A delicious peach cobbler with a hint of cinnamon. This recipe uses fresh peaches, a buttery batter and brown sugar for the ultimate summer dessert.
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Lemon Impossible Cake with Blueberry Compote
Grocery stores have become some kind of battleground, shoppers donning face masks and plastic gloves, hand sanitizer and lysol holstered at the ready. Six months ago, this is not how any of us imagined such a mundane activity, grocer shopping, to be. And yet, here we are. As stocks of staples dwindle, we rely ever…
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DIY Chocolate Syrup
Chocolate Syrup - versatile & delicious. Make chocolate milk, hot chocolate or drizzle over ice cream. How about a fun fondue night? Cut up strawberries, berries, whatever fruit you fancy and use skewers to dip into a big pot of this homemade chocolate syrup. Since discovering my unfortunate sensitivity to processed sweeteners (looking at you…
Ultimate Banana Bread
This recipe is an adaptation of the Banana Loaf recipe in Mary Berry's Baking Bible. I've made a few minor adjustments, converting the self-raising flour to accommodate all-purpose flour instead. I've yet to come across self-raising flour on the supermarket shelves, and this bread comes out as cakey and light by making your own. You'll…
Blueberry Lemon Popsicles
Soak up the last of summer with these 3 ingredient popsicles! For this recipe, you'll need to make a batch of Lemon-Lime Simple Syrup. Allow it to cool before using in the popsicles. I purchased my popsicle mold on a whim -- and it turned out to be one of the best $3 I've ever…
Lemon-Lime Simple Syrup
Citrus season! Suddenly I found myself in possession of a plethora of ripe lemons and limes. I could not eat them raw. What to do? Make a jam? I do not have that kind of time. Candied slices? Delicious, but again, too much time! Alas - I found a solution: LEMON-LIME SIMPLE SYRUP. Photo by…
On-The-Fly Fruit Crumble
Crumble vs. Cobbler. The main difference: Cobbler uses a pie crust or dropped biscuit dough on top of the fruit, while crumbles use a streusel topping, typically some combination of oats, flour, butter and sugar. Now you know! This On-The-Fly Fruit Crumble is my go-to when I need dessert STAT. If using berries, you can…
Sweet Peach Cake
It's peak peach season! Optimal time to make this ultra-moist sweet peach cake. Ripe fresh peaches are quickly blanched, skinned, then sautéed in brown butter and sugar. A whole peach is chopped and folded into the batter, for double peach delight! There's a secret ingredient in this cake. Don't be afraid! I discovered a traditional…
Blueberry Nice Cream
Nice Cream! Its a no lactose, no sugar, no animal product ice cream you can make in about 5 minutes. It’s virtually fool proof and all over the internet right now. Here is a quick step-by-step of a Blueberry nice cream I threw together after our blueberry picking adventure. I had some bananas sliced and…
Chocolate Cake with Strawberry-Mascarpone Filling
Some moments in life deserve a special celebration. And every celebration deserves cake! I made this decadent chocolate cake, adorned in pastel floral accents for Nana's birthday. Nana loves chocolate, and this cake was the perfect combination of rich chocolate and light, fluffy cake. Pastel gel food coloring gives the piped rosettes their bright yet…
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