For the week before Thanksgiving, some friends of ours invited us to their house for a “Friendsgiving,” where we’ll all enjoy a big potluck meal together with a large group. This is the second year for the tradition, and we’re really looking forward to spending time with everyone while eating a great meal. I will …
Category: Dessert
Recipes for desserts.
‘Hummus’ give a strange combination a try
When I’m searching for recipes, I sometimes stumble across ideas that seem so weird that I’m completely compelled to try them. This week’s recipe is one of those: banana bread hummus. I have made hummus quite a number of times, and it’s a favorite for us, especially when we’re setting up a snack table for …
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Here’s a dessert that’s perfect for crunch time
When we were kids, my mom would give my sister and I each a quarter a day for snacks at the Haven pool when we’d go swimming with our babysitter. That quarter could get you some licorice or Now and Laters, but I would often hoard my coins for several sessions until I had enough …
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Brownies prove spices not ‘cinnamon’ous with fall
“It smells like fall in here,” Joey announced this weekend when he came home to the scent of fresh cinnamon brownies in our kitchen. I forget that cinnamon normally evokes a cold weather feeling from people. I’ll eat it any time of year. Find me some cinnamon ice cream, and I’d be all in. But …
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These cookies are a ‘cream’ come true
Early on in our marriage, Joey told me he loves Boston cream pie, and I kept that in the back of my mind for a long time as a recipe I should try to make for him. But then I didn’t. I think it’s probably because I often balk at making layer cakes, as though …
Gelatin pie will make you say ‘Jell-O, there’
With heat advisories peppering the weather reports this past week, I found myself in serious need of a cool, summer dessert that wouldn’t heat my kitchen past its breaking point. I guess I didn’t really “need” it, but when the heat index is pushing into the triple digits, I often search for something sweet to …
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You’ll love these caramel apple cookies to bits
While hunting for something in the freezer recently, I caused a bit of an avalanche of frozen food and discovered a bag of caramel bits tucked away on the bottom that I was gifted a few weeks ago by someone cleaning out their pantry. I’ve never used caramel bits in baking before, and although I …
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Sprinkle in some fun this Fourth
For July 4th this year, Joey and I were invited to spend the afternoon and evening with my sister and brother-in-law, and of course, my wonderful niece. She’s quickly approaching 2 years old, and although she probably won’t stay up long enough to see any fireworks this year, I’m sure we’ll have plenty of fun …
Sweet roll recipe is the only ‘bun’ for me
When I first started going solo in the kitchen as a youngster, I was very concerned with cooking by the book. Mom never minded me hovering over her shoulder (or if she did, she hid it really well), and I asked a lot of questions. Once I felt ready to make meals on my own, …
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Cherry Garcia brownies makes friends ‘Grateful Fed’
Over the seven years since I started writing this column, my family has gotten very used to being guinea pigs for new recipes. So much so, that when I showed up with a dish of still-warm brownies for a board game night with my sister and brother-in-law last weekend, my sister looked at me and …
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