As I brewed the bones of our Thanksgiving turkey to yield broth that will flavor dishes from now until spring, I imagined a spurious pie coupling my chocolate fudge pie with my pecan pie. I’ve never quite felt like Dr. Frankenstein in the kitchen until now, and the resulting Fudge Chocolate Pecan pie is stunning.
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Have you ever attempted scalloped potatoes or Au gratin potatoes only to find that your potatoes never fully cooked through? Nothing worse than biting into crunchy tasteless potatoes when your mouth was expecting soft, tangy, cheesy delicious Au Gratin. Have you ended up with clumpy cheese? No worries. I have the secret to perfect every …
Mom’s make special dishes just for holiday’s like, ” Mom’s Holiday Brown Rice”. This one is my personal favorite that my mom made every single holiday! Do you assume special holiday dishes are difficult to prepare? That is what I think. Guess what? I am WRONG! This is the simplest dish EVER.
What to do with leftover Fried Apples? You could warm them up, right? You could smear them on toast. You could do a lot of things. One of my favorite things is to make fried apple cake!
Party Season is HERE! What could help you more with Party Season than an EASY Elegant recipe for Toasted Almond Raspberry Baked Brie? Hmmmm…. Maybe a YETI HOPPER 30 easy carry cooler? I’m GIVING ONE AWAY to celebrate Loaves and Dishes’ 3rd Birthday!
This ain’t your mamma’s biscuit. It ain’t your grandma’s biscuit neither. This is a delicate, lightly sweet, soft southern biscuit that is flavor BINGO! Plus, it is simple and a TERRIFIC use for any leftover baked sweet potatoes! Southern Sweet Potato Biscuits are my new GO-TO biscuit!
This recipe isn’t for chocolate moderates. You know who you are. People who sit on the fence saying things like “Ooo, I’ll only have a tiny little bite – you know – bathing suit season”. <Laughing>, Chocolate Blackout Bars are DEFINITELY NOT for those people. Chocolate Blackout Bars are for people who want their brains tingling …
Imagine a cookie with EVERYTHING! Crunchy graham cracker crust, ooey gooey butterscotch chocolate center with toasty coconuts and pecans all baked into a single magic bars called OLD FASHIONED SEVEN LAYER BARS!
Date night at home! Whoot Whoot! You can make something that tastes better than what you buy at a restaurant and will certainly be more affordable! I mean seriously, when was the last time you prepared something as classy as a Creamy No Stir Parmesan Mushroom Risotto? Sounds difficult, doesn’t it? Nothing could be easier!
In a comfort food show down what would win? I’m pretty sure Homemade Chicken and Drop Dumplings would be right at the top of the list for “creamy from scratch chicken goodness”.
Sometimes you make a pie because you have a good reason and sometimes the good reason is that your sweet tooth will soon devour your tongue if you don’t feed it. Who needs an excuse to eat pie, anyway? No one we want to be friends with, right? That is especially true with Chocolate Chess …
Hello sweet smell of summer! Do you smell it too? Fresh green grass. Summer rain in the air. The green smell of tomato plants heavy with fruit. Round full beautiful peaches at the fruit stand? But wait till you smell this Peach Pie with a Pecan Brown Sugar Crumble. Seriously.
Admit it. You haven’t heard about coffee cake since around about 1978, right? But why? It’s so delicious with fluffy cinnamon cake, gooey sticky syrup and a creamy luscious icing? Where did the coffee cake go? I don’t know, but I promise, one taste of Orange Cinnamon Roll Coffee Cake and you will be hooked …
When life gives you lemons don’t make lemonade! Be happy and make an old fashioned lemon chess pie! Then just say, “Thanks life!”
Old Fashioned Chess pie is one of the most delicious and simplest pies on the planet enjoyed by absolutely EVERYONE! Try it and see! (BESIDES, IT’S EASY!)
Some things that you see here are just absolutely sinful, and this is one of them. Sorry. Not Sorry. I mean, come on, I’m the one sitting here with a full pan of these chocolate, peanut butter, marshmallow, crispy treats right in front of me smelling like pure HEAVEN. Chocolate Nutter Butter Crispy Treats are ready in …
The name is a mouthful but the bite is delicious! Blueberry Balsamic Chicken Salad is the bodacious creation that happened when trying to figure out what to do with the leftovers from Blueberry Balsamic Chicken! And now you know the rest of the story.
Need a GOURMET recipe for date night? Something restaurant quality, tasty and beautiful? How about if that dish was also EASY and even a little healthy? Beyond that, what if you could have the whole thing ready in 30 minutes start to finish? Yeah – I’ve got exactly that recipe today, Blueberry Balsamic Chicken.
Were you ever glad you took a picture of something because it was so fleeting that it was gone before you knew it? Yeah, me too. It applies RIGHT NOW! Because I am polishing off the rest of these CARAMEL M&M’S KICKING BROWN SUGAR COOKIES as I type this. THEY ARE THAT GOOD! I mean, …
Since the snow hit two weeks ago, I’ve totally been in the mood for winter. Except, of course, the last 3 days where the air feels bitter and biting and I have to actually wear a heavy coat when I go outside. I much prefer the type of winter where snow lingers, the sun is …