Desserts

Pumpkin Praline Bread, delicious pumpkin bread with a sweet and crunchy praline topping, a perfect treat to usher in autumn. Great for breakfast, snacking or dessert.

Fresh summer blackberries and peaches together in a sweet fruit cobbler, topped with a crisp, buttery biscuit-like crust and served warm with ice cream.

Red, white and blue patriotic fruit dessert pizza squares with fresh berries on an almond cream cheese crust, perfect for all the summer holidays from Memorial Day to Labor Day. The Fourth is almost here.  Wow, July already.  Summer goes by fast!  This past weekend, my youngest and her boyfriend were in for a quick …

Lemon squares, luscious lemon bar recipe with a buttery shortbread crust topped with a tart, yet sweet, lemon filling.  Spring is in the air very early this year.  I think that’s what triggered my recent lemon bar craving.  I have a recipe a friend gave me years ago that I made a few times and …

Old-fashioned gingerbread with lemon glaze. Humble and comforting, the perfect dessert for holiday entertaining. Serve with ginger whipped cream.

Classic peanut butter blossoms recipe ~ peanut butter cookies with a chocolate kiss baked in the center. So good anytime of year and a favorite for holiday baking and cookie exchanges.

Classic all-American apple pie with a perfectly flaky and crispy yet tender crust, the quintessential fall pie. Fall is finally here, although I keep having to turn the A/C on here in St. Louis.  What is the deal??  Anyway, I have managed to make an apple pie with the beautiful apples from the orchard down …

Old-fashioned oatmeal cookies, the kind grandma baked. Slightly crispy and chewy, these oatmeal cookies are easy to make and a great snack anytime!

Butterscotch Crunch Squares, a delicious ice cream dessert made with layers of buttery crumbles, butterscotch topping and ice cream. I made dessert last week, not something I do very often.  I’m just not the best baker in the world.  But I couldn’t pass on these Butterscotch Crunch Squares made with ice cream.  Ice cream is …

Homemade cherry pie with tart cherries, fresh in season or canned, tossed simply with sugar and tapioca and baked in a perfectly flaky crust. Probably my favorite summer fruit pie!