Crisp peppermint-flavored meringue baked with chocolate chunks and peppermint candy. I started making meringue cookies for the holidays because I wanted to use up leftover egg whites from eggnog. Every year I switch up the flavors, and this year I chose to use chocolate and peppermint. These cookies are light and crisp, like eating a […]
Spiced molasses pecan cookies with homemade cranberry jam. You can’t have the holidays without gingerbread. Normally, I make chewy gingerbread cookies (my favorite), but this year I switched it up a bit. I took regular linzer cookies, added pecans, spices, and some molasses. Sandwiched the cookies around homemade cranberry jam for a tasty spiced jam-filled […]
Soft chocolate cookies dusted with cinnamon and sugar, and filled with chocolate coffee ganache. The idea for these cookies came to me while I was thinking about snickerdoodles. The cinnamon sugar is perfect for the holidays, but I wanted a cookie with a little more pizazz. But what to add to them? Coffee and chocolate, […]
Every year I do a lot of holiday baking. I make cookies, candies, pies, and eggnog. I give them as gifts, serve them at gatherings, and of course, keep them around the house for snacking. This week I will be posting recipes for some of this year’s treats. Coconut Caramel Corn popcorn, macadamia nuts, and […]
Graham cracker macadamia nut crust filled with a coconut milk custard and topped with fluffy meringue. I grew up eating coconut cream pies that were only flavored with coconut. If I was lucky, they had some shredded coconut mixed into the filling or crust. Now, there is nothing wrong with these pies. They’re delicious. But […]
Mini tarts made with an all-butter crust, brown sugar pecan pie filling, and tart cranberries. My husband’s family used to own a pecan orchard. In the fall, there was always an overabundance of pecans. So, of course, I made lots of pecan pies. Unfortunately, I no longer have access to a pecan hoard, being thousands […]
