Category: Desserts

  • Strawberry Rhubarb Everything

    Strawberry Rhubarb Everything

    Right. So you know what time of year it is. And I can’t stop making things with the amazing sweet fresh strawberries and snappity tart rhubarb that are available right now. Yum. In fact, writing this might send me straight back to the kitchen. 😉 Here’s the rundown. We’ve got two recipes for when you’re […]

  • Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars (no bake)

    I’ve always loved the combo of chocolate and peanut butter, and this recipe adds a third ingredient to the mix — graham crackers. It creates the perfect venn diagram of dessert deliciousness. Enjoy!

  • Pie Crust

    Pie Crust

      Because everyone needs a pie crust recipe. And because I learned a new pie crust trick last week! Add booze. Apparently, replacing part of the water you’d typically use to hold the pie dough together with vodka (or gin), makes for a more tender, flakier crust. It definitely resulted in the best pie crust […]

  • Molasses Triple Chocolate Cookies

    I think it is a universal truth that no Christmas would be complete without cookies. Lots of cookies. And, if you don’t have time to make a bunch of different kinds of cookies, these will more than do the trick. Imagine a chocolate chip, gingerbread and snickerdoodle cookie all rolled into one.

  • Snickerdoodles

    I must have led a pretty sheltered life. I had heard the term snickerdoodle, but never knew what it, or one, was. And I never even had any desire to find out. Without knowing what it was, I thought it was some goofy treat that only kids would like. I mean no adult called that […]

  • Mom’s Chocolate Chip Cookies

      Okay, so I know this recipe is from my mom, and your mom’s is probably different. Maybe hers were the flat crispy kind of chocolate chip cookie, or the gigantic cake-y ones. But, in my book, these are the quintessentially perfect chocolate chip cookie.