Mini Butterscotch Cream Pies

Another contribution to the neighborhood party last week.  These were delic and easy to make and were oh so cute!  The recipe comes from “Lauren’s Latest”.  I think next time I’ll try chocolate. crust: 1 whole pie crust recipe, enough for 9″ shell (I just bought the premade ones that you can find in the … Continue reading

Buttermilk Pie

I’m not really a pie lover or a pie maker but the Thanksgiving Maple Cream Pie went well so I decided to give this old fashioned Buttermilk Pie a try and was not disappointed!  Bob said it best when he said it tastes like an old fashioned buttermilk doughnut, which it does.  The recipe comes … Continue reading

Let’s Make Whoopie Pies

I wanted to make some Whoopie Pies for one of my neighbors who has little kids and also wanted to try making them from a cake mix to see how that worked out so found a recipe from “Betty Crocker” and used my Wilton whoopie pie pan and they came out great, tasted yummy and … Continue reading

Homemade Cookie Butter

Don’t you just love Christmas time?  I do!  I get to bake and bake and bake and then bake some more!  I’m finally done with work for the year (I think!) and have been having a great time in the kitchen cranking out neighbor gifts.  I found this recipe for Homemade Cookie Butter in the … Continue reading

Maple Cream Pie

I’m not much of a pie maker or a pie eater, if I’m going to consume those calories then I’d rather just have chocolate cake or brownies, you get the idea but this year for Thanksgiving I decided to give a real cream pie a try and this was the result and I have to … Continue reading

Chocolate Revel S’Mores Tart

Let the posting of Thanksgiving dinner recipes begin!  First up, this delicious and lovely tart which made a complete mess of my oven so it’s a good thing that it was indeed delicious!  It totally overflowed for me so I would suggest putting a cookie sheet underneath it in case it overflows on you too.  … Continue reading

Butterscotch Apple Crisp

Here’s the other dessert I made for Bunco the other night, I was on a butterscotch kick.  This one was amazingly delicious, the butterscotch chips added the perfect taste to an ordinary apple crisp.  The recipe comes from “The Food Network” and was easy to make.  I added to the recipe by half so that … Continue reading

Citrus Curd

I’m right there with ya, anything with the word curd in the name just sounds icky but this stuff is amazing!  I made it to go in the Creamy Lemon Raspberry Tarts and it was super delicious!  The possibilities and citrus flavors are endless and it is so easy to make.  The recipe comes from … Continue reading

Creamy Lemon Raspberry Tarts

Last night we had a little event called Laurel Tribute spotlighting our Young Women who have graduated and are moving on to college life and I got to make the treats, woo hoo!  This one is a Pampered Chef recipe that came with the Pampered Chef Mini Tart Pans.  They were delicious and easy to … Continue reading

Mint Sugar

I decided to give growing mint in my garden a try this year so I planted 1 mint plant and it is enormous already!  I started looking for some ways to use the mint and found this recipe for mint sugar on a blog called “The Nerdy Farm  Wife”.  It was really easy to make … Continue reading