Sweet potato! In a cake?! Well why not! Not much though, just ½ a cup, but it lends such richness and an earthy sweetness to this cake. But the real star is the boost it gets from the addition of the seasonally available blood orange. Only a little time left to get them, the season [...]
Oh these are grown up brownies and they are good! I would typically say “I know, I had you at bacon!”, but I’ve added scotch and pecans to the title - so really take your pick at where I had you! In any event, now that I have you here, you need to try these. [...]
So we started off the 2018 Christmas Treats with Mum’s Fruitcake, so let’s finish it off with another cake. I will serve this cake as the main dessert (along with all the cookies we made). The recipe reads very well and is from one of my favorite sites – epicurious, so I know it will [...]
If you look back on my cookie recipes, the one fairly common ingredient I have never used in my cookies is white chocolate. Something about the taste of it that bothers me. But, one look through this recipe – slightly adapted from the “oh my veggies” website, and I knew I had 2018 Christmas Treat [...]
Back in November, this cookie was making the rounds on the web. I had to try it as it had my two of my favorite (I have lots of favorites) ingredients in it – peanut butter and paprika. It was done on about 4 or 5 sites, I liked the one David Leibowitz did [...]
This lady loves peppermint and chocolate. This is Julia’s entry for 2018 Christmas Treat #8 – Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookie. Last year Julia surprised my taste buds with a no-bake chocolate peppermint brownie. I was so blown away with the taste, I said yes immediately to this one. Chocolate alone is a treat but add [...]
Every once in a while, I know coz I see it on other sites, a recipe comes up that appeals to you so much that you really don’t mind featuring it again. And while this cookie recipe has been done by me previously, this time we put a slight twist on it. This is Kurt’s [...]
Something that I’m hearing about more and more is gluten intolerance. So when Marissa came up with this recipe I was delighted. It’s gluten free and will make a lovely addition to your sweet table. 2018 Christmas Treat #7 – Gluten Free Chocolate Cinnamon Rugelach. I must commend Marissa for always trying to put a [...]
Multiple posts today. This is Scott’s pick for 2018 Christmas Treat #6 – Pumpkin and Caramel Cookies. Always adventurous with tastes, these are a delightful cookie that brings fall and winter to mind. The addition of pumpkin spice makes the kitchen smell like Christmas, a warm hug, a comfortable sweater – you get the idea. [...]
I’ve been away and didn’t get a chance to post the rest of the cookies. So get your baking trays ready, only 4 days left and 7 more cookies to go. We learned some things about seeds and nuts during this baking session. We learned to tell if seeds or nuts are bad – [...]
