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You know how sometimes you have last minute visitors dropping by and you sorta want to just open up a bag of store-bought cookies but you can’t really do that because you have a fancy cookbook coming out in a few months, and a website all about good living, and a TV show where everything looks perfect all of the time? We totally know how you feel.

This happened this past weekend, when we realized that the photo crew coming over to take some “high fashion” shots probably didn’t have time to stop for breakfast on their way. In situations like these, we think it’s always good to have a few standby recipes committed to memory. This blog is about one of those recipes. We can have it in the oven in 8 minutes or less. With only 6 ingredients. And this is our favorite part…all you need to get dirty is a bowl, a fork, and a rolling pin. That’s it.

Is the result earth-shattering? No. Will it win you a James Beard award? Probably not. Would you make it if you found out Martha Stewart was dropping by in an hour? Definitely. She would admire your ingenuity. Getting something prepped, mixed, baked, and cleaned up in under 45 minutes will amaze even your most persnickity friends.

May we humbly suggest the humble galette as your go-to recipe de last minute. Most of you probably know what a galette is. It’s what would result if a pie and a tart had a one night stand on a camping trip. It’s a simple pie crust, onto which some fruit and sugar is piled. The edges are quickly folded up a little bit over the fruit and it’s baked. Very rustic. Very simple. Sure you can get fancy with galettes…the internet is full of corn-meal egg-washed crusts, and cream filled custard fillings. But a basic traditional galette is just that – basic. Crust, Fruit, Fold.