A while ago, I gave it a shot to make a Pineapple Upside Down Cake…and was very impressed and happy with how it turned out. So, naturally, when I was looking for more Fall Recipes, I came across this one…and stopped. And since I made Bananas Foster several months ago and will never forget aboutRead More
A couple of weeks ago, I came across a magazine at the grocery store that was packed full of Fall Recipes…so I grabbed it. As I’m flipping through the different items, I wanted to make almost everything in there, all at once. It was a bit distracting, and of course having to pick and chooseRead More
Well, it’s October…which can only mean one thing. Fall Recipes! So, for the rest of this month and up until Turkey Day, I’ll be diving into as many Fall Recipes as possible. To me, Fall Recipes are when we start moving towards the warm comfort foods, but mostly dealing with apples, pecans, cranberries, cinnamon, caramel,Read More
One day while my cousin and I were chatting on the phone, we were talking about different desserts. Somehow we got on the subject of apple desserts, and she gasped, “Oh, I just LOVE apple desserts. Especially apple dumplings, they’re delicious!” I laughed and said, “What? Apple dumplings?” She explained to me what they were,Read More
In the evening when my husband and I are relaxing after our little pumpkin goes to bed, we usually unwind by sitting on the couch and watching a little bit of TV. Whether it’s a movie, one of our favorite shows (that we pre-record to fast forward through the commercials), or something on one ofRead More
A year and a half ago around the holidays, someone asked me if I had ever made a pumpkin loaf before. I told her no, but that I wanted to try it out…and completely forgot. Well, my best friend’s sister came in town to visit, and she was hoping to get some sort of goodiesRead More
Last week when I made the shortbread cookies for the first time, I knew that I had to make these for Easter as well. They’re a great flavor that most people love…but I wanted to do a spin on it. Most of the time, decorated cookies are sugar cookies with a cookie icing. Well…since theRead More
When it comes to eggnog, usually the first image that pops into my head is a scene from the movie “Christmas Vacation.” Uncle Eddie takes the little moose head glass and gets himself a refill of the eggnog in the living room and slurps loudly, while he’s babbling away to a very uninterested Clark Griswold. Read More
Since I’ve started baking all of these desserts, it was inevitable for me to have some flops…and this was most certainly one of those situations. The original recipe that I found was something that I’d been wanting to make for several years, but was for some reason intimidated by it. Well, while flipping through theRead More
Well, the big Turkey Day has passed…and what a busy weekend! First, we hosted Thanksgiving at our house and had about 15 family members over to eat. That afternoon, we got on the road and headed to Myrtle Beach for a big family reunion and a weekend packed with activities and an insane amount of laughter. Read More
