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Vanilla Cupcakes with Cannoli Cream and Homemade “Magic Shell” I should have named this “Vanilla Cupcakes with Cannoli Cream Dipped in Homemade Magic Shell,” but that is definitely too long. It does, however, sum up what we have going on here. I mean, “Magic Shell.” …
Summer Has Begun! Time for No Churn Strawberry Ice Cream It’s the unofficial start of summer, friends, and we are celebrating with no churn strawberry ice cream. How do you feel about summer? There are some aspects I love: more daylight, all the living greenery, …
Mammoth Chocolate Chip Cookies: The Cure for What Ails You Do you know someone who has to wake up really early for work or school? I bet they never stop talking about it. I would know; I’m that person. To know me is to have …
Baking Emergency: Lemon Blueberry Loaf This week we packed up our stuff and headed from our normal house on Long Island to our house in the Catskills, the place we will eventually make our full time home. In getting ready, I packed up the electric …
Holiday Chocolate Mousse Pie For both religious and secular reasons, Easter is my favorite holiday. The weather is (usually) nicer. Things are blooming. There is chocolate. And while I love chocolate eggs and bunnies, there is probably only so much of that you can eat. …
Absolutely Delicious Super Chocolatey Gluten Free Brownies! I’m not quite sure what happens to people’s stomachs when they can’t eat gluten, but it doesn’t sound great. What also doesn’t sound great is the idea of being deprived of all of the delicious foods that include …
Cheesecake: A Horror Story Gather round for a story, children. One day, many years ago, our next door neighbors had a party. The next day, the woman came over with a cheesecake that hadn’t been eaten. When we cut into it, the inside oozed out, …
Chocolate Pudding – But Not I tend to eat like a child, so it is not surprising that one of my absolutely favorite foods is chocolate pudding. Not just any chocolate pudding, mind you, but this very specific brand, My-T Fine. It is the pudding …
I woke up yesterday thinking about peanut butter. Specifically, I wondered what kinds of things I could make from peanut butter. I took a quick tour of the internet to see what other people were doing. There were lots of peanut butter and chocolate tarts …
A couple of times a month, my husband and I head over to have tea with a 92-year old friend. That probably sounds like we’re doing some sort of service for an old person, but that is not at all how it is. This woman …
