Dessert Recipes
Ginger Snap Cookies
Somebody please shoot me before I eat all the ginger snap cookies. I really can’t stop and it’s getting to be a problem. If you enjoy the problem of irresistible cookies, then these gingersnaps are for you. They are snappy! They are gingery! They are really really good with milk and this coming from someone…
Read MoreCranberry Mini Cheesecakes
The recipe card said, “Little Cheesecakes” and according to my grandmother’s scrawled note on the back, these are delicious. According to me, they are scrumptious and wonderful, too! I topped these mini cheesecakes with a cranberry-ginger relish for the holidays, though they are perfectly great without any additional work. You could also use a canned…
Read MoreApple Pie Recipe
I got a big box of beautiful apples from our friends Randy and Merrilou in Vermont. Sent straight from the orchard, nine Empire and nine of a newer variety called Vermont Gold (which were BTW the best eating apple I’ve ever ate). I’d heard of Empire apples, but actually never had the pleasure of cooking…
Read MoreChocolate Tart
Holy hell on a hot tin roof. This spiced chocolate tart is so GD easy you wouldn’t even believe me if I told you. So I had to show you.
Read MorePumpkin Cupcakes with Salted Caramel Frosting
Pumpkin Cupcakes Recipe Video If you’ve been following my show for a while, you probably know I am a sucky cake decorator. BUT THAT WILL NOT STOP ME FROM TRYING! “How cute would it be,” I thought to myself, “if I could make pumpkin cupcakes that actually were decorated to look like pumpkins, too!” So…
Read MoreLemon Pound Cake
Lemon Pound Cake Recipe Video (scroll down for printable recipe) Pound cake was one of my late grandmother’s favorite desserts. She loved all desserts, but pound cake was special I think because she also loved the English practice of High Tea and poundcake fits perfectly into that tradition. About a year before she died, she gave…
Read MoreApple Crisp
It’s apple season! And what better way to please the apple gods than by making an apple crisp?! It’s faster and easier than a pie, plus you can easily make it gluten-free to please all the people. My topping uses a combination of rolled oats and minced nuts for an extra crispy apple crisp, but…
Read MoreKolache
Episode 11 Hilah’s Texas Kitchen: Kolache! (I know everyone says “kolaches” but I think it’s really “kolache” in the plural and just “kolach” in the singular? And I am a stickler for grammar, although I say “kolaches” all the time. Do you know the truth? Let me know!) At any rate, if you’ve never driven…
Read MoreCherry Chocolate Chip Cookies
These cookies are HUGE. I mean, seriously. Okay, not as huge as a cookie cake, but that’s like a whole ‘nother thing. That you get at the mall. That’s covered in icing and probably they misspelled your name. In fact, cookie cakes SUCK compared to these giant cherry chocolate chip cookies. These cookies are perfect.
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