I saw this recipe on Kathleen Ashmore’s site and decided to give it a try. I have a lemon loaf recipe I have made a few times, but I wanted to see if this healthier version would still be satisfying. This recipe using mostly reduced fat yogurt for the moisture and only has 1/4 cupContinueContinue reading “Healthier Glazed Lemon Loaf”
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Classic Pecan Pie
My son recently asked for a pecan pie, so I am sharing that recipe today. This is a pretty straight up, classic pecan pie recipe. I saw a recipe recently I want to try where you make homemade caramel first to use for the filling instead of the typical corn syrup. If I try thatContinueContinue reading “Classic Pecan Pie”
Blueberry Lemon Tart
I absolutely love everything about this dessert. It is sweet, tangy, light and fresh and beautiful too. The flaky crust combined with creamy filling and bright blueberry topping is about as good as dessert gets (unless it is chocolate). 🙂 This dessert looks impressive, but since it only has 3 components, it isn’t really thatContinueContinue reading “Blueberry Lemon Tart”
Biscuit Cinnamon Rolls
I made these easy biscuit cinnamon rolls a while back, and they are really great if you are in the mood for cinnamon rolls but don’t have the time or desire to make yeasted dough. Obviously they have a more biscuit texture as opposed to the bread like texture of a normal cinnamon roll, butContinueContinue reading “Biscuit Cinnamon Rolls”
Chocolate Mousse Brownies
We are so in love with these brownies! I have a favorite brownie recipe that I make often, and I rarely come across one that I think rivals it, but this one does. The brownie itself is a deep, dark, dense chocolate brownie that I would totally eat just on its own, but then whenContinueContinue reading “Chocolate Mousse Brownies”
Chocolate Leckerli
A while back I posted a recipe for Leckerli, which is a dense, chewy cookie bar from Switzerland. We absolutely love the texture of these and my son and I were talking about them and he mentioned he though a chocolate version would be really good (I love that he always has food ideas forContinueContinue reading “Chocolate Leckerli”
Brown Butter Carrot Cake Cupcakes
At this point I have mentioned brown butter enough that my thoughts on it are obvious 🙂 It makes so many baked goods tastier though, so of course it has to go into these carrot cake cupcakes too. This is a fairly straight forward carrot cake recipe based roughly on one from Brave Tart. TheContinueContinue reading “Brown Butter Carrot Cake Cupcakes”
Oreo Fluff
Oreo fluff is a super quick and easy dessert you can make with a couple grocery store ingredients. You just need instant pudding, milk, cool whip or whipped cream, and oreos. The nice thing about this dessert is you can totally customize it to your preferences. You can use any flavor of pudding and anyContinueContinue reading “Oreo Fluff”
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake
Anyone else think the chocolate/pb combo is pretty much the best thing ever? My daughter and I love anything pb/choc and she recently asked for a peanut butter chocolate cheesecake so I made this one. There are a few important tips to getting great, smooth cheesecake. First is to make sure all your ingredients areContinueContinue reading “Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake”
Overnight Cinnamon Rolls
One of my sons loves cinnamon rolls, so I make them fairly often. I have a tried a few different recipes over the years and have one that I use most often. I decided to try this new one because I saw that it won a taste test on one the recipe blogs I followContinueContinue reading “Overnight Cinnamon Rolls”