Peach and Blackberry Cobbler

I bought a bunch of fruit on sale last weekend, including peaches and blackberries that were ripening faster than we could eat them, so I found this recipe and whipped up a cobbler, definitely delicious!  Similar to the peach-raspberry cobbler I’ve made in the past.  Sorry for the terrible picture! Peach and Blackberry Cobbler (from [...]

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Nutella Frosting

Ever since I tried the bella nutella cupcake at Cupcake A La Mode I’ve had a hankering for nutella frosting.   Some googling brought me to this recipe, a nutella buttercream frosting.  Perfect for a neighborhood cookout like the one we are going to tonight!  I didn’t spring for the ferrero rocher candies but did [...]

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Key-Lime Raspberry Bars

Mercy, these were SO GOOD!  I’ve never used freshed squeezed key lime juice before (the store bought stuff is a decent shortcut) but I’m glad I did for this recipe.  While my fingers got a bit sore from the squeezing, it tasted so incredibly fresh, mmm.  I only discovered that I liked key lime a [...]

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Pink Lemonade Cupcakes

I think this recipe has been on my “to try” list for about 3 years now.  I meant to make them for my end of grad school party last week but ran out of time and just served chocolate raspberry brownies.  Then I considered making them for mother’s day brunch but made lemon poppyseed muffins [...]

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Lemon Raspberry Cheesecake Bars

Lemon and raspberry are my absolute favorite flavor combination.  On our trip to San Francisco last fall I picked up a jar of raspberry lemon preserves for just such a dessert as this.  I scoured the internet for a good recipe that wasn’t too labor intensive and landed on this one.  It is definitely a [...]

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Cookie Dough Dip

This was the one and only dessert dip at cooking club this month, I had never made it before but it was simple and very delicious!  We ate most of it at cooking club and Tyler polished it off when I got home.  I served it with mini vanilla wafers and chocolate teddy grahams.  Yum! [...]

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Happy Valentine’s Day

I baked up a batch of these sugar cookies, but since I didn’t have time to frost them, I dipped half of them in pink candy melt (with a vanilla flavor).  They turned  out super cute!  I shared them with my classmates and the nursing staff at my internship and they were a hit.  I [...]

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Pumpkin Cupcakes

Well nothing says fall like pumpkin, and while Christmas season is gearing up, I thought I had time for one more “fall-ish” dessert.  tyler’s family is coming over for dinner tonight and we are having chili, potato soup, cornbread, and pumpkin cupcakes for dessert.  A million thanks to Bridget who did a comparison of 3 different pumpkin [...]

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Macaroons

I grew up eating chocolate macaroons, and until last month had never tried a regular macaroon.  I tried one in San Francisco and WOW, it was fantastic!  I do love coconut after all!  So for a quick and easy dessert to take to Thanksgiving dinner at my aunt’s, I decided to whip up a batch. [...]

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Homemade Apple Pie…filling

Okay so the filling is homemade, but I long ago gave up on making my own pie crusts, why get myself all frustrated and pissed off when I don’t have to?  Maybe I’ll have it figured out by the time I’m a grandma!  This is Tyler’s second favorite pie (blueberry is his most favorite) and [...]

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