Category: desserts

almond vanilla chip cookies

It’s been awhile. You deserve cookies. I am peering out from under my rock, finally getting back into the comfort of routine. As much as people complain about the staleness of routines, I embrace the comfort of the mundane, the blandness of the everyday norm. But, just because it’s the everyday, run of…

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homemade chocolates and control freaks

I admit it. I am a control freak. Not to the point where it’s my-way-or-the-highway, but to the point where if my husband asks me where the ketchup is; I just go get it. Or, how to do something… I just do it. Then he says, “You could have just told me.” There…

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Chocolate mousse cups

Confession: I meant to post this last Spring. I could be considered very late; or very early for this Spring. Or Valentine’s day… yep, I’m right on time for Valentine’s day. Speaking of Valentines….

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spiced apple tart

My daughter and I made this during our study of France, while working onĀ  our Five In A Row unit of Madeline. We also made a Swiss, ham and leek quiche, French Onion soup, and crouque mosuiers, which I will share with you soon. But, today I’m sharing this with you. Most of…

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Carrot cake whoopie pies

It’s Ā  officially spring …but it has felt more like summer in my area. 86 degrees with high humidity = bad hair and craving springtime treats. Of course, when I think of spring, I think of bunnies, and when I think of bunnies, I think of carrots and when I think of carrots…

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lemon pastry cremes girl scout cookies

lemon pastry cremes~ (n) My favorite girl scout cookie that they discontinued, flaky cookies dusted in powdered sugar with a sweet creamy lemon filling inside.   There are a few food items I would say I actually obsess over. Long lost food items from my childhood that cease to be in existence any…

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cookies and milk

Childhood favorites don’t need toĀ  should never be left in childhood. There is nothing wrong with walking barefoot in the grass, playing in the rain or drawing with crayons.Ā  Somewhere along the lines of growing up; a line gets crossed and childish ways areĀ  set aside, and we move into other realms of…

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cupcakes and cannonballs

Cupcakes. Innocent. Sweet.Ā  A little more than a cookie and a little less than a cake. That in-between dessert. Kind of like a pre-teen. Seriously, what happens between ages 11-13? !This is the first time I have raised a pre-teen to teen girl and the morphing process is like a cupcake turning into…

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toll house cookie dough pie

It’s a pie, it’s a cookie… it’s crunchy and chewy…. It’s perfect for when you don’t know what you want for dessert.

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spaghetti n meatball…cupcakes

These are the EASIEST cupcakes to decorate. If you can make a mess, you can decorate these with perfection. As for the meatballs? Can you unwrap a chocolate? You’re good.

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key lime pie with a toasted coconut crust

Summer desserts have to be 3 things: creamy cool tropical It’s the thing to have for breakfast dessert on a swealtery summer night.

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chocolate mint chiffon pie

This was a recipe I created for Florida Dairy Farmers, and it’s the perfect Springtime dessert, (or, almost Spring-at least) It’s fluffy and minty, and has a chocolate cookie crust that balances the creamy mint filling like nothing else… I created this recipe specifically for St Patricks day, it’s green, it’s the ideal…

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