Overnight Bananas Foster French Toast is perfect for Father’s Day breakfast. Sweet, caramelized bananas with a hint of rum turn this overnight french toast from comforting to OH WOW! Father’s Day this year is pretty special around here. It’s James’s first, just like Mother’s Day was mine, and I want to make it extra special. …
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Caramel Apple Pie is luscious and perfect for your holiday table. You will adore all that extra caramel! Okay, so it’s not really the “season” for caramel apple pie, but I’m never one to let the season stop me when I’ve got a craving. There’s still plenty of great apples popping up at my local …
These Oatmeal Almond Chocolate Chip Cookies are a quandary for me. I dreamt up the recipe one day and decided to just bake it up without looking at any other recipes in books or online. Once I’d made the dough, which I felt was pretty standard in texture and tasted good too (yes, I taste …
Quick Strawberry Cream Cheese Pastries are just what you need when a craving hits. Part hand pie, part pop-tart, they’re totally irresistible. You know how some Saturdays you wake up with a deep longing for pastry filled with fruit and cheese? No.. me either. *Cough* Here in the northeast, the weather has been chronically stupid. …
Strawberry Lemon Cupcakes are light and sweet, and full of tart lemon flavor. The strawberry buttercream is impossible to resist. I feel sorry for winter babies. Being one myself, I know the envy that is birthday pool parties, slip and slides and barbecue parties, or, well, pretty much any outdoor party you can think of. …
Chocolate Chai Pound Cake with Chai Cream Cheese Frosting is a dream come true. If you love chocolate and you love chai, this dessert will put you over the top. I’ve been seeing chocolate chai everywhere these days. It started at Starbucks, with their Chocolate Chai Latte, and then it started popping up all over …
Pretzel Peppermint Bark Bites take just minutes to make. Good thing, because they disappear just as quickly! I know I’m not the only one seduced every. single. time. by Target’s seasonal aisle. Right? I always troll that little area for holiday versions of my favorite chocolates and candies, or new seasonal flavor versions of them. …
Gingerbread pizza dough covered in brown sugar ricotta, walnuts, and sugared cranberries. Serve it as an elegant dessert at your holiday party. Every so often, a product comes along and inspires recipe greatness. It might sound a little weird, but I love it when I’m tasked with creating a recipe that uses a specific kitchen …
Did you know that today is National Brownie Day? What better way to celebrate such a delicious day than Mexican Chocolate Brownies? After several years of a lapsed subscription, my nephew’s school fundraiser has me receiving People Magazine on a weekly basis again. Believe it or not, I like getting People for the less celebrity-driven …
Chewy Caramel Shortbread Bars are crazy, ridiculous, over-the-top good. You have to make them immediately! I make no secret of my love for all things Disney. When you’ve worked for the Mouse, you either form an intense, life-long bond, or never want to set foot on Disney property again. I fall in the first camp, …