A mid-week treat, and a little something to counteract the dreary April showers… Recipe makes 4 dozen cookies. Ingredients: 1/2 cup (1 stick) Butter (room temp) 1/2 cup Vegetable Shortening (room temp) 1/2 cup Sugar 1 cup Brown Sugar 2 Eggs 1 tsp Vanilla Extract a few rasps of fresh Nutmeg 2 1/2 cups Self…
Tag: Chocolate
Fudge Upside Down Cake
My brother came home last week after spending the past year and a half wandering around south east Asia and Australia. To welcome him home I baked him his favorite cake. Harking back to my Midwestern roots this cake is also known as a Kansas City Chocolate Cake, and was introduced into my baking repertoire…
Red Velvet Hearts
Something sweet for my Valentines. It is the time of year to break out the heart shaped cookie cutters! Okay, so maybe I should confess to cutting things into heart shapes all year long, but the behavior seems so much more excusable when it is done in the weeks leading up to Valentine’s Day. It…
Mexican Chocolate Pudding
While cleaning out my cupboards, I unearthed an old can of fat-free sweetened condensed milk that was just this side of expiring. Unfortunately, I made that key lime flan last week. I primary use sweetened condensed milk for either flan or lemon meringue pie, and I thought that both desserts were too close to last…
The Ephemeral Bee 