These Chocolate-Sesame Truffles are rich and smooth, delicious and a tiny bit crunchy all at once.If I'm creating a new chocolate truffle recipe, it's typically this time of the year. That's because my in-laws travel to Europe during the summer, and in September they bring back a variety of chocolate bars -- in … [Read more...]
Salted, Spiced Caramel Sauce
A luscious, rich, spiced caramel sauce can be used in so many delicious ways. Bursting with warming flavors, this dessert sauce can be added to cakes and cookies, or swirled in ice creams and drinks. Whenever I make a recipe with many components, I try to get some of them done ahead of time. Whenever this … [Read more...]
Café Con Leche Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Café Con Leche Chocolate Chunk Cookies taste like a luscious coffee with creamy milk, and a chocolate chunk cookie -- all mixed into one divine dessert. These are delightful after dinner, for a fantastic afternoon snack, or an amazing breakfast treat. My love affair with coffee began in my early twenties when I was … [Read more...]
Gluten-Free Almond Joy Cookies
Gluten-Free Almond Joy Cookies are a beautiful combination of the chocolate-almond-coconut candy bar and a chewy cookie. They are made with coconut flour, which is a perfect to make these gluten-free since it matches the flavor profile.The common name for the lily flowers I'm sharing with you today is actually Naked … [Read more...]
Dessert Party: Fresh Fruit Tartlets
It doesn't get much prettier than Fresh Fruit Tartlets, and they are especially delicious for a summer treat when berries are at the peak of their season. Sitting on top of a creamy vanilla bean custard in a pastry shell, the fruit is the star of this dessert!A bite of fresh fruit with Vanilla Bean Custard is the … [Read more...]
Dessert Party: Double Chocolate Almond Spice Cookies
These Double Chocolate Almond Spice Cookies are rich with chocolate, subtly nutty and warmly spiced. They are a delicious, sweet treat that are perfect for a party, to have with your morning coffee or afternoon tea, and make for a lovely midnight snack!Well hello! Did you make the Salted Caramel Chocolates yet, or … [Read more...]
Dessert Party: Salted Caramel Chocolates Recipe
If you make this Salted Caramel Chocolates Recipe for a dessert party -- or simply for dessert -- you will be a star! With intensely rich chocolate and creamy salted caramel, nobody will be able to stop eating these bite-sized treats!Welcome to the first official Cooking On The Weekends dessert party! I hope you … [Read more...]
Dessert Party: Salted Caramel Recipe
This Salted Caramel recipe will become incredibly valuable to you for a dessert party -- or for life! It's thick, rich, luscious and it greatly enhances all sorts of desserts. It can be a sauce, a filling, a flavoring, a drizzle, the possibilities are endless.Just three more days until my dessert party! It'll be … [Read more...]
Vanilla Bean Custard Recipe & How to Make Vanilla Sugar
This Vanilla Bean Custard recipe is rich, creamy and super flavorful. It's versatile and can be used in dozens of different recipes. And the benefit of using whole vanilla pods in the recipe is learning how to make vanilla sugar with your leftovers. A perfect Vanilla Bean Custard recipe. Yup, that's what we're … [Read more...]
Dessert Party: How To Make Ganache
I think everyone who loved dessert, should know how to make ganache! It's easy and has essentially two ingredients. You can use this chocolate decadence for truffles, cakes, cookies, cake decorating -- the possibilities are endless! And you can make ganache ahead of time, to boot! What is ganache? Let's learn . . … [Read more...]
