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...
Apple Oktoberfest Cheese Soup
The calender says it is fall, and that is good enough for me. Here in the Dallas area, where we just had one of the hottest summers on record, the temperatures are still hovering around 90 most days. Yes, it is still warm but I know fall is coming. How do I know when it is so warm? Well, our local Oktoberfest festival has started and that puts me in the mood for large mugs of beer, bad polka music, and warm bowls of soup. In this...
Triple Chip Chocolate Swirled Blondies
Oh, well hello there! It’s been a while! Sorry for my extended absence, but if you follow me on Twitter you already know that I have spent the last month working furiously on my second cookbook. I am happy to report it is all done, all 30 pictures included, and if all goes as my publisher plans it will be seeing store shelves sometime next May! Also, my first book, Everything Pie, should be available in a book store near...
Crunchy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Muffins
When life gets busy I turn to easy comfort foods. I am currently working, quite furiously, on my next book. In fact, I just passed the half way point! My work on the book, as well as my trips to BlogHer and IFBC New Orleans, mean that this month I will not have as much time for cooking anything other than pies. Anything I can bake and stash in the freezer makes me feel a little more secure. I love knowing I am just a few moments...
