Italian Ricotta Cookies
These Italian ricotta cookies are from an old family recipe. My Aunt would probably kill me for sharing.
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Comfort Food Recipes
Comfort food recipes remodeled with better techniques, richer flavor, and clearer steps. These cozy, nostalgic dishes feel familiar but taste even better.
Cookies-n-Cream Cupcakes
A fluffy white sponge cake with chunks of crushed Oreo’s topped with a light buttercream frosting flecked with more pulverized Oreo’s give these cupcakes the full cookies-n-cream experience.
Blueberry Muffins
These quick easy blueberry muffins are great for breakfast. These are always better than anything you can get in the store. Give them a try
Easy Fruit Cobbler
Me: What do you want for dessert? Brenda: I don’t know, something quick and easy. That seems to be a reocurring weekend conversation, and one that led to me stumbling upon this easy fruit cobbler recipe. We have blueberry bushes around the yard, so we …
Super Fresh Lemon Bars
Bright, tart, and simple — the lemon bars recipe that wins over people who think they don’t like lemon There’s a short list of bakes that Brenda and I keep on permanent rotation for events, potlucks, and office carry-ins — and these lemon bars sit …
Peanut Butter Frosting
This peanut butter frosting is the perfect topper for our chocolate cake recipe. What could be better than chocolate and peanut butter? It’s the perfect combination. This recipe makes enough for a two layer nine inch cake or to frost thirty cupcakes. Another great addition …
Chocolate Cake
This is the best chocolate cake recipe ever. Period! I have been making this recipe for years and it is always a smash hit. Frost this chocolate cake with regular buttercream frosting, chocolate frosting or my favorite, peanut butter buttercream frosting. I was asked to …
Cream of Asparagus Soup
This cream of asparagus soup recipe is a combination of a few different recipes I have found. It is inspired by a trip that I took last year to Zurich, Switzerland. I was lucky enough to be there on business, and even luckier to be …
Quiche a la Brenda
Brenda started making quiche for her high school cooking class final project. Over the years she has been adjusting the recipe and making it better along the way. There are so many ways to make this quiche, I’ve detailed one of our favorites. You really …