Desserts & Sweets without chocolate

1 and 1/4th Cup: All Purpose Flour/Maida. 3/4th Cup: Powdered / Icing Sugar( I added 1/2 Cup Sugar and 6-7 Tbsp of Maple Syrup, instead you can just increase[...]

. > (American / Metric measures) < . Note: > Reserve CITRUS juice to use in both parts of recipe: . 1 big lemon (finely zested and juiced) . 1 big[...]

You remember my Uncle Mike , right? Well, every time he visited when we were growing up, my mom would make Pecan Chewies. So, when Uncle Mike came for a visit[...]

Do you like cake for breakfast? Me, too. In case you're one of those people who feels guilty about eating cake for breakfast (are there people like that?),[...]

{image from Mother's cookies } When my friend, Teresa, from Blooming on Bainbridge mentioned that she loves Frosted Animal Cookies, a little light bulb went[...]

Desserts for Dudes I don't know about you, but when kiddo and I go to the farmer's market, our minds turn to big, farm-fresh salads cupcakes. I'm pretty sure[...]

...well, not really. But, I am dedicating the month of June on the blog to MEN! That's right....it's time for: Desserts for Dudes! We do a lot of cute around[...]

Key Lime Tartlets Shells: 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour Filling: 1/4 cup cornstarch 5 egg yolks 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk Pinch[...]

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[...]

Halloween is in one week. In honor of that fact, I give you the finger. Well, fingerS. Creepy lady fingers. I've had these on my to-make list for a few years[...]

One reason I like running errands with kiddo is that, well, I just like having him with me. The other is that when I talk to myself in a store, it looks like[...]

You guys may remember I live next door to a real-life blogger and all-around wonderful person, Kristen from We Are THAT Family . Her precious 10-year-old[...]

{Keep scrolling down for some oldies but goodies in the St. Patrick's Day Cookies department.} Please tell me it happens to you, too. You have a million,[...]

    Galette Dough, (pg 696) 1/3 c. crushed amaretti , biscotti, or possibly     dry bread crumbs 12 lrg ripe apricots , sliced in half 3 Tbsp. butter , melted[...]