Crunchy, chewy, sweet pecans are sprinkled throughout these rich and buttery Pecan Praline Blondies. From the chewy blondie base to the crisp topping, this is a dessert that I simply couldn’t resist. I’m so excited to share these blondies with you today! This recipe is one that I found in my friend Erin’s cookbook, The Sweet Side of Ancient Grains. The desserts she shares on her blog, Texanerin, always make me drool and I knew as...
A sprinkling of coconut adds something extra special to this blueberry banana bread. I’ve made this recipe three times now and I’m just now getting around to sharing it with you. Why the wait? It kept disappearing before I could get a picture of it. (That tends to happen when I bake at night because we can never resist the warm fragrant bread!) Determined to share this on the blog with all of you, I strategized before baking Blueberry...
Creamy lemony cheesecake mousse with a chewy ginger and lemon crust proved to be completely and totally irresistible. Adding a pile of fresh berries on top took these treats right over the top and I could not get enough of this dessert. I wound up making this dessert three different times last week because I kept craving them!I adore lemon desserts. Lemon is my first pick almost every time I’m given the choice, so you know that when I...
Buttery nut-filled cookies, coated with a layer of powdered sugar, these cookies transport me back to my grandmother’s kitchen every time I make them. Sugar Butter Balls have been one of my family’s favorite holiday cookies ever since I was a child.Whenever we visited Grandmother’s house, I knew she’d be in the kitchen first thing in the morning, no matter how early I woke up. She’d have a plan for every meal, every snack, and...
Peppermint Bark Cake Balls If you’re a fan of peppermint bark, these cake balls are going to rock your holiday dessert trays. Rich bites of creamy chocolate peppermint cake balls are dipped in peppermint white chocolate and then sprinkled with crushed candy canes. These Peppermint Bark Cake Balls were the happy result when my craving for chocolate cake met my annual holiday indulgence in peppermint bark. Let’s just get this out of the...
Cinnamon Toast and I go way back. I remember coming home from school as a kid and toasting bread, slathering it generously with butter and then pouring cinnamon sugar over every inch of surface space. When I say that I love cinnamon toast, I truly mean that I LOVE cinnamon toast. It’s one of those simple pleasures that never fails to delight, no matter how old you get. Cinnamon Toast To this day, I’ll never pass up a slice of toast spread...
These chewy, slightly crunchy, peanut butter cereal bars are loaded with pockets of gooey marshmallows; Chewy Peanut Butter Cereal Bars are a huge hit every time we make them. For the times when you just need a simple treat that you can make in a few minutes time with nothing fancier than a handful of items from the pantry, this is the recipe for you. Peanut butter and marshmallows form the base for these crunchy, chewy, nut-filled...
Designed to be served cold from the refrigerator, this is a rich dark chocolate cake topped with an absolutely amazing chocolate frosting. It’s wonderfully unique and completely unforgettable. Just thinking about this cake was enough to have me making it again this week. I told myself that I was making it so that I could shoot a video (see below) and share it with you, but really? I just wanted to have this awesome cake tucked into my...
Fluffy cheesecake mousse is layered between salted caramel sauce and a brown sugar graham cracker crust to make this No Bake Caramel Cheesecake Mousse. I could not resist these little jars once they were stashed in the refrigerator. I worked my way through one of the jars, a tiny taste at a time as I waited through the day to serve them at night. This is the best no-bake cheesecake dessert I’ve ever tasted. The cheesecake mousse layer is...
Crisp apple slices are drizzled with melted and gooey peanut butter and then topped with a handful of pecans and just a sprinkling of chocolate and coconut to make these irresistible Apple Nachos. My kids flipped out over this treat and talked about it for a couple of days. Several years ago, I overheard someone mention apple nachos and I suddenly had an image of apple slices drizzled with peanut butter dancing through my head. I...
