Peppermint Brownie Rounds

I made this other cookie to add to my cookie swap and its so festive & easy to do! Granted, this isn’t a ‘from scratch’ recipe and it has a touch of Sandra Lee, but these are great when you don’t have much time. I frosted these with a peppermint buttercream frosting. To add a [...]

Palmer House Brownies

Palmer House Brownies
recipe can be found HERE
1 pound semi-sweet chocolate1 pound butter1 pound granulated sugar (3 1/2 cups)8 oz. cake flour (2 cups)1 tablespoons baking powder4 whole eggs1 pound crushed walnuts

Glaze: (Optional)1/2 cup water1/2 cup apricot preserves1/2 teaspoon unflavored gelatin

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Melt chocolate with the butter in a doubleboiler or in a [...]

Coffee Toffee Brownies

The following recipe was made for my Picnic Wine event. You can read more about it and get additional recipes HERE.
Coffee Toffee Browniesshared at the event by Susanrecipe HERE
Cooking spray 2 [...]

Best Brownies

I prepared the following recipe for my Book/Movie club. You can read about my event and view other links to recipes I made for it HERE.
I found this recipe in a thrift store, believe it or not. I was shopping around for a nice glass pitcher for cheap and there lost with the piles of [...]

In the Dumps, Sweet Dumps!

One of my husband’s favorite desserts is black forest cake. I stumbled across this easy, no brainer recipe for a black forest dump cake and thought I’d give it a try. The result? It was chocolatey, sweet and the hubby approved! Here’s my recipe for Black Forest Dump Cake that was adapted from this one:
1 [...]

Fudgy Brownies

The following recipe was shared at my Chicago Chefs Dinner event. You can read more about it and get additional recipes featured at the event HERE.
Fudgy BrowniesShared at the event by JoelenRecipe courtesy Gale Gand Show: Sweet Dreams Episode: Sweets By Mail
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter2 ounces unsweetened chocolate1 cup granulated sugar2 large [...]

Blondies Have So Much Fun!

Its afternoon and the sweet tooth is acting up. My husband has it too. So how do we satisfy the cravings? Blondies, of course!
I’m going to throw out yet another recipe from the 2005 America’s Test Kitchen Live! cookbook because as you may have guessed, this is where I got the blondie recipe from. What [...]

White Chocolate Brownies w/Dark Chocolate Chunks

This recipe was featured in my Blondie & Brownie swap event, which you can read about HERE.
White Chocolate Browniesw/Dark Chocolate Chunks
7 tbs. unsalted butter8 oz. white chocolate, finely chopped2 eggsPinch salt½ cup sugar1 to 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract1 cup flour4 oz. bittersweet chocolate chunked.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.Lightly grease an 8 inch baking [...]

Turkish Apricot Cream Blondies

This recipe was featured in my Blondie & Brownie swap event, which you can read about HERE.

Turkish Apricot Cream Blondies
Apricot Cream Cheese:
1/4 c. butter, softened6 oz. cream cheese, softened1/2 c. sugar2 eggs2 T. flour2 t. vanilla2 c. diced dried Turkish apricots

Blondie Base:2/3 c. butter2 c. brown sugar2 eggs2 t. vanilla2 c. flour1 t. baking powder1 [...]

Thai Tea Brownies

This recipe was featured in my Blondie & Brownie swap event, which you can read about HERE.
Thai Tea Browniesadapted by Nestle
Preheat oven to 350º F.Lightly coat 13 x 9-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
Prepare brownie mix according to package directions for fudgy brownies. Spread into prepared pan.
For Thai Tea mixture, beat cream cheese, granulated [...]