Capture all of the flavors of the popular Italian dessert, tiramisu, in these crisp biscotti cookies: chocolate, coffee, and sweet Marsala wine. Perfect for dunking in your coffee! Tiramisu is one of my favorite desserts. It has chocolate, and coffee, creamy custard, ladyfinger cookies ... what's not to love? If it's on the menu while …
Desserts and Sweets
What's better than cup of hot cocoa? Hot cocoa cupcakes! Prepared cocoa adds flavor to the cupcake batter, and they're finished with a swirl of marshmallow buttercream on top! One of my favorite things to do as a blogger is participate in blog "events," like Cheesecake Day and Ice Cream Week. A few months back, I …
Scare up some Halloween fun with these homemade graham crackers, subtly flavored with pumpkin and spice, dressed up with royal icing and black candy chips! Happy Halloween, readers! For the past several months, I've been posting about recipes that I made for Liam's daycare class Snack Share. Now that Liam has "graduated" to the transitional …
Can't decide between sweet and salty? These white chocolate funfetti popcorn balls will satisfy both cravings! Sometimes I crave sweet; sometimes I crave salty. It took me a long time to try combining sweet AND salty (Ina's Salted Caramel Brownies, anyone??), but once I finally did, I don't know why I held out so long! …
To help raise money for Cookies for Kids Cancer, I've partnered with OXO and made these pumpkin cut-out cookies, iced in cinnamon cream cheese frosting! This year marks the fourth year that OXO has partnered with Cookies for Kids Cancer, a 501(c)3 non-profit that raises funds for research into new treatments for pediatric cancer. Cookies …
Bring out a tray of these boozy strawberry shortcake dessert shooters at your next get-together and you'll be the hit of the party! I love entertaining. From a sit-down dinner for four, to a party for 50, I love planning, decorating and cooking the food. When planning a large party, I find that making trays …
Turn your favorite brand of pinot noir into a beautiful, dusky purple ice cream! Reduced wine concentrates the flavors of the wine, and sugar balances out the tartness. Welcome to Day 6, the final day of Ice Cream Week 2014! This year the event is hosted by Kim of Cravings of a Lunatic and Susan …
For day 5 of #IceCreamWeek, I made a homemade version of my favorite sundae from a popular restaurant chain: chocolate peanut butter ice cream sundaes! Welcome to Day 5 of Ice Cream Week 2014! This year the event is hosted by Kim of Cravings of a Lunatic and Susan of The Girl in the Little …
Coffee and donuts ice cream sandwiches — your wish for an excuse to eat ice cream for breakfast just came true! Welcome to Day 4 of Ice Cream Week 2014! Are you having as much fun as I am? This year the event is hosted by Kim of Cravings of a Lunatic and Susan of …
Craving a taste of autumn in the summer? Pumpkin gelato with salted caramel tastes like frozen pumpkin pie! Welcome to Day 3 of Ice Cream Week 2014! This year the event is hosted by Kim of Cravings of a Lunatic and Susan of The Girl in the Little Red Kitchen. We have teamed up with …
I'm kicking off #IceCreamWeek with a light and fruity no-churn ice cream pie! Raspberry lemonade ice cream pie is the perfect summer treat! Welcome to Ice Cream Week 2014! This year the event is hosted by Kim of Cravings of a Lunatic and Susan of The Girl in the Little Red Kitchen. We have teamed up …
Fresh raspberry puree creates a pretty pink, fruity swirl inside this tender, buttery pound cake. My foodie friend, Colleen from Souffle Bombay, was thinking about just what cookbook it was that made her fall in love with cooking recently, then she decided to ask the same question to a number of her foodie friends, myself …
Creamy peanut butter cheesecake is layered over an Oreo crust and topped with rich nutella ganache! I love cheesecake. Can you tell? If I had to pick something to call my "signature dish," it'd be cheesecake. So when Carla over at Chocolate Moosey told me about a blog event called Cheesecake Day hosted by Roxana of Roxana's …
