Summer is in full swing and fresh fruits are ripe for the picking for your desserts: grilled peaches, blueberry cobblers, strawberry shortcakes just to name a few on my list of things-to-bake-right-now! One favorite that I checked off my go-to summer foods list is Cherry Pie. Oddly enough I can’t recall the last time I baked a cherry …
Dessert Recipes
Honey oatmeal muffins are a hearty muffin for your morning meal, snack, or afternoon tea. Oatmeal is such a popular way to start the day and adding oats to a muffin is nice way to incorporate this ingredient into your breakfast baked goods. Muffins are a type of quick bread– breads made without yeast. Enjoy my full …
Salted caramel macarons are a special treat that you can delight in when baking at home. Caramel– a heavenly taste Caramel. Just the word makes me smile. Maybe it is childhood memories of eating Johnson’s Caramel Popcorn on the Ocean City, New Jersey boardwalk. Or it could be the sound of unwrapping a Werther’s caramel …
Linzer cookies are a lovely sandwich cookies that let the filling shine through. Cherry preserves, strawberry jam or lemon curd all make perfect fillings. Linzer Cookies are a treat most often shared around Christmas but there is nothing holding you back from making these cookies any time of year. Think heart-shaped cut-outs for Valentine’s Day, strawberry or blueberry …
It’s cookie-baking time again! I’m enjoying the group, Creative Cookie Exchange, where we bake cookies each month based on an ingredient or theme. The theme this month is White Chocolate! White chocolate often takes a back seat to other ingredients but it can shine on its own when given the chance. If you want to …
Amaretti biscuits are a gluten free Italian cookie (or biscuit) that are perfect on their own or even better sandwiched with a chocolate filling. These little meringues could be cousins with the better known macaron. Baking with amaretto I turned to an liqueur that I had in the back of the pantry, one that my …
Chocolate caramel thumbprints are in my top ten list of cookies that I could eat for the rest of my life. A chocolate dough coated with pecans and then filled with caramel after baking is really all you could ask for in a cookie! Oh these chocolate caramel thumbprint cookies are something! The good kind …
Pepparkakor is a Swedish ginger cookie like a ginger snap often made for Christmas cookies. A flavorful, thin cookie will become a favorite this holiday season! This cookie is featured in the book, Pippi Longstocking. You can also skip the recipe and buy a store-bought batch at Ikea! What is a pepparkakor? This Swedish ginger …