Homemade cookies are good. Homemade brownies are tasty. But homemade candy bars? These have to take the prize for Best Thing That Can Come Our of Your Kitchen. These Crispy Candy Bars have four--FOUR!--layers of delicious sugary goodness. It starts...
Pie season is here--are you ready? Instead of making the same old pumpkin or pecan pie this year, shake things up a little and try this twist on classic pecan pie! This Cinnamon Bun Pecan Pie has all the best...
Let me introduce you to your new favorite treat: cheesecake dip! I love that dessert dips are becoming more popular. Lately I've seen so many recipes for sweet dips in cookbooks, in magazines, and on blogs, and I love it!...
Chocolate cups have come a long way since the days when they were filled with nothing but boring peanut butter. The good news is they're surprisingly easy to make at home, and making your own chocolate cups gives you the...
There are breakfast foods, and then there are breakfast! foods. Breakfast foods are quick, easy, and uninspired. They can be thrown together and eaten in a few minutes before rushing off to work or a full day of errands. They...
Passover is coming, and if you're looking for a Passover-appropriate dessert recipe, allow me to introduce you to your new best friend: This is a flourless chocolate cake made with almond flour instead of flour. It's moist, rich, fudgy, and...
Stuck for a last minute Valentine's Day gift for your nearest and dearest? Look no further than these Cherry-Chocolate Heart Truffles! This modern twist on traditional chocolate-covered cherries incorporates dried cherries, flavorful cherry jam, and rich chocolate in a luscious...
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is almost upon us, so it's time for another knockout dessert to ring in the new year. Last year we featured an ultra-moist Honey Bundt Cake, which is often served during the holiday to...
Labor Day has come and gone, but the calendar says we still have a few more weeks of summer before the official start of fall. Let's celebrate with one more summery recipe featuring fresh, light flavors! Chicken salad may not...
One of my greatest pleasures during the summer months is buying a potted basil plant for our balcony. It invariably dies from a combination of bugs and dehydration, but during the weeks in which it lives, I eat basil on...
You've probably made a batch or two of cookies in your day. Chocolate chip. Peanut butter. Oatmeal raisin. The usual. Maybe even rugelach, you awesome baker, you. But what about Fig Newtons? That's right, Fig Newtons, the unsung hero of...
Caramel Popcorn: is there anything it cannot do? In need of a treat for a party? Everyone loves caramel popcorn. Hosting a movie night? Forget buttered popcorn and serve caramel corn instead. Midnight munchies? Caramel popcorn to the rescue! Picnic...
This Chocolate-Peanut Butter Granola recipe all started innocently enough. I had a bag of fresh roasted peanuts and decided to make a nutty peanut butter granola. I wanted to cut down on the fat and sugar, so I used a...
Candy-filled Easter baskets are one of the great Easter traditions, along with dying Easter eggs and holding Easter egg hunts. I am not one to complain about a basket full of candy (in fact, I wish every holiday had that...
Last week I wrote about Coconut Macaroons, one delicious way to enjoy sweets during the upcoming holiday of Passover. Today I have another great Passover-ready dessert for you: Passover Chocolate Toffee Matzah. Matzah, an unleavened bread similar to a cracker,...
The holiday of Passover is soon approaching, and if you observe Passover, you know that you'll bid a temporary farewell to leavened breads and ingredients like flour, baking powder, and baking soda--the building blocks of tasty sweets! What's a dessert-lover...
You've had milk. You've had cookies. You've probably even had milk and cookies together. But I'll bet you've never had milk and cookies like this. Allow me to introduce you to the skillet Giant Chocolate Chip Cookie Cookie, also known...
St. Patrick's Day is the one day a year when it's socially acceptable to pinch other people, eat questionable green foods, and flaunt our worst Irish accents. Of course I plan on doing all of these things--helloooo, green oatmeal!--but I'm...
Some desserts seem to catch the collective imagination and become popular overnight. For instance, olive oil cakes have been popping up everywhere lately—one minute restaurant menus were full of chocolate lava cakes and crème brulee, and the next instant rustic...
Today we're going to take that delicious almond milk we talked about in the last blog post and make--what's that? You haven't made almond milk yet? Well, what are you waiting for? It's awesome! Go make some right now....
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