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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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”
Ranch Chicken-Cheese Ball
This is another great recipe for parties and pot-lucks that I got from one of my co-workers. It’s really easy, tastes great, and it much healthier than a lot of other holiday dip recipes. 1 (5 ounce) can chunk chicken, drained 1 (1/2 ounce) package ranch dressing mix 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softenedContinue reading “Ranch Chicken-Cheese Ball”
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”
Turkey Noodle Soup
This recipe is great for that day after you have decided that you are 3 pounds heaver from Thanksgiving but crap if you don’t still have a pound of turkey left. I got this from the Cooking Light recipe site and I really didn’t modify the recipe much at all. Cooking spray/Butter1 cup slices carrot3/4Continue reading “Turkey Noodle Soup”
This Year’s Thanksgiving!
Until plans changed the Tuesday before Thanksgiving we had planned on going out of town, so this Thanksgiving menu was kind last-minute and perhaps a little ill-planned. Even with that said, it ended up being a nice bunch of food for casual dinner for two in front of the television. I updated some of theContinue reading “This Year’s Thanksgiving!”
White and Dark Chocolate Raspberry Pie
This recipe is adapted from Pillsbury’s “Easy Pies” recipe book. While it is wildly, wildly delicious… it is not really that easy. If you are as bold as I and decide to make it for Thanksgiving then I suggest a test run or making it the night before. I decided to make it while IContinue reading “White and Dark Chocolate Raspberry 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 