Butter Cut-Out Cookies
First, HAPPY SAINT PATRICK’S DAY! Second, I need to apologize to you all. I realized this week, while making 15 dozen of these cookies that I have never shared the recipe with you. I am a bad blog friend, but I plan to make amends today! As with many of my recipes, this is a modification of an old family favorite. The original recipe was clipped from a Land O’ Lakes holiday cookie book many, many years ago, but of...
Black and White Cream Pie
Ready for some new shenanigans? How about we start with pie? When I first started cooking I used to make something called “Oreo Pie”. It was made with an Oreo crust, chocolate and vanilla instant pudding, and whipped topping. It was easy, it tasted pretty good, and when sliced it looked fairly impressive. That pie was my beginner attempt at recipe creation and it was always popular. Now, many years later, I make...
Southern Banana Pudding
Nothing is quite like homemade, from scratch, banana pudding. Sure, you can make a passable banana pudding with instant pudding mix, but if you really want to taste something special make your custard from scratch. Once you do you will never use a box of pudding again. Besides, taking about ten minutes to cook the custard and four hours to chill, it is so easy. Many traditional recipes for banana pudding use flour as a...
Apple Carrot Maple Cakes with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting
Nothing makes me happier than when I can combine two things I love into one thing I really love! I love apple cake and I love carrot cake. While looking at some apples in the market I noticed carrots on sale also, and inspiration struck! Why not combine the two? Tart apples, sweet carrots, warm spices, moist cake … how can that be anything but good? To increase the yum factor I added a bit of some fabulous dark maple syrup...
Pecan Tassies (aka Pecan Pie Cookies)
I have a love affair with little pie shaped cookies. This time it is cookies that are in fact tiny pecan pies! I adore them, with their little nubbly tops and their gooey centers. These are lovely for dessert with a cup of coffee, make a lovely gift wrapped in a pretty bag, or are perfect for a dressed up gathering drizzled in a little dark chocolate. They also freeze very well making them a great make-ahead cookie. I used Golden...
