Picture this: the moment you break off a piece of these chocolate chip cookies, the edges are perfectly crisp, while the center melts in your mouth. The perfect cookie. These aren’t your average cookies—I developed this recipe with a lot of food science and perfected it with a special technique that guarantees the ultimate chocolate…
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There’s something about shortbread cookies that feels like Christmas to me. But when you take those buttery, melt-in-your-mouth morsels and turn them into chocolate dipped shortbread cookies, the result is a treat that’s truly irresistible. Whether you’re baking for the holidays, gifting homemade goodies, or simply treating yourself to a little sweetness, these Chocolate Dipped…
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Nanaimo Bars are something I had never heard of until I married my husband. But making them during the holidays has been a family tradition of his since forever, so it’s become our tradition too! I made these Nanaimo Bars with my mother-in-law every December we lived in Utah until we moved away and I’m…
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Chocolate Orange Puff Pastry: A Pastry Twist on the Classic Christmas Candy If you’re looking for a yummy treat to impress your friends and family, look no further than this Chocolate Orange Puff Pastry. It’s everything you want in a dessert: flaky, buttery, slightly crispy, and filled with gooey chocolate and a hint of bright,…
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These Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes are rich, and infused with peppermint extract, making the perfect holiday treat! The chocolatey, fluffy cupcakes create a festive flavor that’s sweetly refreshing. Topped with a smooth chocolate ganache and fluffy peppermint cream cheese frosting, the Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes are as delicious as they are beautiful. The frosting is piped in…
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If there’s one thing we can all agree on during the holidays, it’s that everything tastes better with eggnog—and that definitely includes cake! My Eggnog Tres Leches Cake is a wintery twist on the traditional tres leches cake, this version incorporates the richness of eggnog to create a perfect holiday dessert. But no cake can…
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French Silk Pie is my absolute favorite pie. By far. I attempted to make this for the first time for Thanksgiving, 2015 – my first Thanksgiving married. It turned out okay but had a lot of improvements to be made. This started my quest to perfecting a chocolate French Silk Pie. I’ve made this pie…
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We’ve been on a citrus kick lately, and I really love how this Lime Chiffon Pie turned out. A chiffon pie is a dessert with a light, airy filling in a pie crust. And this pie is light, airy, and melts in the mouth. Recently I’ve shared a tried and true Graham cracker pie crust,…
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Lime curd is delicious. And my husband is obsessed. I think its great on toast or the filling of a cake. It’s yummy plain, or as a lemon curd replacement if you want a slightly different citrus taste. Also, for myself, I don’t add green food coloring to this lime curd when I make it…
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If you don’t already know, I have a son named Graham, and he’s my youngest. Since he was just a teeny, tiny baby in the NICU I’ve always called him my Graham Cracker Crumb. Even though he’s almost 3 now and not crumb-sized anymore (I’m not crying, YOU’RE crying!) he still is, and I think…