Chocolate Cream Guinness Pie with Toasted Meringue ~ This is all the pie you need for summer. Such a hyperbolic, triggering statement, given that an avalanche of stone fruit pies is around the corner. But before you finish that those-are-fighting-words sigh and take up arms with your chef knife, let me say . . ….
Coffee Crunch Cupcakes ~ The ultimate coffee dessert built on a vanilla cupcake base and then topped with a rich and creamy coffee buttercream frosting. I probably could have gone with a chocolate cupcake base, and it would have worked out just as well as the vanilla, but I wanted something subtle. Something that wouldn’t…
Apple Cake with Guinness Caramel Sauce ~ St. Patrick’s Day is around the corner, so I’m pairing my favorite beer with a classic Irish dessert. You are definitely going to want to serve this with a big scoop of ice cream and finish it with a generous drizzle of the Guinness Caramel Sauce. Get your…
Chewy Coffee and Chocolate Chunk Blondies ~ The classic blondie recipe flecked with dark chocolate chunks, infused with coffee and finished with a soft sprinkling of Maldon salt. First recipe of the year and if we are going to judge the start of it based on this coffee blondie, then let me say, “We are…
Let’s level up the classic butter-rich, soft and pillow-y Parker House Rolls with a heavy studding of Everything Bagel seasoning and chives. This year I’ll be introducing this version to our family bread basket for the holidays. I’ve been making regular Parker House Rolls over the years, but this one here, with the additional add-ins,…
Mornings are tough around here. It’s usually an exercise of funneling chaos into a manageable stream. This year, that routine has taken on a whole new level with each kid heading to a different school at different times. If I’m lucky, it’s a straight path to the door for each of them. But that’s not…
