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Lemon Bar Recipe

posted August 04, 2010 in Cuisine Diva

Close up of a delicious lemon bar. Lemon bars are a delicious and easy to make bakery treat. Serve lemon bars at your next luncheon, tea party or bridal shower. To make lemon bars, first make the shortbread crust, and pre-bake it in the oven befor (read full article)

Blackberry-Almond Shortbread Squares

posted August 04, 2010 in La Mia Vita Dolce

I really need to start exercising some restraint at the farmer’s market.  If you could only see my fridge during the summer months.  I have bowls and bowls of juicy berries and fresh fruit of all kinds.  I always way over buy.  The three of (read full article)

Microwave Banana Pudding–a Cool Dessert for a Hot Summer Day

posted August 02, 2010 in Salad in a Jar

Microwave Banana Pudding with Shortbread Crumbles The day I discovered I could make vanilla pudding in my microwave changed my life. No more scorched custard, hot stoves or instant pudding mix. Microwave banana pudding is the perfect summer-tim (read full article)

Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Bars

posted July 19, 2010 in Sugar Pies

If you've ever wanted cheesecake but didn't want to have to make a whole one then this is for you. Part cookie bar and part cheesecake, this dessert or snack is a real treat for both the chocoholic and cheesecake lover. Rather than pulling out spri (read full article)

Chocolate Chip Cookies with Pine Nuts

posted July 18, 2010 in TV Food and Drink

It’s July in Hollywood.  The way you can tell is that everyone in town is tan… except me. Well, Robert Pattinson and me. MG is in Athens, Georgia visiting his family, and I’ll be joining him in a little less than a week.  I keep h (read full article)

Blueberry Cheesecake Squares

Now this is one of those recipes that has a backstory, so hunker down. A few weeks ago, we celebrated my parents' 50th wedding anniversary. We had a wedding cake and great music, and many many friends and family, and it didn't rain. Thank you, Lord.T (read full article)

Blueberry Cream Cheese Bars

posted July 09, 2010 in within the kitchen

I have been making these bars for quite a few years now. I think the original recipes came from Martha Stewart or maybe Gourmet but over the years I have made my own changes and additions. I often add pine nuts to the short bread crust and almond ext (read full article)

Shortbread

posted July 07, 2010 in Dolcitorte.it

Condividi su Facebook!Ingredienti: 250 g di burro 250 g di farina d’avena 125 g di farina di mandorle 120 g di zucchero 1 cucchiaino scarso di sale PREPARAZIONE Gli shortbread sono biscotti tipici della Scozia, molto “burrosi” e (read full article)

Chocolate and Cardamom Shortbread

posted July 06, 2010 in Chocolate Log Blog

The wonderful weather we have been experiencing over the past few weeks (thirsty plants notwithstanding) has meant we've actually enjoyed a few meals outside this year. Eating food outside always seems to taste so much better somehow, I don't know w (read full article)

Blueberry Cobbler Bars

Ahh, blueberry season, I love you so! Blueberry muffins, blueberry pie, blueberries eaten straight out of the carton. Blueberries, you may just be my favorite berry. And so it is no wonder that my life got that much better when I found this recipe (read full article)

This Cookie Stands Alone: Cornmeal Shortbread with Sweet Dried Cherries . . .

posted June 29, 2010 in Jane\'s Sweets & Baking Journal

A coy little shortbread recipe has been beckoning to me for a while now, and I finally surrendered to its siren song. It's not just another run o' the mill shortbread, though. How does it differ? Well, it's characterized by a few ingredients that, wh (read full article)

Strawberry "Cheesecake" Pie

posted June 25, 2010 in Sugar Pies

Recently, I used a lovely Marscapone cheese tart filling for my Cheese Danish. It was so good and so simple, I thought it might be good to adapt it to a Strawberry Pie. The results were surprisingly simple and delicious! The marscapone and sour cream (read full article)

Dinosaur cookies

posted June 21, 2010 in No Love Sincerer...

While in London, we also visited the Natural History Museum, mostly so my fiancé could gaze at the dinosaurs. Obviously, we went to the dinosaur shop while we were there and I managed to pick up a set of awesome dinosaur-shaped cookie-cutters for on (read full article)

Lemon Basil Cookies

posted June 19, 2010 in Sugar Pies

I'm a food history buff. I love browsing old recipes. By old, I don't mean "food like Grandma used to make" but really old, like centuries old. Some of those recipes are familiar and have made their way down through the ages to us as some of our fa (read full article)

Once Upon a Time in the Kitchen - Kids Cookbook Review

posted June 17, 2010 in A Self-Confessed Foodie

A beautiful book arrived in my mailbox while I was away. It’s called Once Upon a Time in the Kitchen: Recipes and Tales from Classic Children’s Stories by Carol Odell, illustrated by Anna Pignataro and published by Sleeping Bear Press.This book (read full article)

earl grey tea ice cream

posted June 17, 2010 in gourmet traveller

The British weather has been more than a little indecisive of late and I’m waking every morning unsure if I’ll be craving a hot cuppa or an ice lolly by early afternoon. Confused and exasperated by this state of affairs, I decided to mak (read full article)

Tasty Tuesday!

“On the motionless branches of some trees, autumn berries hung like clusters of coral beads, as in those fabled orchards where the fruits were jewels . . .”-Charles Dickens Hello! Berry time! There are so many types of berries available from late (read full article)

Frollini

posted June 14, 2010 in Aglio, Olio & Peperoncino

I love it when you dunk a cookie in a hot cup of tea or a chilled glass of milk and just as you’re bringing it to your mouth for a sensual devouring kiss, it drops messily back in the liquid, attracted more by love for the beverage, than gravity pu (read full article)

Frollini

posted June 14, 2010 in Aglio, Olio & Peperoncino

I love it when you dunk a cookie in a hot cup of tea or a chilled glass of milk and just as you’re bringing it to your mouth for a sensual devouring kiss, it drops messily back in the liquid, attracted more by love for the beverage, than gravity pu (read full article)

Cinnamon Basil Syrup

posted June 08, 2010 in Salad in a Jar

Listen closely and you might hear the cinnamon basil growing in my garden–it’s growing so fast. Up to now,  it’s purpose for existing was undiscovered. But I think I may have found it. This weekend I made shortcakes as part of my (read full article)

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