dessert

Coconut Vanilla Bean Rice Pudding

April 16, 2013
Coconut Vanilla Bean Rice Pudding

As I made this pudding I was immediately transported back to my childhood.  Well, it wasn’t this rice pudding in particular did it (although I wish I grew up eating coconut vanilla bean rice pudding!).  Any type of rice pudding does it, really.  And, to throw a curve ball at you, I never actually ate rice pudding as [...]

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Meyer Lemon Curd

March 12, 2013
Meyer Lemon Curd

This weekend we finally sprung forward, and I could not be more thrilled about the extra hour of light at the end of the day.  It really makes it feel like we’re soooo close to spring.  I’ve stopped wearing my hat & gloves.  I put them in the back of the closet and don’t plan to [...]

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Heart Shaped Sandwich Cookies with Chocolate Ganache

February 11, 2013
Heart Shaped Sandwich Cookies with Chocolate Ganache

Homemade gifts are always my favorite.  To me, they feel more personal, thoughtful and like they come with an extra bit of love.  So this year I’m surprising my Valentine with a box of homemade heart-shaped sandwich cookies. This special treat has a thick layer of rich, chocolate ganache sandwiched between two pink, heart-shaped almond sugar [...]

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Vanilla Sugar Broiled Grapefruit

January 23, 2013
Vanilla Sugar Broiled Grapefruit

Is it possible to make it through January and not think about citrus?  Orange mesh bags filled with clementines, navels and blood oranges, and large ruby red grapefruits – they’re everywhere right now.  Even when the refrigerator is stocked, I have a hard time leaving the grocery store with adding something more to my citrus bounty (I’m [...]

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Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies

January 18, 2013
Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies

If you can believe it (I’m still having a hard time believing it), I watched my very first episode of Top Chef last weekend.  And no, not my first episode of Season 10, but my first episode of the show, period.  I know!  Please stop giving me the face of judgment.  It’s not that I’ve [...]

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Molasses Spice Cookies

December 19, 2012
Molasses Spice Cookies

How’s your holiday baking going?  I got an early start this year….as in, I started my baking before December even started.  As much as I plan and organize, I somehow still manage to find myself scrambling to bake my last few batches of cookies and running around the day before Christmas to buy last minutes [...]

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Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap: Snickerdoodles with White Chocolate Chunks

December 12, 2012
Snickerdoodles with White Chocolate Chunks

  Last year I found out about the Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap on the very last day available to sign up.  Timing really is everything, I felt so lucky to get in on the fun! So, when Julie and Lindsey announced this years event, I didn’t waste any time signing up!   If you’re not familiar with the [...]

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Holiday Melting Moments Cookies

December 11, 2012
Holiday Melting Moments Cookies

For the past week and a half holiday baking has been in full swing over here!  There’s a good chance I’ve gone through more sticks of butter and cups of flour & sugar in the past ten days, than I have in the first eleven months of the year. The oven has been going practically [...]

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Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich Cookies

December 8, 2012
Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich Cookies

I may get older, wiser and more sophisticated as the years go by, but my peanut butter & jelly sandwich-loving, childlike-self is still ever present. Back when I was just tall enough to peak over the kitchen counter, and my mom was making my sandwiches, my idea of a great PB&J involved two slices of squishy [...]

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National Cookie Day & My Top 5 Favorite Christmas Cookies

December 4, 2012
Jam Thumbprint Cookies

Break out your best singing voice…and, go…’Tis the season for eating cookies…fa la la la la, la la la la.  When I’m not baking cookies I’m over here re-writing Christmas carols.  Yea, I’m thinking the same thing….good thing I have a day job. Before I dive head first into the amazing treats I have in [...]

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