Oooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, chocolate!!!!!!! Layers of chocolate “pudding” and whipped cream come together to make a rich dessert that tastes very much like hot chocolate. Hot chocolate that reminds me of cool autumn and winter evenings. This is South Texas after all and our fall/winter season only lasts from mid-Novermber until sometime [...]

I have never made red velvet cake from scratch, but it seemed like an easy way to celebrate the Independence Day holiday with red and blue. Admittedly, the blue turned out kinda green, but it still tastes amazing, lightly chocolate-y and delicious. I got the recipe from Adams, which just [...]

Tart apples contrast with a sweet caramel sauce in a pecan crusted pie.

Seriously, I took a wrong turn and fell off the paleo wagon. I’m not going to beat myself up about it. It is what it is. Life happens. Sugar happens. Peanut butter happens. Just embrace it, go with the flow. ________________________________________________________ Ingredients 1 cup sugar 1 cup corn syrup 1 [...]

Creamy custard between layers of soft grahams and covered with chocolate, this “cake” is very reminiscent of the French eclair pastry.  The name eclair comes from the french word for lightning.  Which is fitting because this dessert comes together in a flash. While you do need to wait overnight before serving, you [...]

Soft crust, tart apples, and sweet drizzle topping. These did not turn out anything like I was expecting. It was a total accident. A yummy accident. I used the wrong size pan, I used the wrong dough for the crust I was hoping to make. I messed up but luckily, [...]

My mom has a thing about buying to much of random items. Last summer everyone in the family got 3 gallon Ziploc bags of blanched peaches for the freezer. That is 3 gallons of peaches – FOR EVERYONE!!! It can get little ridiculous sometimes but it always great to receive free food. So [...]

Healthy cookies? Do they really exist without tasting like you are eating cardboard?? No, but these come close. Great taste with amazing flavor combos and only 34 1/2 calories a cookies!!! I guess they are pretty healthy ___________________________________________________________________________ Ingredients 1/2 cup applesauce 1/4 cup sugar 1/4 cup brown sugar 2 [...]

Oh, goodness… these are so bad… in an amazing way. Fried pastry covered in sugar and honey!! I love sopapillas. But I have to make them at home. If I get a chance to eat at a good Mexican restaurant, by dessert time I am too stuffed to order a sopapilla. [...]

I love me some Martha. And I was in heaven when I got Martha Stewart’s Baking Handbook. When I ran across the Chocolate Babka recipe in Martha’s book I knew I had to try it. Now, don’t get me wrong, I love chocolate but not as much as I used [...]