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Peanut Butter Caramel Popcorn with Mini Reese’s Cups
I made this popcorn recently, along with several other baked goods, because the senior associates on two of my biggest cases were leaving the firm, and since one is Mormon and one had a pregnant wife...
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Dark Chocolate Strawberry Swirls
You know those chocolate almond swirls I made recently? Well, as delicious as those were, I couldn’t help but wondering what other fun types of cookies I could make using the swirl concept. I decided...
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Quick and Easy “Ice Cream” with Frozen Bananas
This was a delicious experiment back in August, but I think the experimenting will continue – I can see lots of fun variations on this theme. It’s really surprising how well pureed frozen bananas can...
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It’s Never Too Much Cheesecake (Strawberry Cheesecake Truffles)
Strawberry season is winding to a close, so you’d better go out and get some strawberries and make these ASAP. Also because they’re delicious. And because they keep well in the refrigerator (or even...
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Coconut Cream Pie With Brandy-Infused Whipped Cream Topping
After our dinner guests left on Saturday, we watched some TV special about the White House on one of the History Channel’s extra channels. The special featured a White House pastry chef who had worked...
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Fourth of July White Chocolate Bark
I have a confession to make. I’ve started becoming a Pinterest person. At first, I thought you could only keep track of all that stuff if you were on it all the time, because things get posted so...
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Shortcuts to a Better Cherry Pie
Cherry pie is one of those foods for me. When I was in high school, I spent two weeks at my grandfather’s house while I was going to debate camp (yes, I did high school debate and became a lawyer. I...
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Pecan Sandies
My wonderful grandfather (he of the excellent cherry pie and etouffee) is turning 95 today. Such an occasion calls for an epic cake, but with the record-breaking heat waves we’ve been having lately,...
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Back in the Saddle Again (Roasted Cherry Chocolate Tart)
My apologies for the radio silence. It’s been a busy couple of weeks, and I, for one, am still recovering from what will go down in history as the most epic of all Smitten Kitchen days, the one...
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Blueberry Applesauce
For most purposes, I think of myself as a Texan even though we moved to Ohio right before I started third grade. All of my family is from there, many of them still live there, and I just love Texas....
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