These Butter Tea Cookies from Oak Hill Country Club are buttery and mildly sweet, perfectly accented with a dollop of raspberry preserves.
Desserts and Sweets
Vintage RG&E Pineapple Cookies
This Vintage cookie recipe comes from an RG&E recipe booklet put together by their Home Service Department. These light fluffy cookies Pineapple are a nice break from some of the richer Christmas cookies. It may seem odd for a company like Rochester Gas & Electric to put out a cookbook today, but it was actually…
Fudgy Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Rich and fudgy these crinkle cookies have an irresistible moist center and crispy crackly exterior.
Anise Pierniki (Polish Christmas Cookies)
These tender Polish Pierniki Christmas Cookies are a holiday favorite. The licorice-flavored cookies capture the holiday spirit with a generous topping of festive sprinkles.
Italian Ricotta Cookies
These Italian Ricotta Cookies are soft and light and a holiday favorite at my house! Lightly lemon flavored and decked out in holiday sprinkles, no Christmas cookie tray is complete without these!
Coconut Cream Poke Cake
Poke Cakes seem to hit their peak popularity in the 1970s, originally a campaign created to increase sluggish sales for Jell-O gelatin. Women’s magazines featured full-page advertisements showcasing recipes for the fun and festive looking, new “Jell-O Gelatin Poke Cake.” The cake/gelatin/cool whip concoction was marketed as the perfect dessert for the busy housewife, and…
Soft and Chewy Gingerbread Cut-Out Cookies
No holiday cookie tray is complete without a gingerbread man! These cut-out cookies are soft and chewy, with the classic spicey gingerbread flavor.
Lake Shore Solid Pack Pumpkin Pie
There is no denying that Libby’s dominates the canned pumpkin scene, but there is an Upstate New York Player with a considerably cooler looking label you may have noticed while shopping at Tops Markets. Lake Shore Solid Pack Pumpkin I happened upon Lake Shore Solid Pack Pumpkin while shopping at Tops Friendly Markets recently, being significantly closer…
It is Possible to Make Impossible Coconut Pie with Homemade Baking Mix
Make the classic coconut impossible pie with homemade baking mix.
Incredibly Delicious Made From Scratch Do Nothing Cake Recipe
Looking for a quick and easy dessert to feed a crowd? This is your recipe! Do Nothing Cake is made from scratch with delicious results every time.
Eggnog Cookies
Rich, soft, creamy and cakey these cookies are bursting with the aroma and flavor of vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
Cook for the Cure: The 10,000 Cupcake Challange With KithchenAid
Most of us have been touched in some way by breast cancer, our family has been affected by this terrifying disease. Breast Cancer Awareness Month is a time to reflect on the impact breast cancer has on our mothers, sisters, aunts and friends, and to take steps to support initiatives that are working towards…
Concord Grape Pie
Nothing says fall in Upstate New York like a grape pie. This grapey Naples, NY confection is fairly new to the world of desserts, but it sure has made an impact. This annual treat is anticipated by many, and for some home cooks like myself worth the time-consuming effort it takes to put one together….
Peppermint Butter Cookies
It’s less than 10 days away now, guys! How are you doing on holiday prep? I am not going to lie, I am behind and need to get cracking, and by cracking I mean shopping. But I have been doing pretty good on getting cookies made for my cookie trays I will be gifting to…
Baked Eggnog Doughnuts with Eggnog Rum Glaze
I love it when eggnog hits the shelves at grocery stores, I always buy it as soon as I see it, despite the fact that I don’t really enjoy drinking. There is just so much to do with eggnog. The rich, sweet, and nutmeg-y flavor is perfect for seasonal baking. Eggnog cookies started my eggnog obsession, and…
Vermont Spice Cake with Maple Cream Cheese Glaze
Even if you have only ever spent a few minutes on my blog, it is pretty clear I LOVE spice cakes. But this cake. This Vermont Spice cake is the quintessential fall dessert. There’s just something about this combination of pumpkin, warm Fall spices and thick, maple cream cheese glaze dripping down the side…
Brown Sugar Apple Blondies
It recently got pretty chilly here, like into the 40’s at night and 50’s during the day. Considering it was 90° degrees out practically last week, that drop in temperatures can be quite a shock on a person. No matter how drastically the temperature drops or how quickly, I am always hesitant to fire up…
Applesauce Puffs
The kids made it through their first week of school, and let me tell you it was quite an adjustment period for them! But it was especially rough on my son, he had turned into a night owl during summer, and the 6 am wake-up call was a pretty hard on him for a few days,…
Apple-Cream Cheese Bundt Cake
A deliciously moist apple bundt cake with cream cheese filling and praline frosting. When I saw this recipe it immediately made me think of the Apple Praline Bread recipe a friend shared with me and I posted here, and I knew I HAD TO TRY IT! This Apple Cream Cheese Bundt Cake is all of the Apple Praline…
Cinnamon Peach Crisp
Fresh peaches and topped with a streusel made with oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, and butter make this Cinnamon Peach Crisp a family favorite. We are officially in the last week of our summer vacation! The kids head back to school next week but I couldn’t let summer slip by without sharing a couple of peach…
