Looking for a change from classic apple or pumpkin pie? Try this delicious spiced pear pie with hazelnut crumb topping. Serve slightly warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
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This make-ahead, no-bake cranberry apple charlotte cake will wow your holiday guests with its apple and cranberry flavors, and beautiful presentation.
Creamy peanut butter cheesecake swirled with fudgy dark chocolate brownies makes for one decadent dessert. For each #OXOGoodCookies post, OXO will donate $100 to Cookies for Kids Cancer, a 501(c)3 organization providing annual research grants to pediatric cancer centers to research more effective treatments for children battling cancer. Is there anything better than rich chocolate fudgy brownies swirled …
Cooler nights call for warm dessert. This honeycrisp apple tart combines sweet-tart apples, cinnamon and pie crust with no special baking dishes required!
Pumpkin Cake with Salted Caramel Icing is a decadent fall treat. Three layers of moist pumpkin cake is layered with satin-smooth salted caramel Swiss buttercream.
These aren't your traditional cannoli — pumpkin cannoli combines mascarpone, pumpkin and spices for an easy yet impressive no-bake dessert.
Autumn means apples are in season. Enjoy them in these easy-to-make quintessential fall breakfast muffins: caramel apple streusel muffins.
This incredibly rich and creamy white chocolate raspberry cheesecake has swirls of raspberry preserves — it looks difficult, but is to easy to make. It'll be as showstopper whenever it's served!
S'mores turn elegant in the form of mini chocolate cheesecakes with graham cracker crusts, topped with marshmallows toasted under the broiler. Our What's Baking theme this time around, hosted by Joanna of Kosher Kitchen, is a variation on S'mores, the classic summer dessert. Is really almost the end of summer? Did it feel like it flew …
Preserve summer's plump, juicy blackberries in these decadent chocolate blackberry preserves — not quite jam, not quite sauce, but tastes delicious on everything from your morning toast to your after-dinner dish of ice cream. Today's Sunday Supper, hosted by Stacy of Food Lust People Love and Heather of Hezzi-D's Books and Cooks, is all about preserving …
Chocolate malt baked donuts glazed in chocolate-malt glaze and topped with crushed malt candies are perfect for breakfast or dessert! Our Twelve Loaves theme this month was malt, and when I heard, I wasn't sure I was going to participate. I didn't know what to do with malt, or even where to get it. But …
Babies are cute as a button, and so are these adorable little button cookies sandwiched with lemon buttercream! Serve them as a sweet ending to a baby shower. My fellow food blogger, Courtney of NeighborFood, is about to have her first baby, and Nancy of Gotta Get Baked invited several food bloggers to a virtual baby …
Rich chocolate cheesecake ice cream with swirls of roasted cherries with a hint of vanilla — it's easy to make but so hard to stop eating! "More cherries?!? What are you going to do with them all??" At one point earlier in the month, I had about six pounds of cherries in the fridge. I have …
Homemade marshmallows are head and shoulders above store-bought. Fresh sweet cherry puree adds beautiful color and flavor to these marshmallows. Marshmallows. Pillowy puffs of sugary deliciousness. Is there any dessert that's as fun as marshmallow? Back in February, I was chatting on Twitter with Betsy from Desserts Required about flavored marshmallows. I was reminiscing about …
Use up an overripe banana in these tender, delicious banana-oatmeal squares. These treats are low-fat, so it's okay to eat two! Now that summer is here, if you were to visit our apartment, you'd probably be amazed at the amount of fruit in our kitchen. Currently, there are bananas on the table, a papaya ripening …
#BrunchWeek continues with sweet sugar-covered fried donut holes, served with three dipping sauces: caramel, chocolate, and blackberry. Bet you can't stop at just one! Welcome to the third annual #BrunchWeek hosted by Terri from Love and Confections and Shaina from Take A Bite Out Of Boca. We are so excited to have you join us …