My favorite summer cocktails in frozen form! The flavors of coconut, mango and pineapple mix together with white wine in these tropical sangria popsicles! While browsing the July 2014 issue of Cooking Light, I came across an article on 5 easy ice pop recipes: strawberry-balsamic, melon mimosa, cappuccino, vanilla yogurt and spiced plum, and cucumber-chili-lime. I …
Everyone's campfire favorite in ice cream form! Milk chocolate s'mores ice cream: milk chocolate ice cream with swirls of marshmallow topping and chunks of graham cracker! It's summertime, so what more excuse do you need for a homemade ice cream recipe? How about the fact that yesterday was National Ice Cream Day? Honestly, I hardly need …
Cool off this summer with homemade ice cream sandwiches: homemade strawberry cheesecake ice cream, sandwiched between two thin brownie sheets. After one of the snowiest winters EVER, we are now in one of the hottest summers ever. We don't usually get an official heat wave until later in the summer, but we already had one …
Kids and adults alike will love celebrating this Fourth of July with festive red, white and blue layered Jell-O, cut into bite-size star shapes! For Liam's daycare snack-share this week, in honor of the Fourth of July, I made these adorable layered Jell-O snacks. I got the idea after attending a Dr. Seuss-themed birthday party of …
You don't need an open flame to enjoy these s'mores crumb bars. Bake these bars ahead of time to pack in your picnic basket! I love going on picnics. Something about eating outside, seated on a blanket ... it's just more fun! There are some beautiful places in Philadelphia to have a picnic. One Memorial Day, …
A flavorful, filling dessert, ready in less than 15 minutes, for just over 120 calories! Cinnamon vanilla roasted peaches with honey cream. So, are you ready for something light and healthy after yesterday's calorie-fest? I found a yummy-sounding recipe for grilled peaches with honey cream in one of my old issues of Cooking Light. The …
These adorable ice cream sundae cupcakes look like the real thing, but won't melt in the summer sun! Perfect for barbecues, potlucks and picnics! It's (unofficially) summer time again, and time for barbecues, potlucks and picnics. If I'm bringing a dish, I almost always bring a dessert. I try to bring something different from the …
Liam's daycare recently implemented "Snack Share Wednesday" — every Wednesday, each child in the class brings a healthy snack to share. This is the third week of Snack Share, and I thought I would share the snack that Liam is sharing today. It's one that kids and adults alike would love. When we recently went …
Many years ago, I visited Detroit. While I was there, my hosts took me to an authentic Mexican restaurant. It was there that I had sopapillas for the first time. Sopapillas are delicious, pillowy, sugar-coated puffs of goodness. The dough is simple to make, and easy to cook, even if you don't have an electric …
Some flavor combinations go really well together: tomato and basil, peanut butter and bananas, strawberries and chocolate. Make chocolate-covered strawberries can expensive, if strawberries aren't in-season. Not to mention that if your strawberries aren't dry enough, you run the risk of seized chocolate. These chocolate-covered strawberry meringue cookies are the answer to that problem. They …
Happy Easter! Sorry for the lack of posts lately. My laptop has officially died. Right now, I'm blogging from the world's smallest netbook, courtesy of Dave. Thankfully, I will be able to recover all the data (like all of my past blog photos, copies of past tax returns, and every picture of Liam I've ever …
In honor of Saint Patrick's Day, I chose Baking with Irish Cream as the theme of the March round of What's Baking. Here are the submissions! Jaida from Sweet Beginnings made Irish Cream Cheesecake Swirled Brownies. I can't wait to try these myself! Ali from Sparks From the Kitchen made Lucky O'Cupcakes (chocolate cupcakes with …
This month is my turn to host What's Baking, a group organized by Jaida of Sweet Beginnings. I got to choose the theme, so in honor of St. Patrick's Day, I chose baking with Irish cream. In the past, I've made a full-size Irish cream chocolate cheesecake. It's rich and full of Irish cream flavor, …
