Fruity Cream Cheese Danish
It’s hard to explain how easy these are to make, but I might start off by saying that they are not entirely made from scratch—I use puff pastry from the freezer section of my grocery store 😀 If you can…
Category: Sweets
Blueberry Crumb Bars
For a few years, we subscribed to Raddish, a cooking program for kids. Every month we received a box with three recipes, a kitchen tool, a cooking badge, table topics, and some related educational materials. Each box had a theme:…
Summer Fruit Coffeecake
I adore coffeecake. Coffeecake is served warm, so it’s comforting and can be served directly from the pan it was baked in. It doesn’t have frosting, so it’s not too-too overly sweet. It’s communal, shouting out to be shared with…
Peanut Butter and Jelly Bars
From my days as a mom of little kids, here’s a recipe for some fancy peanut butter bars. Make them for a lunchbox surprise or a special after school treat. They are not just for kids though, these are really…
Homemade Granola Bars
Still buying granola bars? There’s no need! This is an easy recipe for granola bars and you can make them to fit your flavor profile. What kind of nuts do you like? Peanuts, pecans, almonds, cashews or a nice mix?…
Fresh Peach Pie
I found two good recipe for fresh peaches this year! This one is the standout—I hope it’s served at every summer BBQ 🙂 The previously posted Peach Crumble Bars are delicious, too 🙂 As you can see from the picture above,…
Chocolate-Cherry Brownies (for Grown Ups!)
Soak dried cherries in port, then add them to the batter of these brownies for a tasty departure from the every-day, kid-favorite brownie! I love the unexpected flavor zing from the dried cherries 🙂 This is a cake-like brownie, usually…
Apricot Cream Scones
This is my all-time favorite American-style scone—no butter or jam needed! The chopped white chocolate and diced apricots provide plenty of sweetness, and there’s no butter in this recipe, but there’s plenty of cream! The original version of this recipe…