There are certain days when you simply don’t want to spend hours in the kitchen baking, but you still desire a “half baked” treat.This Meyer Lemon White Chocolate Vanilla Cheesecake offers you all the goodies, with only baking a delicious shortbread crust.It’s easy, efficient, and excellent. Meyer Lemon White Chocolate Vanilla Cheesecake Meyer Lemon White…
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It’s Brian’s favorite.All time favorite – well, maybe.There are a few things on the “favorites” list, which makes it difficult, since I never make the same thing twice.(Well, we actually have the SAME meal every Saturday – you can count on on that). Other than Saturday “Stink,” everything else is a new experiment. While somethings…
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She told me she LOVES mango.She really likes coconut too.And, I was in the mood for creating a different type of no-bake cheesecake: gelatin would be the secret! With a delightful crust of baked butter biscuits, a filling of creamy coconut, and a layer of sticky sweet tropical fruit, topped with crunch mango coconut chips,…
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Well, I received numerous texts and comments with drooling and yummy emojis after posting the SweetHeart SweetTart Lemon Curd Layer Cheesecake a few weeks ago.And, a dear friend was telling me about her favorite cheesecake involving lemon and a Nilla wafer crust.Wham. Bam. Done!Ace in the hole.Honestly, just the smell of Nilla wafers makes me…
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: “Ask and you shall receive.”She wanted a banana cream pie.And, she got one. This banana cream pie is special, though. With a graham cracker crust, the filling is five layers of light, fluffy, sweet, crunchy, creamy banana-ness! Bananagrams is a word game invented by Abraham Nathanson…
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I pondered what to bake for Valentine’s Day for quite some time this year. I thought about a special steak sous vide dinner at home, with roasted Brussels sprouts and baked sweet potatoes – some of our favorite things, along with a gorgeous red wine.But, I also thought long and hard about dessert.I was determined…
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Over Christmas last year, my daughter-in-law gifted me with some homemade Dutch Apple Butter. Her family is from Michigan and every year they all get together in the fall and pick apples and make cinnamon spiced apple butter. YUM!She asked me if liked apple butter and if I’d enjoy having some. Umm..what do you think…
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How do we celebrate birthdays in my neck of the woods? With cake, champagne, sometimes cookies, and this time a Cinnamon White Chocolate Cheesecake. Back in October, we made a date to celebrate our one and only, Rachel, as she marked her 26th trip around the sun. She’s a lover of white chocolate, cinnamon, and…
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A tempting treat – full of the flavors and aromas of Christmas. Are you ready? Vanilla Fig Rosemary Cheesecake Bars Vanilla Fig Rosemary Cheesecake Bars 1 pkg. Pepperidge Farms Bordeaux cookies 8 Tbs. butter, melted 8 oz. cream cheese, room temperature 6 oz. mascarpone cheese, room temperature 2/3 cup powdered sugar 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract…
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