Creme Brulee Shortbread – Buttery Shortbread topped with a crispy, crackly caramelized topping. I love to bake because I love to share goodies from my kitchen. It would be no fun to bake a big batch of cookies and eat them all by myself (hmmm, or maybe it would be). For the holidays I like to create gift boxes filled …
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Peppermint Bark Shortbread is a twist on a favorite Christmas treat. Buttery shortbread is topped with dark chocolate, white chocolate and crushed candy canes. I make peppermint bark every Christmas to enjoy for ourselves and to give away in gift bags. It’s easy for me because, lucky me, I have a small tabletop chocolate tempering …
If you want to make the perfect dinner roll, look no further. Buttermilk dinner rolls are soft, buttery, light and luscious. This recipe was created all because we’d bought a couple of salmon burgers at the farmer’s market one Saturday. I decided to make my own burger buns because I wanted the perfect, soft bun for …
This Plum Galette is beautiful in it’s simplicity. It’s like the “little black dress” of tarts. The delicate walnut pastry makes this a crave-worthy treat. This recipe was inspired by a perfect little gem of a tart I enjoyed on my very first trip to Paris. That tart was nothing more than a slender wedge …
Save the taste of summer with home made blueberry lemon preserves. Think making homemade preserves is hard? Not at all. All you need is a big pot of boiling water and the proper canning jars. There are certain experiences in my life I think of as “food memories”. Those are the times when I’ve tasted or …
I discovered Cherry Pit Ice Cream a few years ago when I was Googling around for cherry recipes. I’d never used cherry pits as an ingredient before but was immediately intrigued because I absolutely love bitter almond flavor. Bitter almond is not the flavor of the typical sweet almond you buy in the grocery store …
Banana Cream Pie! Macadamia-graham cracker crust is filled with fresh bananas and pastry cream. The pie is topped with a mound of whipped cream and candied macadamia nuts. The nuts are optional With rich custard filling and mounds of sweet cream on top, cream pies are definitely decadent. The problem with cream pies is that …