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Recent Posts Tagged With 'Chocolate'

Jul 06

Tuesdays with Dorie: Tarte Noire

Whether you eat this simple but fabulous bittersweet chocolate tart during the day… or at night… it’s guaranteed to satisfy every chocolate-loving tastebud in your mouth. You can get the recipe from Dharmagirl of bliss: towards a (read full article)

Chocolate, Dessert, family recipes, Tuesdays with Dorie

Jun 25

Moonstone Cookies (with a Red, White and Blue Version)

Looking for a celebration cookie? Maybe something for the Fourth of July with homemade ice cream… How about a shower or luncheon… Or a kid’s party… Or any occasion where you want to carry out a color scheme. These are r (read full article)

Chocolate, desserts, Family Photos, family recipes, Fourth of July Cookies, Moonstone Cookies, red white and blue, sugar cookies

Jun 04

Braided Chunky Chocolate Bread

Some people say chocolate doesn’t belong in bread. They obviously haven’t tasted this recipe. Cocoa  +  semi-sweet chocolate chunks = rich, chocolaty yeast bread.  Small, soft chunks of chocolate scattered throughout add an exclamat (read full article)

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Apr 08

Toffee Bars Made Easy

When pressed for time, would you rather make a recipe you know by heart or one hiding in a cookbook or messy recipe file? If you’re like me, you go with what you know. Good news! You won’t need a recipe long for these incredible bars. (read full article)

Chocolate, desserts, family recipes, shortbread, Skinny Secrets, toffee bars

Mar 29

Pecan Covered Ice Cream Balls with Hot Fudge Sauce

  Normally I don’t think about Easter dinner anytime before Good Friday. But my relatively new blogging addiction has me thinking about dessert already. Since dinner will be after church, I want something I can prepare ahead of time–as (read full article)

Chocolate, family recipes, Helen Corbitt, hot fudge sauce, ice cream, pecans

Feb 25

A Glazed Fudge Birthday Cake and a Tribute

I made this cake for my husband’s birthday last Sunday.  It’s a tradition in our family.  Turned out to be a bittersweet celebration because his mother died the day before. While frantically going through photo albums before my mother-i (read full article)

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Feb 10

Chocolate Chip Cookie Truffles — a Valentine’s Day Treat

  I am not a candy maker. My mom is. In her heyday, she could make perfect fudge, peanut brittle, toffee, caramel, divinity–all of it. Obviously, I did not get her candy gene. Hand me a pan and a thermometer and I want to make yogurt, not cand (read full article)

Chocolate, chocolate chip cookie truffles, desserts, family recipes

Jan 26

Tuesdays with Dorie: Cocoa-nana Bread (or Muffins)

From the beginning of time, mankind has been faced with a not terribly serious but oft repeated dilemna in the kitchen. What does one do with overripe bananas? I know, I know….banana bread. But I bet even Eve  tired of that same old tune (read full article)

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Jan 19

Tuesdays with Dorie: Chocolate Oatmeal Almost-Candy Bars

  The Great Raisin Debate We had a lively interchange this week on the Tuesdays with Dorie website while fussing, cussing and discussing this richer than rich candy cookie. It was all about raisins. Should they or should they not be added to (read full article)

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Jan 01

Homemade Graham Crackers Part II (Chocolate Covered)

I know, I know, I need a life. As if it isn’t bad enough to make your own graham crackers, then you have to go and decorate them? Hey! I’m on vacation and this is my hobby. It’s how I like to waste my time. But it sure is fun– (read full article)

Chocolate, desserts, family recipes, homemade graham crackers

Dec 22

TWD: My Favorite Pecan Pie

Just like the All-in-One Holiday Bundt Cake we made a few weeks ago, this is an All-in-One Pecan Pie. Although it’s not the official title,  all of my favorite flavors are represented–espresso, cinnamon, chocolate, pecans…and t (read full article)

Chocolate, cinnamon, Dorie Greenspan, espresso powder, pecan pie, pecans, Tuesdays with Dorie

Dec 14

Homemade Chocolate-Espresso “Oreo” Cookies

As a kid in 4-H, I spent an inordinate amount of time trying to make 5-6 cookies that were perfectly round and exactly the same size for my entry at the county fair each year. If only I had used a cookie press, surely I would have won the grand priz (read full article)

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Dec 03

Steakhouse Rolls–Another Bread Machine Recipe

Dark bread has always been a mystery to me. Names like pumpernickel and Russian rye don’t help. The stronger flavors aren’t exactly what this midwest farmer’s daughter grew up eating in her lunch box.  Bologna and pumpernickel?? B (read full article)

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Nov 21

Browned Butter Pecan Pie

The Apple iPod Touch giveaway ends tonight, November 21 at 10:00 pm CST.  See this post to leave a comment entering your name for a chance to win.  The randomly chosen winner will be announced on Monday morning.   My friend and writer extraordin (read full article)

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Nov 03

Tuesdays with Dorie: Chocolate Caramel Chestnut Cake

  Chestnuts are meant to be sung about and roasted over an open fire.  Right? What do they taste like?  Can I really put them in a cake? Where do I buy them?  How much do they cost?  Can I make my own chestnut sauce?  I had so many questions (read full article)

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Oct 10

Double Chocolate Biscotti and a Skinny Secret

Dip a biscotti into hot coffee or a latte and magic happens. Soaking up a bit of hot liquid turns a biscotti into a warm, melty, flavorful, luxurious experience for your tongue. The friend who put me onto this recipe had brought them to our Bib (read full article)

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