It’s time for gourds and squash to fill up the produce markets! This year I decided to make my own pumpkin puree. I was inspired by a whole brigade of fellow bloggers who have been posting yummy looking recipes with their fresh pumpkin. Who am I to buck the trend? If they could, so could [...]
Monday, October 19, 2009
So, the recipe for Bourbon Caramel Apple Pie Cookies contains a recipe that yields well over a cup of caramel sauce. That is a lot more caramel than you really need. Never fear, I have an elegant solution for what to do with the extra caramel that does not require two pints of ice cream and a marathon of my favorite Marilyn Monroe [...]
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Welcome Fall!! It is not exactly cool here, but we have had three days where the temps have stayed cool enough for the air to be crisp, and that puts me in a Fall baking mood! I decided to break out all the ingredients for a spice cake when a bar of dark chocolate [...]
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
As Summer winds down, and we start to see the Summer fruit dwindle in the stores, I find that I am on one last Summer dessert push. I know, in a few shorts weeks, that the fresh Summer peaches will be replaces with the depressing peaches we get most of the year. I am [...]
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
This recipe is something of a triumph for me. I have long suffered with an inability to make a light and tender angel food cake. The cakes always, without fail, fall in the oven or just after removal from the oven. It drove me mad! Now I am confident those days are behind [...]
Monday, July 27, 2009
When I buy fruit I find that I almost always buy more than I need. In fact, I would go so far as to say I do that with most food. That isn’t to say I am forever throwing away perfectly good food, but I plan for a dessert or salad and then overbuy [...]
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
I don’t know about you but I love humble desserts, and of those desserts there is just something special about loaf cakes. They are not the prettiest desserts out there. Often they are served unadorned or simply glazed. Sitting next to a flaky croissant, a glistening napoleon, or a fluffy mousse they wouldn’t win the beauty prize, [...]
Monday, June 8, 2009
Do you have some ripe bananas that aren’t good for anything other than baking? Are you tired of the same old banana bread? Then keep reading! I had some extra bananas that I had forgotten to eat with my breakfast cereal. They were pretty black and really soft, and I knew that they were only good for [...]
Friday, May 29, 2009
If you were to ask me what my favorite flavor of the moment was, I would answer, “Chipotle!” Dried and smoked jalapenos are magic, and they reach super-nova status when incorporated into sweet applications. Like Vern’s Raspberry Chipotle Jelly, which is sweet and spicy. I have used it to fill danish, spread it inside [...]
Friday, May 15, 2009
My mother loves chocolate and she loves coffee. She loves them almost as much as I do. So, when Mother’s Day rolled around this year I decided to make my mom a mocha cheesecake. There is something special about the tangy cream cheese and the rich mocha flavor combined. One contrasts the other, yet combined they work so [...]
Friday, October 30, 2009
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