Every now and then, in the middle of a busy chore day our daughter will say, “can’t we just do a baking project?” and while she doesn’t always get her way, on this particular day it was a great opportunity for her to sit down with some books and pick out a recipe. Because you […]
Dessert
Baileys Irish Cream Cheesecake
I don’t really know how it is that I lived to be this old and had not discovered Baileys until just last year. Sheltered much?! Oh my gosh I’ve been missing out. It is my winter splurge and so far, luckily, my willpower has made it possible that it is only in the house in […]
Lemon Posset with Friends
Last night we had a friend over for dinner and wanted a light and simple dessert to serve after. Nothing too fancy, but something with loads of flavor. We remembered a blog post we had done years ago (before we knew how to take good photos) on lemon posset and knew it would be perfect. […]
Pineapple Brown Sugar Pancake Minis
My kids love pancakes. So much in fact that I find myself making them at least once a week. More often than not, we end up with a few more pancakes than we can actually eat at one breakfast. At one time we would have thrown them away, but now we save them for […]
Grapefruit Vanilla Cupcakes
We’ve yet to have a real snowstorm here in Southern New England, but yet we are embracing the winter fruits and vegetables and pretending we have snow on the ground. Grapefruits are everywhere these days as they are in season until early April. They are one of those fruits that I really want to love. […]
Jam Filled Lemon Almond Cookies
At Christmas time we love to bake cookies with the kids. We often prep dough well ahead of time and have it ready in the freezer to pull out the night before. It also makes it easy to bake off for a quick after school treat. Is there anything better than coming home from school […]
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Pumpkin Chocolate Cheesecake with Roasted Sea Salt Pumpkin Seeds
The weather in New England has been very unpredictable lately- going from muggy summer like humidity to crisp autumn days all in the course of a week. We have been holding off on cooking with pumpkins because it just has not felt terribly fall like for more than a day or two in a row. […]