Caramel Chip Bars
In my previous post, I mentioned that my DIY Vanilla Cake Mix was a recipe born of necessity. Well, this recipe was that necessity. These Caramel Chip Bars have been a favorite on my mother’s Christmas goodie trays for a very long time, long enough that the 18.25 ounce...
DIY Vanilla Cake Mix
This recipe was born of necessity more than anything else. I’m certain everyone has experience with at least one, if not more, instances of the phenomenon termed “shrinkflation” (a portmanteau of “shrink” and “inflation”) impacting a favorite product. This is the practice of reducing the weight, volume or size...
Mamie’s (Million Dollar) Fudge
Fudge recipes using marshmallow cream (or creme) have been around since at least the 1950’s, and for very good reason. They are one of the quickest and easiest types of fudge to make as they don’t require a candy thermometer or any experience or “knack” to determine when the...
Chocolate Chip Cookie Tart
This Chocolate Chip Cookie Tart is an absolute family favorite. You may have seen similar recipes for “Cookie Cakes” (a concept originating back in the late 1970s) where cookie dough is baked off in a giant format and decorated with buttercream to resemble a cake then cut into wedges...
Mom’s (Texas) Brownies
It has come up a time or two that I like brownies. It is possible that “like” is a slight understatement considering that nearly 20% of all of the recipes I’ve posted to date are brownies in one form or another. This recipe is probably the first from-scratch brownie...
Chocolate Chipper Champs
Every baker has a favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe, one they always go back to no matter how many other chocolate chip cookie recipes they may take for a test spin. This Chocolate Chipper Champs recipe was exactly that for my mother. I’m not sure exactly when she started...
A Legacy of Love, Baking and Family
For as long as I can remember, my mother baked. Her mother, my grandmother, was well known for her baking (particularly her wedding and anniversary cakes, but also her pies, cookies and, of course, her fudge), so you might say baking was in my mother’s blood. When my siblings...
New York Cheesecake
I am an absolute sucker for a good cheesecake. By “good cheesecake” I mean a tall, dense, insanely creamy, lightly tangy, rich custard atop a buttery, crispy, crunchy, sweet graham cracker crust. I cannot even begin to tell you how many cheesecake recipes I’ve have made over the years...
French S’mores Macarons
S’mores are the archetypal American summer dessert – graham crackers, chocolate and marshmallows are de rigueur for every event at which a firepit might be found, from camping to backyard barbeques, and have been since the mid 1920’s. Over the years, the S’mores flavor combination has made its way...
Peanut Butter Cookies
Peanut butter cookies are a classic for a reason. They are simple, straight forward, and packed with bold peanut flavor and plenty of nostalgia. Recipes for peanut cookies first appeared in the early 1900’s with the first recipe(s) being attributed to George Washington Carver in his book How to...