Pecan Snowball Cookies (Inspired by Grandma Clayton’s Sand Tarts)
Snowball Cookies (known as my Grandma Clayton’s Sand Tarts) are divine butter cookies that are filled with chopped pecans and rolled in powdered sugar. Yum! What are Pecan Sandies or Snowball Cookies with Pecans? September 21st is National Pecan Cookie Day! My absolute favorite pecan cookies are my maternal grandmother’s Sand Tarts (also known as… Read more »
Cheesecake Squares
These easy to prepare Cheesecake Squares are full of luscious flavors, calling for chopped pecans instead of graham cracker crumbs in the crust, and lemon juice and zest in the batter. Yum! Growing up, everyone loved my mom’s Cheesecake Squares cookies. Unfortunately, the recipe was lost somewhere during the process of compiling my first cookbook… Read more »
Cream Cheese Berry Dessert Parfait
Berry Cream Parfaits are quick and easy to prepare with only 6 ingredients – and are super delicious! A Berry Cream Cheese Dessert I remember loving parfait desserts as a kid. All those wonderful layers . . . they were so elegant and impressive to me – and oh, so pretty. Lovely to look at,… Read more »
Making a Souffle Collar
February 21, 2017
What is a Souffle? A soufflé is a baked, puffy, flavored egg dish. Traditionally, a soufflé starts with a roux (melted butter and flour), liquid (often milk), egg yolks and flavoring (e.g., grated cheese, chopped or puréed vegetables, flaked fish, etc.). Beaten egg whites are then folded into this base, and the whole thing is… Read more »
Peppermint Ice Cream and Chocolate Squares
I love peppermint anything, especially when mixed with chocolate! This dessert was a favorite of my mom – a vanilla cookie crust, topped with a fluffy chocolate sauce and ice cream. Mom liked to make it with vanilla or coffee ice cream; I’m partial to peppermint ice cream, especially around the holidays when it’s more… Read more »
Frozen Brandy Alexander
Robert and I love Frozen Brandy Alexanders – it’s like dessert in a wine (or martini) glass! In fact, we like them so much that we served them in shot glasses at our wedding reception. They are an easy, make ahead drink/dessert that is made with readily available ingredients – perfect for a special celebration…. Read more »
Apple Bundt Cake
Mom’s Apple Cake is moist, spicy, beautiful – oh, and delicious, too! Mom’s Apple Cake My brother Jim and I always loved Mom’s Apple Cake as kids – and we both still love it today! The combination of tart apples with sugar, cinnamon, allspice, cloves and nutmeg is heavenly. Dark, rich, flavorful – and beautiful… Read more »
Pavlova with Fresh Berries
Light and airy while still full of flavor, Pavlova with Fresh Berries is the perfect end to a spring or summer meal! My mom Sally was first introduced to Pavlova with Fresh Berries – named after the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova – by friends in Australia. Comprised of a sweet meringue base topped with flavored… Read more »
Almond Raspberry Cookies
These Almond Raspberry Cookies are elegant, pretty, delicious – and the perfect gift for someone special in your life! Almond Raspberry Cookies are scrumptious bites of love! Raspberry jam is sandwiched between two cinnamon and almond-flavored cookies, that are then dusted with powdered sugar. I’ve included step by step instructions, including how to easily cut… Read more »
Lemon Almond Ice Cream
Lemon Almond Ice Cream is just the right mix of sweet and tart. Calling for only 7 ingredients, it can be prepped for the freezer in around 10 minutes! Who doesn’t love ice cream? My dad was particularly fond of it. He got nervous if there was less than a gallon of some flavor of… Read more »
