This year I finally made homemade Gingerbread cookies. Like any from-scratch cookies, there are a few steps involved, but overall they’re relatively easy and there’s lot of options for decorating. The sugar-glaze is optional, but highly recommended. For an orange twist on this recipe, add the zest of an orange and 1 tbsp orange juice.Continue reading “Glazed Molasses Gingerbread Cookies”
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Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
This banana bread has all of the wonderful qualities that we love in banana bread plus some chocolate-y goodness. And it’s moist. And oh my goodness it is so moist that you don’t even need to add that large pat of butter on top. 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon bakingContinue reading “Chocolate Chip Banana Bread”
No-bake Creamy Cheesecake (Pie)
Calling this pie a cheesecake is a bit of a stretch, but it is extremely creamy and cheesy with the slightest hint of citrus. Consider this recipe to be a starting place in an on-going experiment to make an amazing dessert. 1 can of sweetened condensed milk (14 oz.) 1 8 ounce container of frozenContinue reading “No-bake Creamy Cheesecake (Pie)”
Orange White and Dark Chocolate Bread Pudding
This is a variation of my chocolate-banana-bread-pudding, but instead using the fresh oranges from the local farmer’s market. Not only is the orange flavor great with the chocolate, but the overall consistency of the bread pudding is better! 1 loaf of french bread, or other firm bread such as challah Juice of one normal-sizeContinue reading “Orange White and Dark Chocolate Bread Pudding”
Chocolate Banana Bread Pudding
This is my recreation of a delicious chocolate bread pudding I had at a local restaurant. I added the semi-sweet chocolate chips and lowered the sugar in this recipe. I also smash the bananas and stir the bread a little more than necessary so that it has more of a pudding consistency. 1 loaf ofContinue reading “Chocolate Banana Bread Pudding”
Lemon-Raspberry Cream Bars
This recipe is adapted from one of the older Betty Crocker quarterly cookbooks. I am definitely not a great cake baker and these squares turned out looking just like the picture in the book. The only tricky part is spreading the cake batter in the pan, but I used cooking spray with flour on theContinue reading “Lemon-Raspberry Cream Bars”
Key Lime Mini Tarts
These are awesome little snacks for parties or dinner any time of the year courtesy of an old Betty Crocker cookbook. They’re a great way to fulfill that key lime pie craving without all of the sugar, egg yolks, and guilt. They’re really, really easy to make too, but the key is some pretty garnishContinue reading “Key Lime Mini Tarts”
The Easiest Cream-Cheese Pie
This is not the fanciest dessert ever, but it’s very easy, very very tasty, and you can make it long in advance if you need to take it to a party. It’s really more of a method than a recipe because you can change everything around to fit your needs. The “accessories” are what youContinue reading “The Easiest Cream-Cheese Pie”
Berry Pudding Pie
This weekend I dug through my old monthly mini-cookbooks and dog-eared some recipes to make during the holidays. I had the ingredients on hand for this pie, so I went ahead and made it for a sweet brunch. This is from one of the Pillsbury holiday cookbooks. As usual I kept the ingredients mostly inContinue reading “Berry Pudding Pie”
Pumpkin Bread Pudding
It’s only October, but the holiday recipes are already being posted everywhere 🙂 This is from epicurious.com, which occationally posts desserts that are easy enough for me to attempt with my small kitchen and limited baking skills. With it being so cold outsite, I really just can’t get enough of pumpkin and egg-nog flavored anythingContinue reading “Pumpkin Bread Pudding”
Delusions of Chefery 