Archive for Dessert Recipes

Blueberry tart

Blueberry Tart Recipe


 January 5, 2010  3 Comments

A delicious bluberry tart with a hint of lemon zest. Using pre-made pie dough, this is a quick and easy recipe.

Cookie in a jar

Quick Christmas Gift Idea


 December 24, 2009  2 Comments

Quick Christmas gift idea - a cookie in a jar. Write out your favorite cookie recipe on a card, then layer all of the dry ingredients in a clean mason jar. Cut out some festive fabric or tissue paper and tie a bow around it.

Brown sugar shortbread cookies

Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookie Recipe


 December 22, 2009  4 Comments

If you have butter, brown sugar and flour, then you have the ingredients to make one of the best shortbread cookie recipes out there.

Chocolate dipped candy canes

Chocolate Dipped Candy Cane Recipe


 December 20, 2009  2 Comments

Looking for something quick and easy to make for the holidays? Then these chocolate dipped candy canes are here to the rescue!

Homemade marshmallows

Homemade Marshmallow Recipe


 December 16, 2009  2 Comments

The best thing about making your own marshmallows is you can do what you want with them. You can color them, flavor them, make them mini or make them gigantic. Homemade marshmallows will make you never turn back to store-bought marshmallows.

Pumpkin bread

Toasted Pecan Pumpkin Bread Recipe


 November 25, 2009  2 Comments

This bread will knock your socks off. A combination of fresh pumpkin, applesauce, toasted pecans and plump raisins makes way for the best tasting pumpkin bread you will ever sink your teeth into.

White pumpkin shortbread tartlets

White Pumpkin Pie Tartlet Recipe


 November 16, 2009  2 Comments

White pumpkin pie tartlets recipe. I experimented with a white pumpkin instead of the traditional sugar pumpkin to make this holiday dessert. Using whole wheat pastry flour to line the tartlet pans, these pumpkin pie tartlets are divine.

Spiced apple tart

Spiced Apple Tart Recipe


 November 11, 2009  2 Comments

A warm and delicious apple cinnamon spice tart using Fuji apples. This dessert is smothered in a brown sugar mixture. I used pre-made puff pastry dough for the crust.

Homemade pumpkin spice ice cream

Pumpkin Spice Ice Cream Recipe


 November 9, 2009  1 Comment

I’ve never run into an ice cream I didn’t like. This custard-based pumpkin ice cream is spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg. Optionally you can add a pinch of instant coffee to make it pumpkin spice latte ice cream.

Caramel apples dipped into pecans and almonds.

Caramel Apple Recipe


 November 5, 2009  

Caramel apples dipped in pecans and slivered almonds. I bought a bag of caramels, melted them down and played around a bit with different toppings.