dessert

Chocolate almond biscotti are crisp buttery cookies full of sliced almonds and drizzled with chocolate that make the perfect cookie for dunking in coffee or cocoa. These crisp chocolate covered biscotti cookies are one of my mother’s favorites so I try to make them for her birthday every year. They are a great cookie to make around Christmas and in the winter. They are easy to make. But they do require more time than most cookies. They are sturdy which…

This easy and nostalgic holiday side dish combines cranberry sauce, raspberry gelatin, apples, pecans, marshmallows and cool whip for a creamy, crunchy sweet side dish that’s quick and simple to prepare. Maybe I’m showing my age a little bit here, but I definitely grew up in an era of Jello salads. There wasn’t a single holiday dinner that we went to that didn’t have a signature creamy and fluffy dessert salad and my husband’s family is the same way. Did…

Blackberry bread for breakfast. Blackberry bread for a snack. Blackberry bread for dessert. This easy berry filled quick bread is great any time of day! Have you ever ended up with such a huge haul of fresh berries that you thought to yourself, What am I going to do with all of these? Isn’t that a great problem to have?  I go pick wild blackberries every year and am constantly trying out new recipes to use them in. That’s why…

Rich and delicious. This Chocolate Brownie Trifle is layered brownie, chocolate mousse, and whipped cream perfection. I usually try and have some kind of cohesive story that goes with my blog posts, a snippet of personal history to accompany my recipe, a silly story to recount, sometimes even something just a little bit meaningful. Well, not today, this week I’ve got a mishmash of random stuff to tell you guys. 1.) I read Amy Poehler’s biography last week and was…

 This Pear Plum Galette is sweet and tart. Flaky pastry crust is filled with juicy pears and plums, then brushed with a red plum and honey glaze. This fresh summer dessert is ready in about 30 minutes and is fabulously easy to make. Sometimes people forget they like things. Whether it’s time or circumstance, the fact that we liked a particular thing fades away, a forgotten memory. I had a couple forgotten memories surface this week. We are well into…

Tender buttery pastry crust, cinnamon and brown sugar soaked apples, all baked into mini tarts that will fit in the palm of your hand. My mother in law is obsessed with all things tiny. If it comes in a miniature size, you can be guaranteed you will find it somewhere in her house. She has miniature Tupperware bowls, tiny  salt and pepper shakers, miniscule measuring spoons, and itty bitty Fisher-Price toys the size of key chain bobbles just to name…

I wish that everything was as good and as simple as this fresh peach kuchen. I tell you if it was the world would be a lot happier place. It’s like a hug on a plate. We usually go spend Memorial day weekend down at the Lake of the Ozarks with my husbands whole family. 14 kids and 8 adults. It’s a wild, wild time. However, this year we didn’t get to go down because of my daughter’s track meet.…

Okay, I’m just going to be real with you guys. Today I had a ginormous reminder of one of the main reasons I wanted to start a recipe blog… Imperfection. Say, what? How could imperfection be a motivator for starting a blog? Well for a while I told myself that I was not smart enough to learn how to run a website, that I was too old, that I wasn’t pretty enough to run a recipe blog or put my…