Reese’s Peanut Butter Ice Cream

July 31, 2011.   Categories Chef David Lawrence, Contributing Chefs, Desserts, Ice Cream.

Reese’s Peanut Butter Ice Cream

Sometimes you can just taste a recipe as soon as you read the title. That is true of this peanut butter ice cream with chunks of Reese's peanut butter cups. To quote my friend Chef David Lawrence, who devised this creation... "Ri-dic-u-lous!" I can't think of a better way to describe this dense, peanut buttery goodness.

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Apple Pecan Phyllo Triangles (Turnovers)

January 2, 2011.   Categories Breakfast / Brunch, Christmas, Desserts, Featured.

Apple Pecan Phyllo Triangles (Turnovers)

Ingredients: 3 Granny Smith apples, peeled and chopped into small cubes 2 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp real vanilla extract 1/3 cup sugar 3 TBSP all purpose flour 1/2 cup pecans, chopped into small pieces 1 package of phyllo dough, thawed and sitting at room temp for 1 hour 1/2 stick of unsalted butter, melted powdered sugar, for dusting. Method: Preheat oven to 375 degrees. 1. Add apples, cinnamon, vanilla sugar and flour to a saute pan....

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Raspberry Champagne Fizz

December 30, 2010.   Categories By Holiday, Chef Viviane Banquet Farre, Christmas, Cocktails, Desserts, Frozen Drinks and Cocktail Pops, Ice Cream, New Years.

Raspberry Champagne Fizz

An elegant New Years spin on the ice cream float, this beautiful raspberry champagne fizz by Chef Viviane Banquet Farre will delight your guests. It’s so easy to make, you can actually enjoy your party instead of worrying about preparing and serving dessert. I was not surprised to find such a lovely and festive idea on Viviane’s website, which is appropriately named – Food and Style.  With a flair for all things beautiful...

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Roasted Apple Cinnamon Crumble

December 26, 2010.   Categories By Holiday, Desserts, Pies and Tarts.

Roasted Apple Cinnamon Crumble

Roasted Apple Cinnamon Crumble It’s the day after Christmas and I thought I was done baking sweets.  We’ve been baking and eating them for days but I guess I’m just not ready to stop.  Doing so would be admitting the holidays are over.  Since New Years is still a week away, I feel completely justified in continuing my quest to make the best sweets. This morning I woke up thinking about apples.  I happened to have some...

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Share Your Favorite Christmas Dessert Recipe – Cookie Cookbook Giveaway!

December 22, 2010.   Categories Cookies from Home, Desserts, Giveaways!.

Share Your Favorite Christmas Dessert Recipe – Cookie Cookbook Giveaway!

Share Your Favorite Christmas Dessert Recipe – Cookie Cookbook Giveaway! UPDATE:  Christmas Day, 2010 – Entries for this are now closed. The winner is Marni Kaner!  Congratulations Marni! For several days I’ve been struggling with what holiday desserts to make.  When I sent it out to my Facebook fan page, many fans had some great ideas!  I wanted to share them with my readers and preserve the recipes for next...

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Homemade American Classics: Snickers Bars, Peppermint Patties, Peanut Butter Cups, Oreos and More!

December 16, 2010.   Categories Best of the Web, By Holiday, Candy, Desserts.

Homemade American Classics: Snickers Bars, Peppermint Patties, Peanut Butter Cups, Oreos and More!

Homemade American Classics: Snickers Bars, Peppermint Patties,  Peanut Butter Cups, Oreos and More! This morning the fan page from Joy of Baking posted a link to homemade Peppermint Patties.  I looked at the photo and started thinking of all of the candies and treats we’ve loved since childhood. Many of us don’t buy these sinful treats not just because we’ve grown out of them… or to avoid the calories but to avoid...

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