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Fudgy Oreo Cheesecake Brownies
When I first started sharing recipes here I didn’t know that it would begin “to hold, as ’twere, the mirror up to nature”. Didn’t know you were going to get a little Hamlet with your brownies, did you? But it is so, so true. Because I’m not a “professional content creator” (meant more in the […]
Pecan Pie Bars
You know how some things live in a family of other things? Like banana bread could also be banana muffins which could pretty easily be turned into banana pancakes. There is a flavor you want or an ingredient you’re going for but the end result could be any number of things. It’s like siblings – […]
Citrus Cake with Cream Filling
Cakes like this make me suspicious. The recipe sold itself as essentially a one step, one bowl cake plus icing. And it really is just that. Which is what makes me suspicious. Most of the time when you’re looking at a cake recipe the instructions are very specific about what goes in when and how […]
Rhubarb Dream Dessert
There’s no way around it. This dessert is beige. It really has very little going for it from an aesthetic point of view. It doesn’t even take advantage of the natural flare of the main ingredient. Rather than leaning on the ruby intensity of the rhubarb, it cooks down to a sweet, custardy interior with […]
Jane’s Patisserie Bakewell Blondies
Until I moved to the UK I had never had a Bakewell anything. It occurred to me recently that I’m perhaps trying to make up for lost time. The specific combination of almond and raspberry jam filled a flavor hole in my life I didn’t even realize was there until the first time I had […]
Chicken Club Oven Sandwiches
We’ve been invited to our first official summer party! It isn’t until July but I’m already thinking about what I’m going to bring so I tested these out today for lunch. They are as good as I remember and twice as easy. People are starting to think about summer and when thoughts turn to the […]
Orange Cranberry Parsnip Cake
The real title of this recipe should be Orange Cranberry Parsnip Cake with Honey Syrup and Cream Cheese Frosting but that is too long. Really it’s kind of a carrot cake with the carrots swapped out for parsnips and the raisins swapped out for dried cranberries. I added the honey syrup because it is a […]
Classic Margarita
It used to be that the only choice you had to make when you ordered a margarita was “blended” or “on the rocks”. Whichever answer you gave, what you got had four ingredients: lime, tequila, triple sec and ice. It always came with salt on the rim and it often came in a kitschy glass […]
American Diner Style Buttermilk Pancakes
There are three things I’ve been searching for since moving to the UK that I’ve almost given up on: anyone willing to physically high five my accomplishments, Dansko clogs and the kind of buttermilk pancakes you can only find at a certain type of diner in America. The stereotype here is that if a pancake […]
Nadiya’s Chicken Brie Pithivier
I was thinking about French words that I enjoy a few weeks ago and pithivier was on the list. A pithivier is a pie. Two circles of puff pastry stuffed with some filling. I’ve had a couple of pithivier recipes saved for awhile but had never gotten around to making them until recently. Thank goodness […]