Dessert

Pumpkin Pie Supreme

November 13, 2019 by Debbie Leave a Comment

What is the holidays without pumpkin pie? At my house no ordinary pumpkin pie will do , it has the be Pumpkin Pie Supreme. One bite of this pie and you will never look at a plain sad pumpkin pie again without thinking of this lovely pie. You will be ruined and only want this as your holiday pie. This pie has so many layers of yumminess! Next the flakey crust there is a gingersnap and pecan layer , the perfect base for the pie. Then is your typical creamy pumpkin filling topped with a yummy pecan streusel. The perfect Pumpkin Pie supreme!! If you love pumpkin but don’t want a pie give a few of my pumpkin cookies a try. They Pumpkin Eggnog Cookies and Chocolate Dipped Pumpkin Cookies .

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Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

October 4, 2019 by Debbie 11 Comments

In my mind I knew I needed to be working on something other things but I had some overripe bananas staring at me. At my house I buy bananas and two things happen. Either the are gone in a day and I’m wondering if we got a monkey I didn’t know about , or they sit on the counter and over ripened. This week it was the later of the two. This is how these Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies were born, nobody ate the bananas. I have several other recipes if you have bananas you need to use Maple Banana Cake or a little easier Apple Butter Banana Bread.

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Maple Banana Cake

August 20, 2019 by Debbie 4 Comments

Do you ever have over ripe bananas and don’t want those babies to go to waste? This is how this Maple Banana Cake was born , I had some bananas I did not want to toss out. Plus ,this has a little bit of a fall feel with the maple flavor. I’ll be honest here, it is August in southern Louisiana and I am TIRED of the heat index being over a 100 degrees. I didn’t go full fall but just a little touch and hoping for cooler weather . If you have bananas that need to used a simpler recipe is my Apple Butter Banana Bread.

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Cherry Amaretto Bundt Cake

July 21, 2019 by Debbie 17 Comments

I don’t know about the rest of you but there is nothing better than cold fresh cherries on a hot summer day. Where I live we only have fresh cherries available for a short time so I have to take advantage of them while they are in season. I love the taste of sweet cherries mixed with the almond flavor of amaretto . Having an abundance of fresh cherries and loving the flavor combination this Cherry Amaretto Bundt Cake was born. This cake is full of fresh cherries and have hints of the amaretto flavoring. So tender and delicious it is hard to stop eating.

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Gentilly Cake

May 18, 2019 by Debbie 15 Comments

I got the inspiration for this cake from Rouses famous Gentilly cake. For those of you not from Louisiana, Rouses is a Louisiana based grocery store chain that has a fabulous in house bakery. They are famous for a few specialty cakes including their Gentilly Cake and a New Orleans style Doberge Cake .

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Easy Blackberry Cobbler

April 6, 2019 by Debbie 19 Comments

I was lucky enough to grow up in the a time that we actually played outside in the summer . We dissapeared early in the mornings on our bikes looking for adventures. Our subdivision wasn’t completely developed and there were patches of woods. In these woods we would build club houses and play for hours. The best part was the random blacberry patches in small clearings . We would bring plastic cool whip containers and pick them for hours. We would talk about selling them to our moms to make us something good LOL. We usually ended up eating them all before they made it home but those were the days. Now, luckily these berries are easily accessible at local super markerts. This is the easiest blackberry cobbler ever! The best thing is if blackberries are not available you can totally make this with frozen berries.

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Easter Cupcakes

March 18, 2019 by Debbie 4 Comments

When I see peeps they just make me happy and I know Easter is near. I will be honest here, I am not a fan of eatting them but they are just so darn cute I love using them. Making these Easter Cupcakes was so fun, if you like peeps then your decorations are edible. When I made these cupcakes I used the combination of my Lemon Cupcake and my Strawberry Frosting. The combination of the two flavors is very spring like and yummy. I decided to fill these with a marshmallow filling , this is optional but so much fun when you bite into these cupcakes.

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Strawberry Frosting

March 15, 2019 by Debbie Leave a Comment

When this pink yumminess passed my lips the skys opened up and I heard angels sing !! This is honestly the best strawberry frosting I have ever made, and I have made a lot . I adore anything strawberry but making strawberry frosting has always been a struggle for me. Adding fresh strawberries tend to make it a bit runny and thin. I have tried adding strawberry jello into buttercream and I found it gritty. When I discovered that making a fine powder from freezed dried strawberries was a thing , it intrigued me and I had to try it. BAM..LIFE CHANGED!!

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Lemon Cupcakes with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

March 12, 2019 by Debbie 4 Comments

One taste of these decadent cupcakes and I am flooded with memories of my Grandmother. It is funny how a certain taste and smell can bring back memories. She loved any and everything lemon , so much so yellow was her favorite color. She said yellow was a happy color and I have to agree. I can picture myself eating something similar to this at her tiny yellow bistro table in her breakfast nook. Lemon anything is truely my favorite thing this time of year and these Lemon Cupcakes with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting are right up my alley

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Chocolate Dipped Sugar Cookies

February 15, 2019 by Debbie Leave a Comment

This past Valentine’s Day I chocolate dipped everything and it all started with this simple little Chocolate dipped sugar cookie. I dipped 189,987 strawberries, lol, and equally as many pretzel rods. I’ll be honest if I had more cabinet space I may have chocolate dipped even more things . In my opinion this cookie was the star of the show. This easy basic sugar cookie is one of my favorite recipes , and dipped in decadant chocolate it is over the top good.

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