Chocolate Chip Overload Cookies
You came for these cookies, and you shall get them, but first … If you love baking as much as I do, and you have limited counter space like I do, stackable cooling racks are the perfect solution. I love my stackable, non-stick cooling racks so much I decided to buy an extra set and give them away! That’s right, I’m having my first ever giveaway! All you have to do is comment on this post, making sure to use a...
Apple Streusel Muffins
When I have overnight guests I like to treat them to something special for breakfast. Usually that means I break out the cast iron skillet and fry some sausage, use the drippings for sausage gravy that is poured over buttermilk biscuits and served with some fried eggs and home fries. Guests from outside of Texas, or the South in general, are usually charmed to get a hearty, country style breakfast. So, why apple muffins you ask? ...
Apple and Blueberry Crisp
I’ve been making crisps since I was a child. They were one of the first things I learned to bake so they are special to me in the way a first love is special. I find that when the last of winter is behind me I start to crave fresh fruit desserts, and since this is easy and nearly fool-proof it is perfect to satisfy my cravings. It is important that the crisp have a crisp topping. I know it sounds silly to say that, but so...
Almond and Chocolate Filled Butter Cookies
If given the choice of any dessert I want, I almost always pick the cookie. I adore them. During the Holidays I tend to eat and bake so many cookies that I get a little tired of them and I can’t stand to make them until Spring is fully underway. These cookies have a delicious secret hidden in them. A mixture of ground almonds, mini-chocolate chips, vanilla sugar, and cinnamon. I love little suprises like this in my...
Garlic Cheese Drop Biscuits
Often when I make dinner I skip any kind of bread item. It isn’t that I don’t like bread with dinner, on the contrary I love bread with every meal, but I usually forget to make or buy bread and so we skip it. I justify it by thinking of all the calories I am missing. However, sometimes I remember the bread and when I do I usually make these biscuits. They take five minutes to prep and get into the oven, they bake in...
Dark Chocolate Chip Brownies
If you do not like chocolate jam packed inside a fudgy brownie, turn back now! This recipe is adapted from one we made in culinary school. The brownies we made were ok, but we did not use dark chocolate or dutch processed cocoa powder. I do and the result is superior. There is also more chocolate chips in my version. I see it this way, if you are going to have chocolate, why go half-way? These are really easy to get mixed up,...
