Manhattan Cheesecake I searched for the perfect cheesecake recipe for an entire year. THIS This is the perfect cheesecake. Philadelphia Cheesecake Recipe This is what some may call this recipe, but…this delectable gift from your oven is so much more thatn the ingredients used. I have used Philadelphia cream cheese and unbranded cream cheese …
Desserts
Scottish Shortbread In the realm of all thangs cookie-like, Scottish shortbread is my fav. I could eat shortbread, in any form, every day. Nom. Nom. Nom. Scottish Cookies Isn’t it beautiful? Almost (heh-heh *almost*) too beautiful to eat. While Garry prefers traditional Scottish cookies, I also enjoy this Dark Chocolate Shortbread, which I think makes …
Gingerbread Cookies What is Christmas without a delicious Gingerbread Man cookie? Days full of sad, that’s what. Have you ever baked Gingerbread Cookies? Baking Confession: Last year was the first year I ever baked Gingerbread Men. Ever ever. It seems crazy, given how often I bake, but I have a great reason: A dear friend, Sue, …
Pink Lemonade Bars Come on, y’all. Pink things that you eat are fun! This includes these amazing made-for-summer Pink Lemonade Bars. If you have been following OMT, you know I bought a pink lemon tree (the lemon pulp is pink!) in the spring and plan to make all things pink lemonade-y ASAP! Pink Dessert Four …
Cake Filling! Man, we love cake, don’t we? Once you have cake, you gotta start thinking about fillings. What Do You Put Between Layers Of Cake? Anything you want to! But, I know you came here for actual suggestions and ideas, so let’s get to it! Cake Fillings: I’m gonna run down by flavors, so …
Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookies Is this real life? There’s a cookie recipe that is packed full of chocolate AND is edible straight from the bowl?! Yes! Some days you need a heapin’ help of chocolate: STAT! Chocolate Bomb Cookies were built for those kind of days. They’re actually my favorite cookie (and, at the moment, …
Easy Cake Filling For an easy cake filling try a pudding cake filling. It’s amazingly versatile and easy to make! Once you try this orange filling for cake, you’ll find you’ll want to include it in your rotation of options when baking. It’s. That. Good. A few years back, I found a scribbled down a …
Dream Bars are everything you dream about in a bar: balanced sweetness with a flaky crust and a filling that makes you immediately realize these will be your new addiction! I have been making these Dream Bars since I was a kid. The recipe was handed down to me from The German; I have no …
I love a good hack, kitchen or life, it doesn’t matter. ♫ Hit me with your best hack…fire awaaaaaay! ♫ Apologies to Pat Benatar. Love ya! The original hack involved a boxed cake mix and added ingredients not included in the box instructions. A hack that I’m pretty sure I miswrote on a sticky note …
I’m a sucker for a great hack – especially – if it involves CAKE! My desk is filled with scraps of paper with hastily written hacking notes, and as I was cleaning off said desk, I found a blue stick-it note that simple had this written on it: Whole milk = H2O 1-2 more eggs …