It wouldn’t be much of a fat tuesday if there wasn’t any fat. These pancakes are a a little gluttonus (okay, maybe it’s a little too much), but you can repent over lent.  If you like the sweet and salty bacon combination, you’ll like this. If you don’t, don’t bother trying it! Fat Tuesday Bacon [...] Continue Reading

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Nothing fancy here; just delicious apple pie in a convenient snack-pack size!   Mini Apple Pie Pockets (…or Lollipies if you use popsicle sticks!) (recipe makes ~ 12, 2.5″ pockets) Ingredients: - 1 extra- large apple; renders ~ 1 1/3 cup after pitted and diced  (I used Cortland Apples) - 1/2 tsp cinnamon - 1 tablespoon [...] Continue Reading

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Every one will be wondering how you managed to get a heart into the middle of the cupcake. I’ll teach you the secret, and it’ll just be between us:) I Heart You Cupcakes Classic Vanilla Cupcakes (Vanilla Birthday Cake) Recipe makes four 9″ cakes or ~ 30 regular cupcakes. This recipe makes ~20 cupcakes with the [...] Continue Reading

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If you don’t have time for baking this Valentine’s Day, I hope you’ll have enough time to mix a seductive Chocolate Martini for your date. Chocolate Seduction Martini for Two Ingredients: - 2 oz. Iceberg Vodka - 1 oz. coffee liqueur - 1 oz. nut liqueur - 1 oz. chocolate liqueur Fine grated bittersweet chocolate   [...] Continue Reading

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This recipe puts whimsy back into breakfast foods– with a squeeze bottle and a little finesse, you can make your own lace crêpes. You’ll find that this crêpe batter is a little bit more fluid than the traditional recipe. The reason being is that the batter needs to be thin enough to flow out of a [...] Continue Reading

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I was cutting homemade marshmallow squares when I had an epiphany—with a little chocolate, and some jagged teeth, I can make DOMO! Making your own marshmallow is very easy and totally uncomplicated; in fact it really is nothing more than a flavored Italian meringue that has been gelatinized. It might be a little frightening to [...] Continue Reading

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Left over egg nog? No problem. Make this gingerbread, no-bake egg nog custard tart. Egg Nog Gingerbread Tarts Ingredients:   Gingerbread Sable Tarts for tips and tricks on making tart dough, click here - 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour - 3 tablespoons firmly packed brown sugar - 3 teaspoons ground ginger (adjust spices based on your [...] Continue Reading

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These were the cookies we left out for Santa– they look fancy, but they’re nothing more than chocolate dipped Oreos with cute transfer sheets.  This recipe is nothing more than chocolate dipped oreos. The work is quite minimal, and your guests (including Santa), will swoon over them. Transfer sheets are made using colored cocoa butter. [...] Continue Reading

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Dress up  your macarons for the Holiday Season. These fancy cookies just got fancier. Happy Holidays If there is interest, I promise that I will put together a tutorial and trouble shoot sheet for Macarons. From experience, these cookies give a lot of people trouble. It’s those damn FEET! For now, I’ll leave you with [...] Continue Reading

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I recreated a recipe for pistachio brittle that one of my favorite pastry shops sells. I fell in love with the sweet and salty combination of this recipe. You have the option to skip the chocolate layers and just sprinkle nuts on to the warm brittle, but if you have the time and patience, it [...] Continue Reading

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