Once upon a time, I hated ice cream sandwiches. Even as a kid, I didn’t like those thin, soggy “cookies” filled with tasteless ice cream that are sold in grocery stores. Then I discovered the ice cream macaroons at Jeni’s Ice Creams. For the uninitiated, Jeni’s is a company that makes artisan ice creams right [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Dessert’
Fruit Salad & Key Lime Dip
This is one of those recipes that I originally had no intention of blogging. I mean, what is there to say about making fruit salad? Chop up some fruit and maybe mix a quick dip. Easy. However, tonight marks the second Thursday in a row that I’ve found myself in the kitchen making this. I [...]
Thick & Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
After all of the holiday baking was done, I promised my husband I would bake him anything he wanted. His request? Chocolate-chip cookies. My immediate response was to harass him about his “boring” taste in baked goods. Then he specified that he wanted ridiculously big, thick, chewy chocolate chip cookies. Since my usual recipe yields [...]
Buttercream Frosting
Buttercream frosting is the classic birthday cake and sugar cookie frosting. I have played with my own recipe for awhile now. The problem was finding a mix that had the classic buttercream taste while being firm enough that frosted cookies could be stacked atop one another. Adding some meringue powder to the mix did the [...]
Vegan Brownies
After dinner last night, Jared and I both had a huge craving for something sweet. We don’t keep many sweets around, but the baking cabinet is usually stocked with basic ingredients. I wanted to make something easy that involved chocolate. It also had to be eggless since we didn’t have any eggs. Recipezaar to the [...]
Ben & Jerry’s Cinnamon Buns Ice Cream
My coffee table is home to several magazines full of fall recipes that I can’t wait to make. My plan had been to try a couple over the weekend and review them here. Then I woke up with the flu on Saturday morning. This, of course, shot all my weekend plans, culinary and otherwise. The [...]
