Our Cookies and Brownies Recipes
Sugar Cookies, Baked This Way- Part 1
In the kitchen, baker always working on something, till I talked to Sydney and she said "bake this way." She said "you haven't tasted anything till you taste my sugar cookies." Than your sure to be changing your dough. So I tried her sugar cookies, Oh I wish you could...
Mother’s Day Shortbread, Edible Serving No Dish Washing!
Eggs on a Spoon with White Frâiche Oatmeal The April 2011 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Evelyne of the blog Cheap Ethnic Eatz. Evelyne chose to challenge everyone to make a maple mousse in an edible container. Prizes are being awarded to the most creative...
Just a Spoonful of Lemon Meringue, No Medicine Required
Lemon Meringue Spoons!! Time flies by so quickly, it has already been over year since Sydney and I took our mother-daughter vacation to Paris. Its April, the first week has almost past, and Easter is just around the corner. Speaking of Easter Sydney and I have been...
Just A Few Notes on a Card
Not long ago Sydney was looking through some "old" family pictures and letters. Yes, there was a time when pictures were printed on photo paper. While she was laughing at my high school yearbook picture, she found a family envelope filled with partial recipes. My...
Mini Panna Cotta Bombes
Mini Panna Cotta Bombes I always look forward to the first of the month, I know there will be a new Daring Baker's challenge. The February 2011 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Mallory from A Sofa in the Kitchen. She chose to challenge everyone to make Panna...
A Birthday Gift: Tangy Rose-Vanilla Bean- Panna Cotta with Red Current Coulis Gel
PANNA COTTA BOMBE My sister's birthday is this week, actually it falls on the heels of Valentine's Day. Generally the people in her life combine the two events, it has become a yearly tradition that Sydney and I create a special pastry for her birthday. This year...
2010 A Year of Change and Growth
So much has changed since this time last year. When the year began Sydney was a senior in high school, my husband was still the CIO for CRI, and I had just began dipping my toe into the pool of blogging, (What a big pool). I can honestly say I did not understand this...
The Story of Pumpkin Pillows
I love when I have the opportunity to design a particular recipe for special people in my life. Last fall a friend of mine, Travis L, who actually is the pickiest adult eater I have ever encountered, asked me to bake pumpkin cookies for him. I thought how simple, till...
Pinktober
October is the month that everything, buildings, ribbons, lights, armbands, the decor at the malls, and all along the interstate turn the optimistic lively color pink. October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Celebrating 25 Years of Awareness, Education,...