Holidays

Whimsical Vampire Faces Float in Brownies – They Are Peanut Butter Cups!

Cooking, Holidays, Recipes, Uncategorized By October 27, 2021

These delicious brownies are designed to be delicious as well as fun to prepare. Peanut butter cups are set into the rich chocolate batter and serve, after baking, as rounded vampire faces. Whimsical Vampire Peanut Butter Cup Brownies Yield: 24 to 30Nonstick cooking spray and aluminum foil2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, cut into several pieces if cold (or use…

Three-Ingredient Pumpkin Cake – a perfect kid-made treat!

Cooking, Holidays, Recipes By October 25, 2021

This ever-so-slightly ghoulish sweet is designed to prepare with the kids. The pumpkin cake goes together very quickly, requiring only 3 ingredients. While it cools, make the cream cheese frosting, a topping that is so delicious you could spread it on an old boot, and it would probably be kinda’ delicious! Put on aprons and turn on some daunting classical…

Delicious Whimsy – Halloween Chocolate Ganache Ghost Tartlets

Cooking, Holidays, Recipes, Uncategorized By October 19, 2021

Quirky Halloween ghosts tickle me, especially if they are piped out with Seven-Minute Frosting and adorned with googly eyes. But when it comes to Halloween history, in early days, folks weren’t focusing on goblins made with marshmallow-like frosting. No, those ghosts where taken more seriously and were the focus of a Samhain, an ancient Celtic festival in which revelers lit…

Pumpkin Cheesecake Squares – Holiday Joy

Cookbooks, Holidays, Recipes By November 11, 2020

Make or buy a pumpkin pie if you must, but these layered creamy-crispy squares will most-likely be the pumpkin stars.  Make Ahead: Can be prepared 2 days in advance and refrigerated. Happy Holidays to all the cooks and all their helpers. Pumpkin Cheesecake Crumble SquaresYield: 20-24 squaresCrust and Streusel:1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour3/4 cup golden brown sugar1/2 teaspoon salt1/2 cup…

Chocolate, Caramel and Shortbread In One Delicious Bar Cookie

Cookbooks, Cooking, Holidays, Recipes By July 21, 2020

Thank you, Carole Bloom. These Chocolate-Caramel Shortbread Bars are one of my all-time favorite bar cookies. The recipe is from Bloom’s book, “Caramels” (Gibbs Smith, $24.99). These delicate, very full-flavored bars bring together all my favorites. The dark brown sugar used to make the shortbread provides a richer taste than traditional shortbread that is made with white sugar. But it…

July 4th Upside-Down Treats: Blueberries, Plums, Nectarines and Apples

Cooking, Holidays, Recipes By June 28, 2012

These Fourth of July treats showcase fresh plums and nectarines, blueberries and apples in holiday finales that are as delicious as well as beautiful. Forget canned pineapple rings. These upside-down beauties showcase fresh fruit in eye-popping holiday sweets. Don’t get the idea that I have anything against a good pineapple upside-down cake. My grandmother made a luscious version. She nested…