Maple Walnut Ice Cream

Maple is such a great fall/winter flavor, and I love enjoying ice cream in winter flavors this time of year.  This maple ice cream has been on my list for a while, and I decided that it was time to try it!  I have never had maple flavored ice cream before, so I was excited [...]

Brown Sugar Fudge

I’ve always been a fan of brown sugar.  I love the full, sweet flavor it adds to baked goods.  I was always one to add  lots of brown sugar to my oatmeal as a kid.  So when I saw this recipe for brown sugar fudge, I wanted to find out how it would taste with [...]

Rocky Road Ice Cream

Rocky Road has always been one of my very favorite ice cream flavors, and I can’t believe I haven’t made a homemade version before!  I found myself thinking about making some chocolate ice cream, and rocky road immediately popped in my head.  You can use any chocolate ice cream as a base, but I chose [...]

Spice-Rubbed Pork with Apple Pear Chutney

We recently had my sister and her fiance over for dinner, and I wanted to make something special.  I had just gotten two new Pastry Queen cookbooks. and I first looked there for inspiration.  I came across this recipe for rubbed pork and had a feeling it would be a winner.  I love cooking pork, [...]

Butterscotch Pecan Ice Cream

I’ve always been a fan of butterscotch, and I’ve always loved pecans, so this ice cream sounded perfect to me.  I had all the ingredients on hand one afternoon when I wanted to make some ice cream, so it was meant to be!  It’s a typical custard-based ice cream, which made it very creamy, and [...]

Chocolate Oatmeal Almost Candy Bars

With a name like this, how could you not want to make it?  I’ve been hoping these would get picked for a while now, and I finally got my chance to make them!  These bar cookies start with a crust for a base layer, and are then topped with a fudge layers consisting of chocolate, [...]

Maple Cream Fudge

I love the taste of maple.  It’s such a perfect fall and winter treat, and I knew it had to be good in the form of this fudge!  I hadn’t really made a dessert where maple was the central flavor.  This fudge was easy to make, and was part of my holiday baking.  After heating [...]

Butter Pecan Fudge

My dad has always been a fan of butter pecan ice cream.  We always made sure there was a carton of butter pecan ice cream in the freezer because it is his favorite.  My mom and I sometimes teased him for liking such a boring flavor, but it is a good, simple flavor.  When I [...]

Butterscotch Pralines

I’ve always liked pralines, but have never tried making them at home.  Several years ago, in the summer of 2003, my parents took my sister and I to New Orleans, where they used to live.  I’m glad I got to see the city pre-Katrina, and I really enjoyed the food there.  For a seafood lover, [...]

Toffee Bar Brownie Torte

I celebrated my 25th birthday on Saturday, and of course I had to make a rich dessert to mark the occasion   I enjoy making my own cake because I get exactly what I want and it gives me the opportunity to work on a fun baking project.  I got the original Pastry Queen cookbook [...]