Desserts

Peppermint Chocolate Cookie Bark is an easy way to get your peppermint bark fix in the form of a cookie! Just bake a thin chocolate …

Butter Nut Horns are more pastry than cookie, but we’ve been making them as part of our Christmas cookie trays for years. Each horn is …

Pumpkin Pie Gingerbread Cake is a perfect mash up of two delicious fall desserts. Homemade pumpkin pie filling is baked right on top of gingerbread …

Make Chocolate Cream Pie from scratch using an easy homemade chocolate custard. Pour that rich, deep chocolate filling into a pre-baked pastry crust and then …

Blind baking a pie crust shouldn’t be intimidating nor require any special equipment. Today, I’m sharing how to blind bake a pie crust with items …

Celebrate fall with this Apple Pie Bundt Cake. Pound cake batter, rich with butter and cream, is layered with an easy stove top apple pie …

Cherry Crumb Bars are filled with an easy, stove top cherry pie filling. A tender cookie crust serves as the base of the bar. Then, …

Irish Cream Cheesecake Brownies. Deep dark chocolate brownies are studded with chocolate chips, then topped with creamy Irish Cream cheesecake, mini chocolate chips and more …

These Chocolate Sugar Cookies are deliciously soft, fudgy, and full of deep, dark chocolate flavor. Roll them thicker for a softer cookie, or roll them …

Lime Meltaway Cookies are a buttery, tender, shortbread type of cookie that seem to melt in your mouth. They pack a citrus punch due to …

Easy lace cookie bark is a wafer thin, crispy, buttery toffee cookie that’s baked into large slabs instead of individual cookies. The batter mixes up …

This Pumpkin Ale Cake is moist, tender and nicely spiced. It’s a great cake for the fall and a perfect choice for Thanksgiving dessert. It’s …

Brown Sugar Cinnamon Whipped Cream Cream Cheese Frosting is a blend of cinnamon-spiced cream cheese frosting and whipped cream. It’s perfect for those who love …

Peanut Butter Blondie Brownies. Bake a rich chocolatey brownie on top of a chewy peanut butter blondie and find a new way to love this …

This sweet, sticky, chewy walnut syrup is easy to make and a perfect topping for ice cream, cake, brownies, pancakes and even oatmeal!  This Walnut …

Make your own Strawberry Shortcake Ice Cream Topping with just three ingredients! This quick and easy dessert topping will remind you of those strawberry shortcake …

In just a few minutes, and with just a few ingredients, you can make your own Chocolate Hard Shell Ice Cream Topping.  What is chocolate …

I’ve created a new favorite pie for you! Chocolate Chip Cannoli Pie! The filling is rich and creamy with plenty of mini chocolate chips to …

I’ve taken a step away from more traditional fall apple recipes and made a wonderful Chai Spiced Pear Bundt Cake. The truth is that I …

Let’s throwback with a childhood inspired treat… Yep, I’ve got a Jumbo Frosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon Toaster Tart for you today! I’ve been playing around …

Fresh Blueberry Cheesecake Pie or Fresh Blueberry Pie Cheesecake? Same words, different order. One name seems to roll off the tongue, the other seems a tiny …

One of the best pie fillings I’ve ever made was done right on my stove top. This Fresh Blueberry Pie Filling takes the prize for …

Need a quick and easy dessert? Here you go! One bowl. Five ingredients. Stir, pour and bake. That’s all you’ve gotta do for these Easy …

Made any marshmallow crispy treats lately? Well, today I’m going patriotic and making a red, white and blue version for you, aka Very Berry Marshmallow …

I thought we could do with a little whimsy this week. Enter Mermaid Birthday Sugar Cookie Bars. Yep, it’s all about rainbows, unicorns and mermaids …

I thought these One Bite Mini Chocolate Chip Cookies would be an exercise in portion control. Turns out…that was not the case at all. Let’s …

For those of you who read last week’s post on how to make Caramelized White Chocolate, it will probably come as no surprise that I …

class=”aligncenter size-full wp-image-14335″ /> Did you know you can make Caramelized White Chocolate? I’ve been wanting to try it for the longest time. It’s really …

Mandarin Orange Pineapple Cream Cake. Layers of mandarin orange cake, filled with pineapple coconut pastry cream and covered in pineapple whipped cream and coconut chips. …

You’ve gotta love when a recipe idea comes out even better than expected. Such is the case with these Iced Lemon Pillow Cookies. It’s not …

Here in the northeast, we’re facing the second major storm in less than a week. Schools are closed and we’re all stuck at home. Seems …

Consider these Mint Chocolate Pudding Parfaits my “green” offering for St. Patrick’s Day. I don’t think I’ve posted anything green yet for that holiday. My …

And just like that, Valentine’s Day is just one week away. I often make brownies around Valentine’s, but this year I thought, why not a …

Hey, are you ready for some cookies? How about some Hazelnut Mocha Coffee and Cream Cookies? Yeah. That’s right. Hazelnut. Mocha. Coffee. Cream. Cookies. That’s …

This Healthy Winter Fruit Crisp is perfect for dessert. But guess what? It can also be a great choice for breakfast! It’s like a homemade …

  Rustic Caramel Iced Brown Sugar Cookies are a sweet twist on a sugar cookie. Brown sugar brings a hint of warm caramel notes and …

I developed these Pistachio Bark Oatmeal Cookies last year at the tail end of my Christmas cookie baking extravaganza. Unfortunately, it was an idea I …

We’re going to take a quick break from gift guides and start the wheels turning on cookie baking. I’m rounding up a list of favorites …

    This post for Whipped Cream Cream Cheese Frosting was originally published on February 7th, 2015. It has been updated with additional photos, text …

This Triple Layer Pumpkin Nutella Cheesecake was originally going to be a simple pumpkin cheesecake. But, having just made a classic pumpkin pie with no …

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, and an Easy All Butter Pie Crust just waiting to be used…I figured now was as good a time …

Yes. That’s right. EASY all butter pie crust!   I offer up my sister as testament to how easy this process can be. I only …

These Chewy Toffee Apple Cookies may look like your average cookie, but I assure you, they are not. We’ll get to how amazingly delicious and …

Last week I posted No Churn Cinnamon Ice Cream to go with all of your favorite apple or fall desserts. Today, I’ve got another little …

“Be prepared.” It’s the traditional Girl Scout motto. That’s why I’m sharing this super easy No Churn Cinnamon Ice Cream. It shouldn’t matter that summer …

This has definitely been the year of the crumb cake for me. Once I posted my Chocolate Chip Crumb Cake, I looked for every opportunity …

Remember that Fresh Sweet Cherry Sauce that I posted last week? You know…the one that would be great on ice cream, cake, pancakes, waffles, pork, …

I have been reveling in summer’s bounty of fresh fruit…blueberries, peaches, cherries, etc. I buy organic, and it’s not always as plentiful as it is …