Chewy Pumpkin Cookies

Something perfect for the fall mood! These cookies remind me of cinnamon toast in the morning with a hint of pumpkin! Bet you cant have just one! Original recipe found here! Ingredients For the Spiced Surgar 1/4 Cup (50 g) granulated white sugar 1/2 Tsp pumpkin pie spice For the Pumpkin cookies 3/4 Cup (168 g) unsalted butter, softened 1 Cup (220 g) …

Chef John’s Carrot Cake

Sink your fork into a slice of heavenly, moist carrot cake — each bite bursting with rich, spiced flavor and delicate sweetness. The cake is laced with freshly grated carrots, juicy pineapple, and a touch of cinnamon, creating a soft, tender crumb that melts in your mouth. The velvety cream cheese frosting — luxuriously smooth …

Refreshing Lemon Icebox Pie

This is an amazing summertime dessert! It is like cheesecake but it is light and refreshing with a healthy dose of lemon! I would almost go as far as to call it a lemon cheesecake pudding pie! Happiness by the slice! Ingredients 1 (9″) Graham cracker crust (homemade or store-bought, doesn’t matter.) 8 oz. cream cheese (room temperature) 1 (14 oz.) …

Midnights

These cookies are for those of you for whom the chocolate, only the chocolate, and nothing but the chocolate will do. (or how I embraced chocolate as its own food group!) Makes 6 Dozen cookies. Ingredients 1 2/3 Cups bittersweet or semisweet chocolate chips or chunks (I prefer Chunks) 6 Oz unsweetened chocolate 16 Tablespoons …

Classic French Fruit Tart

Made this a few years ago at Sur La Table, Original recipe can be found here for this lite and refreshing dessert! Ingredients 1½ ounces white or semisweet chocolate, finely chopped 1 half-pint basket (6 ounces) raspberries 1 half-pint basket (6 ounces) blackberries 1 half-pint basket (5½ ounces) blueberries Vanilla Shortcrust Dough Vanilla Bean Pastry …

Vanilla Bean Pastry Cream

Part of a classic fruit tart class that I took a few years back at Sur La Table. “A classic filling for fresh fruit tarts, èclairs, and cream pies, pastry cream is really just a flour-thickened custard sauce, which also means that it can take on a near-endless variety of flavorings, from spices and citrus …

Vanilla Shortcrust Dough

Part of a classic fruit tart class that I took a few years back at Sur La Table. Recipe makes enough dough for a 9″ to 9 1/2″ pan. Ingredients 1¼ cups all-purpose flour ¼ cup sugar ¼ teaspoon salt 1 stick (4 ounces) cold unsalted butter, cut into ½-inch pieces 2 large egg yolks …

Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies

Yummy and fun to decorate! Ingredients 1 Cup white sugar 1 Cup butter, softened 1 (3 oz) package cream cheese, softened ½ Tsp salt ½ Tsp almond extract ½ Tsp vanilla extract 1 Egg yolk 2 ¼ Cups all-purpose flour Cooking Directions 1. In a large bowl, combine the sugar, butter, cream cheese, salt, almond and …

Kahlua Cheesecake

I had seen a video recipe on reddit, and I couldnt find it again when I wanted to make this, so I experimented. I have made this about 5 times now, this one tastes the best in my opinion. While it was my first time making a gelatin based cheesecake, I was really happy with …

Fluffernutter

Simple, sweet and comforting… and with a few additions here and there, full of limitless possibilities! I may not be from the New England area, but a book series (Expeditionary Force: Columbus Day) that I love introduced me to this comforting snack and I was blown away at the yummy goodness that it is! Especially …