Flaky? Who, me? Butter? Shortening? A combination? It seems every pie baker has a strong opinion about pie crust. For me, it’s all about the flaky texture – which means shortening. I flirted for a while with butter & combination crusts, which do win hands down on flavor, but I keep coming back to the flakiness you…
Category: Desserts
Fresh Pumpkin
Fresh is best! Always. It is well worth a little extra time & effort to prepare fresh pumpkin for your pies & other baking. The flavor is brighter and the texture is less dense than canned pumpkin, making for much better baked goods. Of course, you can also serve it as a vegetable, just like any…
Vanilla Frozen Custard
Here we are, September already! I just had to make one more batch of ice cream before retiring the ice cream maker for the season. Yes, it’s ice cream. But it’s also frozen custard, as all great ice creams are. It’s rich and decadent, and not at all good for you. I love it! It’s…
Orange Buttercream Frosting
Best icing for Mix-In-the-Pan Chocolate Cake! Quick & easy to make, and not at all good for you – but sooo delicious! You’ll find a printer-friendly version of the recipe at the bottom of this page. Ingredients: ½ cup softened butter (1 stick) 1 tsp vanilla ¼ tsp orange extract ⅛ tsp kosher salt 1 lb. confectioner’s…
Mix-In-the-Pan Chocolate Cake
So, you think you can’t bake? Think again, my friend. Run, don’t walk, straight to your kitchen, because you are about to make the best cake ever! One of the things I love about this cake, aside from the fact that it’s freakin’ delicious, is that it’s foolproof. You don’t need a mixer, or eggs, or milk….
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
I like this recipe so much that I wasn’t sure I wanted to share it, but today’s your lucky day! These cookies are soft & chewy, and absolutely delicious. They’re love in an oven! I used to be indifferent to oatmeal cookies. Then I married Trip – oatmeal raisin are his favorites. So I started experimenting…
Chocolate Chip Cookies
There are probably thousands, if not millions of recipes out there for chocolate chip cookies. There was a time when I just used the Toll House recipe from the back of the Nestle Chocolate Chips package. Then Crisco changed its formula to eliminate trans fats, and baked goods just haven’t been the same since. I don’t exactly bake cookies…
Lime Sherbet
I found this recipe from Southern Living on MyRecipes.com. It’s incredibly easy to make (assuming you have an ice cream machine.) Cool & refreshing, and very tasty! Mine didn’t come out as creamy as I’d like, but that’s my fault. Or rather, the fault of my crummy freezer. It just couldn’t keep up with the…
julienne.red 