Category Dessert

Sea Salt Caramel

One of the best caramel sauces I have made. You can use this on top of cheesecake, ice cream, or drizzled in your coffee. PERFECTION!Read More

Apple Crisp

I wanted to make something special for my dear friend Kim's birthday. I private messaged her mom on Facebook and asked what would be a good dessert to take to Kim's house. Apple Crisp it is! Crispy oat crumble and cinnamon spiced granny smith apples baked to perfection. Serve hot out of the oven over vanilla bean ice cream. This recipe will make two 9" apple crisp pies.Read More

White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake

The combination of cheesecake, OREO, raspberry and white chocolate should make your mouth water just thinking about it. Loved this recipe because you don't have to do a water bath. It does take time but well worth every second.Read More

Cheesecake Pumpkin Pie

I have never purchased frozen pie shells before. After finding an old recipe in my grandmothers recipe box that called for an unbaked pie shell it made me realize that I don’t always have to make crust from scratch. And that some people just don’t have the time. With that said, I decided to trial this pie using frozen pie crust...Read More

Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients: 

1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened

1 (8 ounce) cream cheese, room temperature – or Tofutti lactose free cream cheese (Sprout’s)

1/2 cup creamy peanut butter (omit if you don’t like peanut butter)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2½ cups confectioners sugar

2 tablespoons heavy cream

Instructions:

Combine butter, cream cheese and peanut butter in a mixing bowl and beat with an electric mix...

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Candy Crunch Pudding Pie

I found this recipe for Candy Crunch Pudding Pie on the Cool Whip container and then again on the JELL-O chocolate pudding box. I figured if it showed up in multiple places then it must be good. We served this at our family Sunday get together and it was quite delicious. Super easy and if you like chocolate then you can’t go wrong.
 
Ingredients:
 
2 pkg. (3.9 oz...
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Sticky Toffee Pudding

What it looks like if you flipped it upside down out of the ramekin…
Sticky Toffee Pudding at Colt & Gray in Denver, Colorado with Bourbon Ice Cream

 

I caught an episode of The Best thing I ever ate on the Food Network. This episode was called “Sauced.” It was about a place in Denver, Colorado known for their Sticky Toffee Pudding...
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Double Cream

 
 
What is double cream you ask? Do you live in the U.S.? If so, no… they do not sell double cream. 

If you live somewhere like the U.K., then yes, you can find double cream. Double cream is used quite often in the U.K.

In the U.S., a close substitute would be heavy cream, or heavy whipping cream (both the same thing, just two different names)...

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Biscochos

Biscosho has a meaning of “A handsome Latin person.” I tried these special cookies called Biscochos for the first time at our friend’s house in Anza. They had a package that they purchased from an Argentine market. 9 De oro Azucardos Bicochos is what the package read. I went home a couple days later and researched authentic recipes for these cookies because I had to make them...
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Butter Flavored Crisco Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie

Top-ranked recipe named “Butter Flavored Crisco Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie”
 
I was invited by my old neighbors to their new neighborhoods community pool party/BBQ. I was 5 months pregnant or so and it was a warm day so I decided to head over there. It was a potluck so I brought some of my chocolate crack...
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