees such as lattes, mochas, and cappuccinos.

We’re open Monday – Friday, 7:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.  You can contact us at 412.321.2570 if you have any questions.

Hope to see you here!

Priory Express Unit
Cardello Building
701 North Point Drive
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15233

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Fresh Strawberry Bars

Posted by Priory Fine Pastries On February - 24 - 2010

It’s National Strawberry Day this weekend – February 27 – so celebrate it with this amazing recipe from Better Homes and Gardens:

Fresh Strawberry Bars

Ingredients

3/4 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup peanut butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup strawberry jam
4 cups small whole strawberries, halved or quartered

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 13×9x2-inch baking pan with foil, extending foil beyond the edges. Set aside.

2. In large mixing bowl beat butter and peanut butter on medium to high for 30 seconds. Beat in sugars, baking powder, and salt until combined. Add eggs and vanilla; beat until combined. Beat in as much flour as you can with mixer. Stir in remaining flour.

3. Spread dough in prepared pan. Bake 25 minutes or until top is lightly browned and toothpick inserted near center comes out clean.

4. Cool completely on rack. Remove from pan by lifting foil. Spread jam and top with berries. Cut into bars. Serve at once or refrigerate up to 6 hours. Makes 24 bars

Make Ahead: Wrap the peanut butter base in foil; store at room temperature up to 24 hours. Before serving, top with jam and berries. Or freeze the peanut butter base in a freezer container up to 3 months.

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Passover Breads and Desserts

Posted by Priory Fine Pastries On February - 22 - 2010

Stop by Priory Fine Pastries for all of your Passover breads and desserts!  Take home a loaf of our Challuh Bread (only $3.99/loaf) or our delicious Jewish Apple Cake (only $4.99).  Call us today or stop in to order yours in time for Passover.

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Go Green or Go Home

Posted by Priory Fine Pastries On February - 22 - 2010

Stop by Priory Fine Pastries for the best selection of St. Patrick’s day desserts in the city of Pittsburgh!  We have a wide variety of cookies to mix and match like our green and white iced thumbprints, our sugar shamrock cookies and our heavily iced jumbo shamrock cutouts.  More of a cake person?  No problem – stop by and pick up our yummy St. Patrick’s Day dinner cake!

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We also have some traditionally Irish treats, such as Irish Soda Bread and Irish Scones!

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Go Bananas!

Posted by Priory Fine Pastries On February - 22 - 2010

The first week of March we are honoring Banana Creme Pie at Priory Fine Pastries.  Creamy, fluffy and delicious our Banana Creme Pie will make you and everyone who tries it go bananas!  They certainly are a crowd-pleaser, so stop by and grab one to take home.

Call ahead to order!

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March is for Peanut Lovers

Posted by Priory Fine Pastries On February - 22 - 2010

All through March we are celebrating National Peanut month with peanut-packed pastries you won’t be able to resist, starting with our Northsider Cake.  This cake is made of yellow batter smeared with peanut butter icing, iced in buttercream with five peanut butter dollops on top and covered in chocolate ganâche and Clark Bar crumbles.

For something a little smaller, but just as delicious, take home some of our new Everything Peanut cookies made from peanut dough and packed with peanuts, peanuts and more peanuts!

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Mardi Gras!

Posted by Priory Fine Pastries On February - 15 - 2010

Get your Paczkis and King Cake for Mardi Gras right here at Priory Fine Pastries!  Call us to order your Mardi Gras desserts or stop in and see us!  Paczkis will be available today – Feb. 16 and tomorrow – Feb. 17 only!

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Hugs n’ Kisses for Valentine’s Day

Posted by Priory Fine Pastries On February - 8 - 2010

What better present than Hugs and Kisses on Valentine’s Day?  How about our extra special Hugs n’ Kisses Cake!  This delicious Valentine’s Day cake is the perfect gift for anyone this holiday!  Topped with Hershey’s  Hugs and Kisses,this cake shows how much you really care! Comes in both chocolate and regular buttercream.
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Want an  exclusive offer on this cake and others?  Follow us on Facebook and check out our page tomorrow (Tuesday, February 9) for a special deal you  won’t want to miss!

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Cherry Pie Month

Posted by Priory Fine Pastries On February - 1 - 2010

February 22 is National Cherry Pie Month, but we believe that Cherry Pie is just too good to only get one day and that’s why we are giving it a whole month!

Stop by our bakery throughout February and take home one of our gooey, warm cherry pies to celebrate this traditional favorite.  Call ahead to pre-order yours!

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Carrot Cake Week!

Posted by Priory Fine Pastries On February - 1 - 2010

The week of February 1st only, we will have great specials on our yummy Carrot Cake!  Treat yourself to something different this week by passing on the traditional chocolate and vanilla and picking up our moist, rich Carrot Cake to take home for a perfect after dinner dessert!  Need something smaller?  Ask about our new Carrot Cake Cupcake Creations – all the same goodness, just in a smaller bite!

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