Dessert
Quick, Easy and Casually-Elegant Dessert Have you ever found out that you need to make a dessert at the last minute? Don’t you just hate when that happens? I do! This type of scenario throws me into a panic! First I check the pantry and fridge to do a quick scan of potential dessert-making ingredients [...]
Almost Heaven, In a Few Quick Bites If you haven’t tried salted-caramel anything yet, get with the program! I know, I hear you. It DOES sound a little odd to be putting salt on something sweet, doesn’t it? Just suspend your disbelief long enough to try these, and you’ll be hooked. Then you will become [...]
Take Comfort in Drunk Peaches Ah, bread pudding! The very thought of it reminds me of being at my great-grandmothers house, inhaling the bewitching aroma as she baked bread pudding. But hold your horses, because this isn’t my Granny’s bread pudding. Not even close! But it could start a whole new family tradition at your [...]
Stop Trifling With Me – Gimme That Chocolate! Just what is a trifle, anyway? It is a layered dessert, usually including some type of cake, fruit and a custard layer. But trifles have become quite popular and they are being constructed out of many different types of layers. This one definitely isn’t your Grandma’s trifle! [...]
The Crisp the World Awaited! Who doesn’t love apple crisp? It is one of those dishes you could eat for breakfast, with its wholesome oats, or as a decadent dessert, served with vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce. Whenever you choose to eat it, this is one of the easiest dishes to make that has [...]
If You’re a Fan Of Chocolate And Peanut Butter You’ve Got To Try These! I have the sweetest friends in the world. The other day I was just struggling with life—you know how it can get, right? Suddenly your to-do list just seems too long to ever finish and simple, day to day things like [...]
And It’s So Easy You Won’t Believe It My daughter and I have a tradition that we’ve been partaking in since she was just six years old (we’re going on four years now!). Every Sunday she and I pull out one of the dozens of cookbooks I own and randomly flip through to a recipe [...]
You’ll Never Want To Use a Box Mix Again! Growing up I don’t think my mom every made us a birthday cake that wasn’t from a box mix. And don’t get me wrong—she was an excellent cook and baker, but she just loved the convenience of using a cake mix. And my siblings and I [...]
We’re Taking This Quick Bread To a Whole New Level I have a bit of a problem. I over buy product all the time. I can’t help myself. I walk through the produce sections, my eyes bigger than my stomach (and my fridge), and start tossing things into my cart. There’s just something about the [...]
The Fact That It’s Easy Is Just The Icing On The Cake (see what we did there?)! This recipe is one of those that never finds itself too far down my recipe pile. It’s one of my go to desserts to take to parties and potlucks because it’s almost guaranteed to by loved by everyone [...]