Happy Pie Day! (3.14 = March 14th) OK, yes, I made a tart, not a pie. What's the difference? Both have a crust, a filling, and can be sweet or savory. Pies typically have a tender crust, with sloped sides. A tart, on the other hand, typically has a crisp, crumbly crust, and straight sides. …
Dear Winter: What's up with you? The past few years, you've been pretty mild, sometimes a little chilly, but that never lasted long. This year? Let's just say, I don't remember moving to Antarctica. The cold shoulder is getting old. Let's move on and try again next year, okay? Signed, The Redhead Baker. Spring can't …
Have you ever had a craving for a sweet treat, but just didn't want tons of leftovers hanging around, tempting you? After all, January is a time when a lot of people resolve to shed the holiday weight. I believe that even sweets can be included in a New Year's diet (all things in moderation). …
Our recipe swap host, A Taste of Home Cooking, chose the theme holiday cooking/baking for this round. My assigned blog, Dough See Dough, didn't have a dedicated "holiday recipes" index, so I browsed several of her categories to see what looked good. Since I am usually the one to make the holiday desserts, that's where …
So, I got a little sidetracked and missed a few days of cookies. I'm sorry! All of a sudden it was a week before Christmas and I hadn't done a bit of Christmas gift shopping, we hadn't seen Santa, didn't have a tree, Dave's car stopped working, and Liam was sick. Ahhhh! I was feeling …
Ah, Nutella. I know I'm not the only one obsessed with it. Right? Admit it. Spreads like peanut butter, but the taste, oh, the taste! I don't even need a recipe, I'm content to eat it straight from the jar. But some people don't agree that a spoon and a jar of Nutella can be …
Browned butter chocolate chip cookies have a subtle, nutty flavor from the browned milk solids in the butter. They're Christmas cookies with a kick! Some things just make everything else butter. Some say bacon. Some say chocolate. I say browned butter. What is browned butter? Well, butter contains tiny particles called "milk solids." When you …
It's recipe swap time again! This swap round was Blogger's Choice, hosted by A Taste of Home Cooking, which meant I could choose any recipe I wanted from the blog I had been assigned. I knew I was going to do a "12 Days of Cookies" series in December, so how perfect was it that …
When I was putting together my list of cookies for this series, I knew I wanted to make all different varieties of cookies: one oatmeal, one biscotti, one citrus flavor, one eggnog flavor, a brownie, etc. I definitely wanted to include a shortbread recipe, since they are a traditional Scottish Christmas cookie. I was browsing …
This is my third year baking for the Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap. It started with a thought by Lindsay from Love and Olive Oil and Julie from The Little Kitchen, and has turned into a huge cookie swap event, raising thousands of dollars for Cookies for Kids Cancer. Each year, the swap gets bigger and …
Biscotti are a relatively new type of cookie in my home. I'd seen them around for years, and they've always contained nuts, most of which I can't eat (not allergic, they just make me sick). Then I bought the King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion, which had a whole chapter dedicated to biscotti. Two recipes (Italian-style …
When you think of food at Christmas, what comes to mind? Turkey? Something peppermint-flavored? Egg nog? Me, I think of cookies. All different kinds of cookies. So, from now until Christmas Eve, I'll be posting nothing but cookie recipes! These are a different take on traditional oatmeal cookies, with the addition of pumpkin and extra …
Two years old. Nearly 3 feet tall. Almost 30 pounds. Obsessed with cheese and fruit (just like Mommy!). Loves trains, cars, trucks and buses. Loves to read books, his favorites being "Pajama Time" by Sandra Boynton and the "I Spy" series. We celebrated Liam's second birthday with a small party. We chose the "Very Hungry …
This post was supposed to be my submission for the November What's Baking theme, Baking with Cranberries. I missed the submission deadline, but we had this cake for Thanksgiving dessert, and it was so delicious, I really wanted to share it. I really could not get over how moist this cake is. Though the original …