Pumpkin Banana Cranberry Chocolate Chip Blondies
Thanksgiving is rapidly approaching. This year I have been thinking about pumpkin desserts that are not your standard pie or bread. Don’t get me wrong, those desserts are all wonderful and I will be having at least one of them on our holiday table, but this year I wanted to shake things up. I am helping my mom with her dinner on Thanksgiving Day, and then the next day I will be going out to my in-laws for a second Thanksgiving...
Apple Bacon Potato Cakes with Poached Eggs
I am a sucker for anything served with a poached egg. From salads to English muffins, poached eggs are among my favorite things to prepare and eat. A perfectly poached egg is a thing of beauty, and when you break into the golden, oozing yolk … well I can’t think of many things that are better. Now that the warmer weather is behind us I find myself craving the heartier foods that really stick to the ribs. I am not much...
Bacon and Egg Breakfast Casserole
I love a good casserole. Really, what’s not to love? They are, with a few exceptions, easy to prepare, they can be made up in advance, and they are comforting. When the weather turns chilly there is nothing I like better than a cozy casserole. So, one morning a few days ago it was just a little chilly. Not co but the wind had a little bite. Obviously it was time to make a casserole! While perusing a casserole cookbook,...
Spiced Brown Butter Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies
I am having a hard time finding my words today. I am not sure why, but lately I find myself fighting writers block. It happens to everyone. I know I am not alone, but as I sit here struggling to be compelling I find myself feeling kind of isolated. Cone of Shame comes to mind. Now, before you think I am crying, “Oh, poor pitiful me,” realize that I could have just as easily not posted anything today and saved you all...
Salted Caramel Apple Pound Cake (And a Giveaway!)
When life gives you left-over Salted Caramel Sauce, I say make pound cake! With fall teasing us in the Dallas area, the temperatures are fluctuating between 100 and 80, I find myself feeling very domestic. The cooler weather puts me in the mood to putter around the house organizing books, clearing out closets, and whipping up cozy treats in the kitchen. Usually during this time of year I would be baking fall fruit pies, as the...
Chocolate Peanut Butter Double Layer Crisp Rice Treats
I know, the title is a mouthful, but then again so are these bars! While perusing the local specialty food market here in town I saw a giant bin of assorted ‘gourmet’ crisp rice treat. Now, what you may not know about me is I am a complete sucker for any kind of crisp rice treat. I rarely make them because around me they are dangerous. I may have, and I can neither confirm nor deny this, eaten an entire pan all by...