Need a fast, easy snack for Saint Patrick's Day? Make a batch of these muddy buddies (aka puppy chow): cereal coated in chocolate, peanut butter, and powdered sugar, plus Lucky Charms marshmallows and M&Ms! When I mention that I'm a food blogger, more often than not, people ask, "What do you do with all that extra …
Baking cakes puts me in my happy place. I hope the moist, tender crumb of these cupcakes and the bright citrus filling and frosting will put you in a happy place, too. Compensation was provided by Gallo Family Vineyards via Sunday Supper, LLC. The opinions expressed herein are those of the author, and are not …
It's Pi(e) Day! I teamed up with 20 food bloggers to celebrate. I made a delicious vanilla-scented peach-blueberry pie in a sweet pie crust. Welcome to Pi(e) Day hosted by Terri from Love and Confections! Pi Day is celebrated every March 14 by math fans around the world - and also bakers and pastry chefs. Pi …
Embrace your Irish side with this heart-healthy Irish oatmeal bread. Steel-cut oats and whole wheat fiber provide you with 3 grams of fiber and 5 grams of protein per slice! St. Patrick's Day is around the corner, and being Irish myself, I'm quite happy to see everyone embracing their Irish side. Shepherd's pie, colcannon, champ, …
Lemon curd is a spread similar to a custard made with eggs, lemon juice, lemon zest, sugar and butter. Don't buy it at the store when it's so easy to make at home! Lemon curd is really hard to find in a regular grocery store, did you know that? I've only ever found it in …
Hosting a red carpet viewing party? Dress up your dessert table in this tuxedo cake: chocolate cake iced with buttercream and drizzled with chocolate ganache. There's an awards show on tonight, and while I watch simply for the fashion (and this particular year, Neil Patrick Harris), many people make a party night out of the show, …
Kick up traditional cinnamon rolls by replacing the cinnamon filling with cinnamon caramel apple chunks. You'll never buy the canned rolls again. I've been away from the What's Baking group for several months now, thanks to unemployment and moving. But when I saw that the group voted on "baking bread" as this round's theme, I got …
I'm celebrating Galentine's Day with this take on chocolate-covered strawberries: cream puffs filled with strawberry pastry cream and drizzled in chocolate. Happy Galentine's Day! What is Galentine's Day, you ask? It's a fictional celebration from the television show "Parks and Recreation." It's the best day of the year. Celebrated on February 13th, women leave their husbands and their boyfriends …
Recreate a discontinued seasonal coffeehouse favorite with this simple eggnog coffee syrup. Use it in your homemade coffee or espresso drinks, or give as a gift! There's a certain popular coffeehouse that I love to visit (I'll give you a hint, it rhymes with "Shmarkbucks"). My absolute favorite beverage is their pumpkin spice latte. But running …
I've given new flavor to the classic peanut butter blossoms: cocoa powder and espresso plus milk chocolate Hershey's Kisses equal Mocha Blossom Cookies! I got an email from Influenster.com recently, asking about my Christmas baking plans. I was accepted for their upcoming campaign, and received a free bag of Hershey's Kisses in the mail! Always …
Pumpkin butter spread, cinnamon and ginger give these tender shortbread cookies a warm spice flavor. Enjoy these with a cup of hot cider or hot cocoa on a chilly winter night! It’s the 4th Annual Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap, hosted by Lindsay of Love & Olive Oil and Julie ofThe Little Kitchen! The swap …
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 …
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 …
Some of the best recipes of the Christmas season are those that double as gifts, like this homemade cranberry-infused vodka! Thanksgiving has passed, now it's time for the hustle and bustle of the holidays! Cookie swaps, Christmas parties, brunches with Santa, tree trimming, caroling (does anybody do that anymore?), and on and on! It might sound …
Homemade egg nog is easy to churn into egg nog ice cream, a delicious Christmas treat. It's here: Week 12 of 12 Weeks of Christmas Treats, hosted by Meal Planning Magic. I hope you've enjoyed the posts, and found some new treats to try this Christmas. I'm sad to see the link-up end, but to …