Tag: dessert

As you know (because I may have mentioned it once or twice), apple pie is my favorite fruity dessert. But not just any apple pie, specifically THIS apple pie – Caramel Toffee Apple Pie. My mother actually started making a version of this pie (perhaps the original version, I’m...

Apple desserts are far and away my favorite fruit based desserts. Apple pie is pretty much the only fruit based pie I will eat (willingly and happily) and the only one I make somewhat regularly. I like apples on top of cheesecakes, waffles, vanilla or caramel ice cream and...

I think, if you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, you know that I like to tinker with recipes. Sometimes it is because I think there are improvements to be made, meaning that the tinkering replaces the original recipe. Other times it is because, as much...

Before we leave the holiday baking behind and enter the new year, there is one more holiday recipe I wanted to share – at least, for my family it is a holiday recipe – Magic in the Middle Cookies. There is nothing particularly festive about these cookies – no...

With barely a week to spare (and prompting an unusual, mid-week post), we have come to the final recipe for my holiday goodie trays. Deep chocolate cookies, toasty pecans, gooey caramel and a flourish of more chocolate drizzled over the top, these turtle thumbprint cookies are one of my...

Here we are, just 10 days until Christmas and we are very nearly at the end of our holiday goodie tray adventure. We have only two recipes to go, including today’s Cookies N’ Cream Cookie Dough Brownie Sandwiches. These look a bit like chunky, over stuffed Oreos – and...

Over the years, as we began sharing my holiday trays a bit more broadly, I started to become more aware of food allergies and what the composition of the items on my trays was. I really wanted to make sure as many people as possible could find something to...

These are not your traditional sugar cookies. In texture, they are probably most similar to the Lofthouse sugar cookies, although I think these might be a touch softer and more delicate. However, instead of being topped with a thick smear of buttercream, these cookies are entirely enrobed in a...

From macaroons last week to macarons this week. Despite the somewhat similar names and both of my recipes using a French style meringue base, macaroons and macarons are quite different. If the macaroons are one of the simplest recipes I make for the holidays, the macarons are one of...

This recipe is for all of you coconut lovers out there; there is no chocolate, no fruit, nothing to distract from the sweet, rich, tropical flavor of coconut, supported by warm, indulgent vanilla bean. The exterior is golden with a crispy chew and the interior is soft, chewy, creamy...