Recipes: Sweet Sauces and Custards

Vanilla Pudding

March 17th, 2013

Easter Dessert….

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Bread Pudding

March 8th, 2013

OMG. Is there anything, ANYTHING!!!! More annoying than when your internet goes down? Especially when you are me and you need to be able to do like 17 things all at one time. (I literally have 17 windows open at once by the way, plus a couple different browsers. Always.) ADD folks. So here I…

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Pomegranate Mousse Filled Donuts

February 24th, 2013

this is what we had going on this weekend. Donuts.

Big time, super fancy donuts. Oscar donuts.

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Red Velvet Strawberry Chocolate Cake

February 3rd, 2013

This Red Velvet Strawberry Chocolate Cake is like all things Valentines Day baked into a cake.

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Caramel Pumpkin Pie Bars

November 9th, 2012

The best Thanksgiving Dessert EVER.

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Caramel Apple Pie

November 13th, 2011

Apple pie like the mother load of comforting desserts. But I just have such a hard time leaving good enough alone. I had to take a beautiful apple pie and mess with it. And thank goodness I did.

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How To Make Jam

September 1st, 2011

Making Jam was initially daunting and confusing to me. Well, lets be serious- it was completely intimidating and even down right scary. All that boiling water? All that goopy stuff. What’s that stuff called? Pectin?

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Brown Butter Ice Cream

April 25th, 2011

I’m sorry, but I am going to have to throw it out there that there are very few things better than brown butter out there in this world. The smell fills up my whole house and makes me drool.

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Bougatsa

April 16th, 2011

This is my husband’s favorite dessert. It is a lesser known cousin of the well known favorite baklava. My husband loves it for the rich and creamy custard that is not too sweet. It is enclosed in a blanket of crispy and buttery filo and two layers of sweet and crunchy walnuts and cinnamon.

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French Toast with Raspberry Sauce

February 12th, 2011

French Toast with Raspberry Sauce I had not had French Toast in ages, but it is a very nostalgic breakfast for me. My mother makes the best French toast, and it was a fairly regular “Weekend Breakfast” growing up. The other day, I realized that my kids had never had French Toast. Without intending it,…

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