Desserts

Ten years ago, my family was moving from California back to Arizona, and we were supposed to spend Thanksgiving with friends…but I got shingles.  Our friends had a new grand…

Red White & Blueberry Cream Cheese Tarts are so easy to make and make the perfect sweet summer treat!   This bite-sized no-bake dessert is made with cream cheese, graham crackers,…

These soft & Chewy Carrot Cookies are a favorite around our house at Easter time and all year.  They are different than many other carrot cookie recipes, a softer, smoother,…

The love affair between chocolate and coffee is passionate and intense, an ethereal dance of flavors.  Bitter sweet + earthy fragrant = OMG!  A twist on the traditional chocolate mousse,…

Looking for an oh so yummy pastry with cranberry and apple?  One of my new recipes this year is this Cranberry Apple Strudel, it is a little bit sweet and…

The best place (in the whole world) to be in Autumn is a drive in the countryside in upstate New York.  Crisp icy mornings blossom into golden lazy afternoons. Long…

Chocolate sauce so decadent, it should be outlawed!

Now that fall is here (hey, it’s in the 80’s here in AZ…that is fall), it is time to start baking again.  I baked a little over the summer, but…

Pumpkin and apple pie are two Thanksgiving dessert staples, yet not everyone likes pie.  (I know…shocking, right?!)    Creamy and lightly sweetened with the tang of orange and cranberry, this Crock…

  It’s that time of year again, when pumpkin flavor pops up all over the place, even in our coffee. Fluffy Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Donuts are a delicious mix of…

My family has been obsessed with Toll House bars lately, but I decided to mix up the recipe a little bit to make it more nutritious.  Did you know that…

I know I know.  Proclaiming this as the world’s best chocolate cake is a bit presumptuous, but I’ve had many a piece of this chocolate cake over the years and…