This lemon cheesecake recipe is grand. It makes a fine cheesecake, especially as a formal dessert. New York cheesecake is the standard. They are rich and thick and dense. This is made with a touch of lemon in the filling… Read More »New York-Style Lemon Cheesecake
Cranberries and white chocolate make a scrumptious combination. Claudia Klingler, the innkeeper at the Blue Heron Inn north of Rigby, Idaho, was gracious enough to share this recipe with us. She makes it like a drop biscuit. We made… Read More »Cranberry White Chocolate Country Scones
Often, we field questions about making great bread. Great bread is a matter of using the right ingredients and the right techniques—there’s no single secret that will make perfect bread. But really great bread is readily attainable. We’ve compiled… Read More »Secrets of Great Breads
Yes, I know you’re busy. Some days you need an easy dessert you can put together that looks good and tastes great—without going to the grocery store. I’ll show you a thousand possibilities. (Do the math; it’s actually much more… Read More »How to Make 1000 Desserts with the Ingredients You Have in Your Kitchen Right Now
If you have fresh peaches, consider this incredibly good French silk pie. A French silk pie is usually made with dark chocolate, this one-use white chocolate. They are usually made with raw eggs. In this recipe, they are cooked. Ingredients… Read More »Fresh Peach White Chocolate French Silk Pie Recipe
This is a cake-like, moist cookie almost like the cookies we used to make with store-bought cake mixes. Except for the frosting, there are no flavors or spices-just brown sugar and butter which is a great combination. Consider this a… Read More »Frosted Sour Cream Sugar Cookies
A smooth, cool chocolate cream pie is always inviting. This one is tucked in a chocolate crust to make it doubly so. This recipe presents an absolutely scrumptious chocolate filling that is rich but not too chocolaty. The crust… Read More »Double Chocolate Cream Pie
This makes for an unusual but very good roast. It works with other red meats and chicken as well. Ingredients 3/4 cup apricot jam 1/2 medium sweet onion, Vandalia or equal, finely minced 1 cup orange juice zest from one… Read More »Apricot Orange Glazed Roast Beef
My sister-in-law, Carol, served this to me years ago when we were visiting Houston. This is her recipe and very good. Like all things apple, the quality of the apples matter. German apple pancakes are made with an egg batter… Read More »Carol’s German Apple Pancake
This is a luscious cake. It was inspired by a lemon poppy seed cake, but the combination of orange and honey makes this quite different, a unique cake. The flavor of honey and orange permeates the cake and complements the… Read More »Honey Orange Poppy Seed Cake