Tag: dessert

Speculoos (or speculaas, Spekulatius, or Dutch windmill cookies) are a spiced short bread or short crust cookie (or biscuit, if you prefer). They have a crisp texture and a rich, warm, comforting spicy flavor imparted by cinnamon (mostly) as well as nutmeg, clove, ginger, cardamom, and pepper. My kids...

The word “truffle” can be traced back to the Latin word “tuber” or “tubera” meaning hump or swelling and is the name applied to a genus of lumpy mushrooms or fungi which grow underground and have long been prized as a culinary delicacy. By long, we are talking thousands...

This recipe was inspired by the cream cheese half of my Red Velvet Fudge. Every time I make my red velvet fudge, I can’t help but think how much I really enjoy the cream cheese portion of the fudge. Sometimes, I will actually hunt for pieces that have a...

I’m certain that you’ve all heard the analogy at one point or another of food as fuel for our bodies. But, most of the recipes I share on this site will never be touted for their nutritional value, they are certainly not anything that would be considered necessary to...

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...