Crab Cake Dip
I am not a big fan of crab in a general sense. In fact I am not a fan of shellfish overall. That said, I love, and have always loved, crab cakes. I like the mix of flavors, the different textures, and I find the creaminess of the crab mixture hard to resist. So, in an effort to expand my crab consumption options I modified one of my favorite crab cake recipes and made it into a warm dip. It has everything that I love about crab...
Peanut Butter Cinnamon Blondies with Peanut Butter Frosting
The other day I was craving blondies and peanut butter at the same time. It often happens that I get dual cravings, and in this case it was easy to satisfy both with these incredible tasty blondies. To amp up the peanut butter flavor, and because I like a frosted blondie, I whipped up a very quick peanut butter frosting. The blondies were nice alone, but with the frosting they are something special and would make a perfect...
Spiced Chocolate Crinkles
There is something magic about a soft, chewy chocolate cookie. Crinkle cookies are an attractive addition to any platter of cookies. I have a recipe that was given to me by a friend long ago which is lovely on its own, but you know me and my propensity to tinker. Inspired by my Chocolate Spice Cake I decided to add some warm spices to the cookies, and I also punched up the chocolate flavor by using more cocoa powder than the regular...
Cranberry Chipotle Glazed Ham
**UPDATE** The winner of the Microplane was #43 (as chosen by Random.org). Congratulations to Amanda from The Two Boos Who Eat! We have ham today, but first … how about a giveaway? Because it is the Holidays, and because I appreciate all my readers more than I can express, I am giving away one of my FAVORITE kitchen tools! A Classic Series Microplane! This handy tool is great for zesting, grating, and finely shaving all...
Fruit Cake
Wait! Before you hit the back button just hear me out. I know fruit cake gets a bad rap, and most of the time it is well deserved. Be it the candied citron, the fluorescent cherries, or insipidly sweet cake, most fruit cake is in fact very bad. Terrible even. I’m still asking you to hear me out, because I have created a recipe for fruit cake that is more than edible, it is actually good! My husband and I hate fruit cake,...
Double Peanut Butter Chip Cookies
I love to tweak recipes. Sometimes they are big tweaks, other times it is a small change with a HUGE impact. This is one of those recipes. In The Joy of Cooking there is a recipe for perfectly lovely Peanut Butter Cookies. They are traditional, with the crosshatch design on the top, in a way that screams, ‘homemade’. They are soft, peanut buttery, and really very good. In our house Christmas is not Christmas without a...
