After going camping a few weeks back, I've been on a bit of a smores kick. While I have been known to roast marshmallows on the gas burners on my kitchen stove when cravings hit, this time I decided to channel my inspiration into these nutty smores bars. This was ...
Tag Archive: chocolate
Friday Favorites – Episode 61
It's time again for my Friday Favorites! I've been busy this week getting ready to head out to the Big Summer Potluck tomorrow. Next week is going to be busy for me, too, so I've been trying to work ahead on blog posts and recipes. At ...
Friday Favorites – Episode 59
Friday Favorites two weeks in a row... Can you believe it? I'll give you a minute... Now that you've gotten over the initial shock, let's get right to my favorite posts from the past week... Shall we? I really think I've picked some good ones this ...
Decadent Brownie Ice Cream Cake (TLC Cake Crew)
One of my favorite things about summer is ice cream. Don't get me wrong... I eat ice cream all year round, but I think it's especially refreshing in the summer. I worked in an old fashioned ice cream parlor during the summers when I was in school and ...
Friday Favorites – Episode 56
I haven't been doing so well with my Friday Favorites lately... Sometimes I have trouble keeping up. I do enjoy reading everyone's blogs, though, so I'm doing my best to keep the Friday Favorites coming. This week I thought I'd get right to it and ...
Double Chocolate Banana Nut “Muffins”
I still haven't gotten over my muffins for breakfast mood... So last week I decided to use up the overly ripe bananas on the counter to make some banana muffins. When I started mixing up the batter, I intended to make my standard whole wheat banana bread based on ...
Croquembouche (Daring Bakers May)
The May 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Cat of Little Miss Cupcake. Cat challenged everyone to make a piece montée, or croquembouche, based on recipes from Peter Kump’s Baking School in Manhattan and Nick Malgieri. Pate a choux has been on my list of things to learn ...
Chocolate Pudding (Daring Bakers April)
The April 2010 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Esther of The Lilac Kitchen. She challenged everyone to make a traditional British pudding using, if possible, a very traditional British ingredient: suet. I almost forgot about the Daring Bakers challenge this month... Oops! I was about to take a ...
100% Homemade Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
You may be wondering why I specified that this is 100% homemade ice cream. After all, I usually make everything from fresh ingredients and bake from scratch... That's nothing new. Well, here is something that is new... Sundays with Sandy! Earlier this afternoon, I jumped in on a Twitter conversation ...
