My Mom baked the dessert items in our house most of the time – practically every other day as I recall. They didn’t last long – in a house with 4 growing kids! There was a place for store-bought snack cakes in my childhood, however, and that was in our […]
A sugar cookie cheesecake can be made with any cheesecake recipe – by just incorporating this delicious homemade sugar cookie crust. This is my Mom’s tried and true sugar cookie recipe, which I grew up on. I have turned it into funfetti cookies, chocolate cookies, game day cookies, fall leaf […]
I picked up some baby back ribs at my local grocery store for the July 4 weekend – buy one get one free – can’t beat that! Turns out these were the meatiest, juiciest, and tastiest ribs – baked right in my oven! Just shows that you don’t have to […]
I grew up eating pop tarts – out of the toaster some days, and out of the box other days. Little did I know then how easy they are to make, and how much better a homemade pop tart tastes! I started with my favorite pie dough recipe – since […]
Credit for this delicious Lemon Bread goes to my biggest mentor, Ina Garten. Her “Lemon Cake” recipe comes from the Barefoot Contessa “Parties” book, published in 2001. It packs a PUNCH of lemon flavor, which makes it the best lemon bread I’ve ever had. It is baked with lemon zest […]
The first time I ever experienced rhubarb, was in its raw form. Surprisingly, it is not a fruit at all, but rather a vegetable. It’s often mistaken for a fruit, since it is used in cobblers, pies, and jams. The texture is very much like a celery stalk – it’s […]
These Funfetti biscotti are so pretty! They can be made by adding just 1/2 c of jimmie sprinkles to any of my biscotti dough flavors. I made this version vanilla, drizzled them with some melted white chocolate bark, and of course more sprinkles! Search my site for all of my […]
Yes, this is the very same TOFFEE COOKIE recipe that I have been making for years, and posted in the past. Super easy, chewy, and delicious. For this version, I thought about how I could make them EVEN EASIER – by eliminating the need to refrigerate the dough, and form […]
Who said you have to have an occasion to make a cake?? I made this cake for no particular reason – nobody’s birthday, anniversary, or graduation. No official celebration at all – other than JUST BECAUSE. I have found that cake is one thing than can bring people together around […]
Yes, I came up with another flavor combination for a biscotti! Chocolate chips and raspberries. The challenge was to incorporate some rather “moist” raspberries into a crisp biscotti. There was only one option – freeze dried raspberries, which you can find online, or at Trader Joe’s, or even sometimes in […]
Adding 1/2 c of Jimmie sprinkles to chocolate chip cookie dough turns them into pure party cookies! Pretty specs of color throughout, and sprinkles on top. The cookie is chewy on the inside, with crisp edges. I made a vanilla version, and a chocolate version. YUMM to both~! Recipe for […]
I’m kind of addicted to biscotti at the moment – I’m thinking of unique flavors that I can incorporate into my favorite biscotti recipe. This one is a delicious blend of chocolate and peanut butter. These flavors are both blended into the dough, AND used as a glazed for the […]
I don’t see the flavor of pistachio in too many things – ice cream, muffins, and occasionally a cake. I happen to love it. I love eating pistachios, and thought it would make a lovely flavor for my tried and true biscotti recipe. I drizzled them with dark chocolate, to […]
I’ve been making biscotti for years – and always use my go-to recipe as the base. What I like about it most, is that these biscotti are “crisp” rather than “hard” – exactly the way I like them! I find that you can easily turn this recipe into just about […]
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