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Rustic Apple Streusel Pie {and a Giveaway!}

TweetAs a baker, I’m always looking for exciting new recipes and fun ideas, which is why my collection of dessert oriented cookbooks is rapidly growing. Some books are pretty good, some aren’t as good and then there are the rare few that have terrific recipes and also teach the reader exactly how to put them [...]

Chocolate Peanut Butter Trifle Recipe and Tips

TweetEver since Jessica over at how Sweet it is blogged about this Peanut Butter Brownie Fudge Trifle, I haven’t been able to get it out of my mind. I mean, if you saw something like this on your computer screen, could you stop thinking about it? I think not. Which is why I decided to [...]

Valentine’s Day Treat a Lovely Pairing

TweetThis lovely little confection was the result of a happy collaboration with someone I love dearly, my daughter, Julie. How fitting that it is a Valentine’s Day treat with its heart shape, rich chocolate and XO candy decoration! This dessert was not at all what I had in mind this weekend as I was busy [...]

Mini Brownie Pies and Perfect Pastry Dough

TweetThe other day I shared a tutorial for delicious Mini Pie Pops on a stick. In case you missed it, you can catch it here. As I said there, the Cinnamon Apple Raisin Pops were quite good, but the Chocolate Marshmallow Cremes didn’t work out too well. Plus, the pastry dough came out tasting like [...]