Just the right recipe for when you are asked to bring dessert, want to show up with something homemade and beautiful, but don’t have the time or inclination to…
The saying “easy as pie” must surely be referring to a Chess Pie. There are hundreds of variations but as far as I can tell, they all involve…
15 years ago I moved to the land of cheese straws. Actually, it is the land of chicken pot pie, sugar cake, pulled pork barbecue, country ham…
Must be the festive holiday spirit in the air that compelled me to make this special dessert from Laurent Tourondel. I’m no pastry chef, so many of the…
Here’s a wonderfully easy and extraordinarily tasty little bar recipe that I tried this week. I needed to use up some over-ripe bananas and was in the mood…
Once you get the hang of it, you can walk into the kitchen and have homemade scones in the oven in 15 minutes. And you won’t find a…
I’ve made countless batches of banana muffins over the years and this one is my current favorite. It is adapted from Sara Foster’s Banana Nut Muffin recipe in…
I love making these turnovers. It is best to use a combination of apples in your filling to create the best texture and flavor. Try a…
This recipe comes from The Muffin Lady, Muffins, Cupcakes, and Quick Breads for the Happy Soul, by Linda Fisher. Linda has an interesting story… divorced and struggling to…
Another wonderful recipe from Glamour’s Gourmet on the Run. It’s a collection that never fails me. I usually end up with 11 muffins instead of 12 because I like…
One of my children once said, “It’s hard to be in a bad mood when there are Snickerdoodles in the house!” Like the best sugar cookie but with…
This is perhaps my most requested recipe and yet I hesitate to post it. Not because it is a closely guarded secret, but rather because the cinnamon chips…
Now, I’ve made pies and tarts, crisps, crumbles and cobblers….but this is the first time that I have made a crostata. No particular reason, just never got around…
Inspired by a recipe in the book Cupcakes, by Joanna Farrow… but I had to look further for a really great white cake batter. I found it…