Desserts

Grapefruit Pie!

February 15, 2012

Still rocking the free Rio Star grapefruits I got from TexaSweet, I started thinking about some pie. I searched high and low until my fingers fell off and my eyes started bleeding, but the only recipes I could find for “grapefruit pie” involved strawberry gelatin. While I’m sure that’s a great recipe – why else [...]

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Flourless Chocolate Cakes

January 30, 2012

Hold on to your tumtums, everyone! This is gonna be a wild and chocolatey ride! The Choc-Island line is back on track! We’re on the 2:10 to Yummy! The Chocolate Train is headed for Yumm-Towne and it’s bringing fudge-y, delicious chocolate cakelets to all the Yumm-Townsians.

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NutterBallerz – Peanut Butter Banana Cookies

January 17, 2012

Gather round, ye nut-lovers, and hear this tale of how the Nutter Baller came to be among our fleshly bodies. That sounded gross. I apologize. I hope you’re still here so I can just tell you about this cookie that FAMOUS PASTRY CHEF ZAC YOUNG told me to make. He told me to make a [...]

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Gingersnap Cookies

December 20, 2011

Somebody please shoot me before I eat all these 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 who doesn’t [...]

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Mexican Hot Chocolate

December 16, 2011

Dudes, listen up, okay? Stop what you are doing. Seriously. You guys? Pay attention, please. I have to tell you about this very important thing called Mexican Hot Chocolate. This is the best hot chocolate you will ever have in your life and I am not even lying right now.

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Homemade Bourbon Pecan Pie

November 23, 2011

Pecans and bourbon are harbingers of cooler weather around these parts. Pecans ripen in October which makes them synonymous with Fall. Bourbon can be harvested all year round, but it is particularly nice when it’s cold outside. (Maybe they should call it “Brr-bon”! Just kidding.) Bourbon also happens to be a damn fine addition to [...]

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Butter Pie Crust

November 22, 2011

Pie crust has a bad reputation, but it needn’t. There are only three absolute requirements to any pie crust: fat, flour, and liquid and once you understand the science behind it you’ll be making kick-ass pie crusts every time, all the time. The first step of pie crust making is very much like the first [...]

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