• Archive for the 'Desserts' Category

    Apple Crisp*

    Apples:
    1/2 cup sugar
    1 tablespoon flour
    1 teaspoon cinnamon
    3 cups peeled, cored, and sliced apples
    Topping:
    1 cup brown sugar
    1 1/14 cup flour
    1 cup rolled oats
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    1/2 cup butter
    1/3 cup vegetable shortening
    vanilla ice cream
    Ok, I wish I could take the credit for this delicious recipe but I can’t. It’s actually my best friend mom’s recipe! She is an [...]

    Homemade Caramel Apples*

    6 apples (any kind you want)
    6 wooden popsicle sticks
    Homemade Caramel:
    1 1/2 cups sugar
    1 cup heavy cream
    1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    chopped nuts (optional)
    First things first, wash and dry your apples of choice and put the wooden popsicle sticks in them! Thats the easy part… just kidding! Don’t be afraid of making homemade caramel!!! I promise it is [...]

    Pumpkin Cheesecake with Gingersnap Crust*

    Crust:
    4 cups ground Ginger Snap cookies
    1 stick melted butter
    Cheesecake:
    1 pound cream cheese
    1 teaspoon ground cloves
    1 tablespoon ground nutmeg
    1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
    1 teaspoon ground ginger
    1/2 cup brown sugar
    3/4 cup pumpkin puree
    2 eggs
    This recipe is amazing you won’t even believe it! Who needs a boring pumpkin pie when you can make this just as easily? The first [...]

    Cheesecake with strawberry topping*

    Crust:
    2 cups graham cracker crumbs
    1 tablespoon sugar
    1 stick butter, melted
    Cheesecake:
    1 1/2 pounds cream cheese room temperature ( 3- 8oz packages)
    1 pint (16 oz) sour cream
    1 cup sugar
    zest of 1 lemon
    1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    4 large eggs
    Strawberry topping:
    1 pint strawberries, sliced
    2 tablespoons sugar
    juice of 1 lemon
    1 tablespoon cornstarch, mixed with a little cold water
    OK, I know what [...]

    Kentucky Derby Pie*

    3 eggs
    6 tablespoons melted butter
    3/4 cup light corn syrup
    1/2 cup sugar
    1/4 cup packed brown sugar
    2 tablespoons Bourbon
    1 tablespoons all purpose flour
    1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    1 cup roughly chopped pecans
    1 cup semisweet chocolate morsels
    1 unbaked ( 9 inch) pastry shell
    This recipe is amazing and makes me feel like I’m at the derby like last year. This pie [...]

    Lemon Semifreddo*

    4 egg yolks
    1/2 cup sugar plus 2 tablespoons
    2 large lemons, zested
    juice of 1 lemon
    2 1/4 cup heavy cream
    This is one of the easiest desserts that you can make… I promise you. Also what I love so much about this recipe is you can really change the flavors to whatever you want. Think of it as ice [...]

    Double Chocolate Chip Cookies*

    2 sticks butter, room temperature
    1 cup sugar
    1 cup brown sugar
    2 eggs
    1 tablespoon vanilla
    1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa 
    2 1/4 cup flour
    1 teaspoon salt
    1 teaspoon baking soda
    2 cups chocolate chips
    These are amazing and sooooo easy. Please try this recipe!!! In a bowl with an electric mixer, cream the butter, brown sugar, and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the [...]

    Gogo’s Lemon Bars*

    Crust:
    2 sticks butter
    2 cups flour
    1/2 cup confectioner’s sugar
    Filling:
    4 eggs
    zest of 2 lemons
    juice of 2 lemons
    2 cups sugar
    4 tablespoons flour
    1 teaspoon baking powder
    pinch salt
    powdered sugar for the top
    Ok, this is my Gogo’s recipe and it’s absolutely out of this world! I can’t get enough of these things and it’s super simple to do. Preheat your oven [...]

    Key Lime Pie*

    3 egg yolks

    1 teaspoon key lime zest
    1 can condensed milk
    2/3 cup key lime juice
    1 premade graham cracker crust
    Preheat the oven to 350*F and in a large bowl, beat with an electric beater the egg yolks with the key lime zest for about 5 minutes until the egg yolks are light and fluffy and a light [...]

    Banana cupcakes with honey- cinnamon frosting

    cupcakes:
    1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

    3/4 cup sugar
    1 teaspoon baking powder
    1/2 teaspoon baking soda
    1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, melted
    4 bananas, mashed
    2 large eggs
    1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
    frosting:
    1 1/4 cups confectioners’ sugar
    1 stick room temperature unsalted butter
    1 tablespoon honey
    1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
    Preheat oven to 350*F and line a standard 12 cup muffin pan with paper liners. [...]