Desserts

Giveaway: Green Mountain Coffee Golden French Toast Coffee

6

Feb

Who loves French Toast – raise your hand! I don’t make it often, but French Toast is one of those breakfasts I vividly remember my dad making when I was a kid. My dad excels at breakfast-making more than any other meal, and I think it’s probably his favorite meal of the day too. When [...]

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Shiner Bock Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting

1

Feb

If you’re Texan, you know Shiner. Shiner, Texas, that is. Famous for one thing: Shiner Bock beer. Spoetzl Brewery, where Shiner Bock is brewed, has been in business since 1909, and is the oldest independent brewery in Texas. Shiner Bock is Spoetzl’s flagship beer. Brewed since 1913, this dark and dangerous brew was originally considered [...]

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Dark Chocolate, Cherry and Pistachio Cookies

17

Jan

More often than not, I cannot leave well enough alone. Whether it’s where a vase sits in the living room, the recipe I can kick up a notch, or even the fonts on this blog – if I think about something for a little too long, I have to change it, make it better. A [...]

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Nanny’s Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

23

Dec

These cookies may look like nothing special, but to me they mean Christmas, plain and simple. Every year of my childhood, Nanny and Mom would set out to make several dozen of these little guys, and then into the freezer they would go. First to be eaten at Christmas, but we’d eat the leftovers all [...]

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Chocolate Candy Cane Cupcakes

20

Dec

This is it, y’all. Crunch time. Normally I count myself in the few that has Christmas shopping done by October. This year? Not so much. In fact, I’ll fully admit that not four hours ago, I purchased the last of the gifts we’ll give this Christmas, and I really hope it reaches my brother-in-law in [...]

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Christmas Tea Shortbread

18

Dec

Shortbread is one of those things I’m sort of a traditionalist about. I hesitate to even add vanilla extract, because I feel adding extra liquids to the perfect balance of flour, powdered sugar, salt, and butter would upset the natural order of things. So when it comes to adding flavor, I tend to look towards [...]

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Giveaway: Green Mountain Coffee Holiday Package

13

Dec

Happy Holidays, friends! 2011 has been an amazing year full of all sorts of yummy treats and recipes I couldn’t have imagined a year or two ago. Today the fourth recipe I’ve created for Green Mountain Coffee debuts. I could not imagine in January what a wonderful year this would be; a highly caffeinated year [...]

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Candy Cane Kiss Cookies

12

Dec

Cookie swaps are a relatively new concept to me. While I often baked cookies for family and friends in Texas, I don’t remember anyone ever getting together to swap what we’d baked. Certainly it never happened in England, I think I was one of the few people I knew that baked or cooked from scratch [...]

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Giveaway: Sugar, Sugar Cookbook

30

Nov

If you know me, you know I have a mahooooosive sweet tooth. When I was asked to review the new cookbook, “Sugar, Sugar: Every Recipe Has a Story” by Kimberly “Momma” Reiner and Jenna Sanz-Agero, how could I possibly say no with a title like that? I really enjoy Kimberly and Jenna’s approach to desserts [...]

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An Anniversary and Baked Apple Cider Donuts

23

Nov

Oh, November 23rd. It’s a special day. First in my life, it was my Gaga’s birthday. One of the special men in my life that would lead by example in showing me the kind of man I should look for when I grew up. He had a sense of humor like no other. From electronic [...]

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