If you are someone who loves the smell of apples baking and the taste of homemade apple pie, here is a very easy recipe for a rustic apple galette.
Category: Desserts
Blueberry Breakfast Cake
The blueberries are abundant this time of the year and picking is plentiful at the local orchard. Here is a simple blueberry cake that is good for breakfast or as a snack. Blueberry Breakfast Cake 2 cups fresh blueberries 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt ½ cup unsalted butter, room…
Apple Brownies
I love the small and taste of any type of baked apple goodies. This is a variation on apple cake which is thinner like a brownie. If you want a more butterscotch flavor, substitute the two cups of dark brown sugar for the light brown and white sugar. Apple Brownies 1 cup chopped pecans 1…
Oatmeal Jam Squares
This is an easy recipe for making a quick dessert. Use your favorite jam or jelly for the filling. I had an excess of blackberry jam so that is what I used. Would also be very good with raspberry jam (my favorite!). Oatmeal Jam Squares 1 1/4 cup quick-cooking oats 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour…
Greek Yogurt Coffee Cake
I had an excess of Greek yogurt in the refrigerator so went looking for a coffee cake using yogurt rather than sour cream. This makes a moist cake with a sweet cinnamon center and topping. Greek Yogurt Coffee Cake 3/4 cup butter, at room temperature 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar 3 large eggs 1 1/2…
Raspberry Streusel Bars
I look forward to summer when I can pick my own fresh raspberries. Until then, I will take advantage of the California berries that are available in the grocery stores. I have posted several different raspberry bar recipes. Here is another version using jam and fresh raspberries and topped with a steusel topping. Enjoy! Raspberry…
Chewy Cherry Almond Bars
Use your favorite preserves to make a chewy bar full of oats and almonds. Enjoy! Chewy Cherry Almond Bars 1 cup butter, softened 2 cups packed brown sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 egg 1 teaspoon almond extract 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 cups regular rolled oats 1/2 cup sliced almonds 1 12 ounce jar…
Apple Butter Doughnuts
I ran across this recipe for baked doughnuts this past week. I have already fried doughnuts so this was my first time to bake them so I had to run to the kitchen store to purchase doughnut pans. I also found out that if you fill the pans too full, the hole at the top…
Applesauce Cake
As I was cleaning closets this weekend, I found a box of my mother-in-law’s recipe. My mother-in-law immigrated from Germany after World War I when her aunt, who was already in America sent her a ticket for passage on a boat to America. She eventually married another German immigrant and they settled in the Hudson…
Peanut Butter Blossoms
This is a classic cookie recipe that combines the flavor of peanut butter with chocolate. It makes a very pretty addition to any tray of cookies. Peanut Butter Blossoms 1/2 cup shortening 1/2 cup peanut butter 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/8 teaspoon baking soda 1 egg 2…
Mississippi Mud Cake
I was not able to make a photo of the cake until there was only one piece left after a Death By Chocolate snack party at where I work so the photo is not great. Mississippi Mud is a traditional cake in the south and every year a family friend prepares one for my brother…
Chocolate Caramel Cookies
This is a new recipe for me this year for the Christmas cookie tray. They take a little while to make but they are very good with chocolate, caramel and nuts – a great combination! Chocolate Caramel Cookies 1 egg 1 cup all purpose flour 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup…
Rustic Blueberry Tart
The blueberries are fresh and abundant at area stands and markets. At the local u-pick, the bushes are loaded with berries and it seems like you can fill a bucket on a single bush. I was looking for a new dessert to make with the berries and combined two recipes I found online. Makes a…
Fresh Raspberry Almond Tart
Here is a great dessert using fresh raspberries. You make a buttery crust in a spring form pan, add a filling that is similar to chess pie filling (eggs and butter), bake and top with fresh raspberries. I did not have a tart pan so used my round spring form pan. A very nice summery…
Easy Cheesecake
When we lived in South Korea and I shopped the Korean markets, it was very difficult to find dairy items. A Danish company had started marketing fresh milk (known as Denmark Milk) but other than yogurt milk, butter and very limited cheese, that was about the extent of dairy products. If I wanted something like…
Blueberry Pound Cake
The best thing to do during cold weather is bake something good. Sunday afternoon was one of those days and I wanted to do use some of my frozen blueberries from last summer’s days of picking. This recipe uses blueberries with a traditional pound cake yielding a rich buttery blueberry cake. I thawed the frozen…
Apple Pocket Pies
This recipe uses crescent roll dough to create a crusty pocket for an on-the-go apple pie. The original recipe used frozen pizza dough for the crust but I did not have any available and did have two packages of crescent roll dough in the refrigerator. Crust, apples, sugar and cinnamon — definitely the makings of…
Cream Cheese Breakfast Cake
This is a yummy sweet treat for breakfast or to use as a dessert. Crescent rolls are used on the bottom and top of a cream cheese filling with cinnamon/sugar and nuts sprinkled over the top. When I want it for breakfast, I usually prepare it a day ahead and refrigerate until time to cook,…
Cinnamon-Sugar Pecans
Here are some pecans with a cinnamon-sugar coating – great addition to holiday treats. Cinnamon-Sugar Pecans 1/2 cup granulated sugar 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 egg white 1 pound large pecan halves 1. In a small bowl, combine the sugar, cinnamon and salt; set aside. In a large bowl, lightly beat egg…
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