Desserts & Sweets with almonds

Homemade HealthyΒ Tagalongs – they can be vegan, gluten-free, sugar-free, soy-free and even grain-free! It’s Girl Scout Cookie Season. And you know what that[...]

1/2 cup lucuma powder or vegetable glycerin OR 1/2 tsp stevia powder 1/2 cup flaxseed oil or hemp oil 1 tsp pure vanilla extract 2 tsp pure almond extract 2[...]

Almond Flour - 1 Cup Clarified Butter - 1 Tbsp(Ghee) (If you increase this quantity cut down the quantity of water) Xylitol - 2 Tbsp or more to taste(You can[...]

1 kg mashed red potatoes (red potatoes have a higher amount of starch so the dough is stickier) 250 g whole wheat flour ( you can also use different flours[...]

1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted non-dairy baking margarine (we used Fleischmann's, but you could also try Spectrum Butter Shortening) 1 1/4 cups sugar + 1/4 cup for[...]

1 cup (6 ounces) semi-sweet chocolate chips 1/2 cup butter softened 1 cup sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 teaspoon almond extract 1 1/4 cups[...]

OK, I realize these are a little weird, BUT... ...sometimes weird is good, right? I saw this cookie idea in an issue of Martha Stewart Living (last year? two[...]

You may have noticed, but this is "blogger baby season." No, no...not me. (My sister is pregnant with her fourth and that's as close as I'm getting.) I've[...]

*alternate post title: Why I've gained 10 pounds in two weeks.* This is a long "picture-heavy" post, but bear with me...I think you're gonna like it. Along[...]

I'm going to be totally honest with you. Gluten-free scares me. To be more precise, it intimidates the HECK out of me. Rice flour, tapioca starch, xanthan[...]

{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[...]

9 Tbsp(about 125gms): Butter @ room temperature. 2/3 cup(about 75gms): confectioners’ sugar/powdered sugar(i added about 1Tbsp more since i felt it was a[...]

Cake basis: 2 dl eggs 2 dl sugar 2 dl wheat flours 1 tea spoon baking powder 3 dl frozen blueberries Fo the filling: 2 dl peach or apple juice blueberry jam 1[...]

3/4th Cup:Maida/All Purpose flour. 1/4th Cup:Cocoa powder(i used Hershey's). 1/2 Cup:Cornflour. 1 Cup:Icing sugar Or Powdered sugar. 1/2 Tsp:Baking powder.[...]

1 cup butter , softened 1 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar 1 egg 2 teaspoon almond extract 2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 bag chips (mix of chocolate and[...]