Ice Cream/Pudding/Custard

Gold Brick Milk Chocolate Banana Split Sundae

February 19, 2011

When I was a young teenager, I would travel by bus on Saturday to have lunch with my mother who managed a designer boutique inside a department store called Stix, Baer & Fuller in St. Louis, Missouri. When I think of that time and how adventurous I was…always quick to catch a bus or ride [...]

Bananas Foster Cinnamon Rum Caramel Sauce

November 6, 2010

The first part of November is never about holiday shopping plans for me; it is about gift giving preparation. Every year, I make a basket of goodies for my best friends and family. I’ve learned over the past several years that I had better not wait as it’s best to get things done and in [...]

Raspberry Cheesecake Flutes

May 31, 2010

My friend Mardi of Eat. Live. Travel. Write. won the Hay Hay it’s Donna Day cooking event last month and is hosting this month’s Hay Hay it’s Donna Day, a food blogging event in which a blogger chooses a recipe by Australian cookbook author Donna Hay.

Limoncello Panna Cotta

September 20, 2009

Simple to make, beautiful in presentation…what more could you ask for? I love Limoncello; I had never heard of it until a trip to Boston several years ago. My daughter, sister and I spent several wonderful days in a beautiful B&B in the North end of the city (like going to Italy) and it was [...]

Lemon Ice Cream Sandwiches with Blueberry Swirl

July 21, 2009

Just got a post these are being made by a Twitter friend. I’m posting now in anticipation of her review; they just sound too good to imagine it will not be glowing! Makes 8 Everyone’s free to be a kid again with one of these wickedly good frozen treats in hand. Chewy blondie cookies bookend [...]

Coffee Cream Brulee

July 20, 2009

8 servings 6 large egg yolks 1 large whole egg 2/3 cup granulated sugar 1 3/4 cups heavy cream 1 3/4 cups milk 1 1/2 tablespoons instant espresso powder 2 tablespoons Kahlúa 1/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar or raw sugar Preheat oven to 325°F. In a bowl whisk together yolks, whole egg, [...]

Cheesecake Brûlée Two

July 20, 2009

Ingredients Crust 3 cups vanilla wafer crumbs ¾ cup (1½ sticks) unsalted butter, melted 6 tablespoon brown sugar, light or dark Filling Six 8-ounce bricks (48 oz) cream cheese, softened 6 tablespoons low-fat sour cream 1½ cups sugar 6 eggs ¾ cup heavy cream 4 teaspoons grated orange peel boiling water (for baking cake) Topping [...]

Cheesecake Brûlée

July 20, 2009

24 oz cream cheese 1 cup granulated sugar 3 TBSP sour cream 3 eggs 6 TBSP heavy cream 2 tsp vanilla extract 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs 6 TBSP (3/4 stick) unsalted butter, melted 3 TBSP light brown sugar Position a rack in the center of an oven and preheat to 325F. Lightly butter [...]

Gold Brick Milk Chocolate Sundae Topping

June 19, 2009

When I was a teenager, I would travel by bus on Saturday to have lunch with my mother who managed a designer boutique inside a department store called Stix, Baer & Fuller in St. Louis. That was back when major city department stores always had fabulous restaurants and I looked forward to those trips and [...]

Caramel Sauce

July 2, 2008

I have no idea where this recipe came from; I’ve had it stuck in this ugly binder I’ve had since I got married and I’ve NOT been married for 24 year! It’s easy…but, yum, just try not to lick you fingers. I would so be dissed by the judges on one of those chef shows [...]