Desserts & Sweets without liqueur cookies cream amaretto pumpkin

Some of my most popular posts have been focused on finding natural alternatives to food coloring, and it’s not hard to figure out why. Colors make drab[...]

Time to make the doughnuts! Sticky, sugary-sweet Krispy Kreme homemade donuts. So do theseΒ homemade donutsΒ (doughnuts or donuts?) taste exactly like real[...]

Every year about this time, I start dreaming of strawberries. Sure, I love Honeycrisp apples and Clementines, but for me, strawberries are perfection.[...]

Confession: Until yesterday, I had never eaten a Peep. We grew up in an all-chocolate-and-jelly-bean Easter basket family. {I love Easter.} So, fast-forward[...]

What's the first thing you think of when you think of going to a spa? Food, right? I know, it's strange, but when I think of spas, my mind wanders to thoughts[...]

Sweet P #1: P ink Polka Dot Martini Glasses (that you can WIN!) {How CUTE are these?!?!? For martinis, dessert, ICE CREAM?!? *swoon*} Sweet P #2: P ampered[...]

For Sweet Cherries 1 lb of cherries 3/4 cup of water , 3/4 cup of sugar either white or brown 3/4 cup of white vinegar 2 peeled thin slices of ginger root 6[...]

1-1/2 cups all purpose flour 1 cup powdered sugar 1 tsp baking soda 1 tbsp coffee powder 1/2 tsp salt 3 tbsp Chocolate Hazelnut spread 1/3 cup vegetable oil 1[...]

4 c pealed sliced peaches 2 c sugar 1/2 c water 8 Tbl REAL butter .. no margarine!! 1 3/4 c flour 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 c milk[...]

FOR THE CAKE: 3/4 stick butter , softened 1 scant cup sugar (I used 7/8 cup, which is 3/4 cup + 2 T.) 1 1/2 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon[...]

1 slc poundcake 1 scoop sherbet or possibly sorbet 1 x dollop Cold Whip thawed     fresh raspberries 1 x sponge cake dessert shell 1 x dollop Cold Whip thawed[...]

1 1/2 c. Brown sugar , packed 1 1/4 c. Flour , all purpose 1/2 c. Cocoa pwdr, unsweetened sifted 1 1/2 tsp Baking soda 3/4 tsp Baking pwdr 1 pch Cinnamon 1[...]

Last month, I entered my very first bake-off. It was at our church, so the stakes were very, very high. (You know, face-to-face meeting with the Pope,[...]

1 1/2 c. Golden brown raisins 1 c. Pitted dates , cut into 1/4-inch pcs 1 c. Dry apricots , cut into 1/4-inch pcs 1 c. Candied pineapple , cut into 1/4-inch[...]

1 x frzn pie dough shell or possibly fresh 6 lrg apples peeled, sliced in thin wedges,cored 1/4 c. dry apricots snipped I like "slab apricots " from[...]