Inside my recipe box
I make treats for my kids every Tuesday. The other four school days, I’m a stickler for healthy snacks. On Tuesdays, however a mid-day dessert is waiting when they come home from school. They always walk in the door asking, “What is Treat Tuesday?” and I always keep them guessing by challenging them to identify the treat by smell. The only downside of this tradition is I hear about it if I have a particularly busy Tuesday and don’t get around to making the treat. That rarely happens because I can’t stand the groaning! (OK, and I’m a sucker for their appreciation for TT’s, even into their teen years.) When you see a dessert recipe with a TT next to it, you know it was one of our Tuesday Treats!
For Christmas one of my aunt’s sent me the most beautiful platter of dried fruit. We gobbled down everything but the dates and the prunes (more on those later) and I knew I wanted to bake something fantastic with these sweet treats. Enter these wonderful …
This cake is perfect if you are a chocolate lover. It is rich and so moist that it is practically creamy. If you are needing a dessert for a luncheon or a birthday, this is a quick and easy torte that tastes like you spent …
My favorite part of the holiday season, filling my cookies jar with treats I grew up on, as well as trying new recipes. This was a new one for me that I had been excited to try. The dough starts with some flour mixed with …
This is a cake that will make your house smell like the holidays! If you have a leftover bag of cranberries from Thanksgiving, you must make this treat. Start with the cranberries, rinsed, drained, and sorted for any that might have stems still on them …