When the kid was little we went to a you-pick apple farm and ended up with far too many apples for my family of three to eat. I experimented with various recipes from apple crumbles, to apple crisps, to apple sauce and finally to apple hand pies. These are a simple and fun way to…
Category: Baking
Breakfast Cookie
Breakfast Cookie Cookie – breakfast, combine the two and you have a hit on your hands. I mean who does not like a cookie for breakfast. Breakfast Cookie? Who ever heard of such a wonderful thing? Well that would be me, and I have been making these since my kiddo was a toddler. Being a…
Gluten Free Ricotta Cake
Gluten Free Ricotta Cake I’ve been in a baking mood the last month and heard about an Italian gluten free ricotta cake. I looked around and found a recipe, then tweaked it to be not only gluten free but dairy free as well. My entire family loved this. It had a rich buttery texture, was…
Virtual Cookie Swap 2018 Link Party
You know what time of year it is? It’s cookie baking season! My favorite time of year. As many of you know, I used to host an annual cookie swap party, but unfortunately I had to stop doing that because at my last cookie party I had a nasty allergic reaction to a cookie with…
Cream Cheese Cookie: VIRTUAL COOKIE SWAP
This recipe for a Cream Cheese Cookie comes from my mother who got it from her grandmother. When my mom was little they would visit her grandparents in Pompton Lakes, NJ for the holidays and my great grandmother Albigese would make these Italian cookies for my mom and her siblings. I have since turned it…
Anise Cookie: VIRTUAL COOKIE SWAP
Here is another recipe my mother got from her grandmother. My Italian great grandmother Albigese used to bake this Anise Cookie when my mom would visit Pompton Lakes (PL) as a child. I hope you enjoy baking these with your loved ones and that you make happy memories that will live through the generations. ANISE…
How to Host a Cookie Exchange
It’s that time of year… Cookie Exchange time. As a special treat I thought I’d pass along instructions on how to host a cookie exchange. While I’m no longer hosting a physical cookie exchange, I figure it’s just too challenging with my food allergy concerns, I do host my online cookie exchange. This year marks…
Finger Nibblers
Now aren’t these just a fun thing? I just couldn’t resist making these edible finger nibblers. This recipe is one you’ll want to make for Halloween, you could even pack them in school lunches! If you want to hit the easy button, feel free to use ready made pizza dough instead of making the dough…
Chocolate Morning Muffin
I discovered these yummy chocolate morning muffin that are perfect any morning you want to tell your loved ones you’re thinking about them. This is is a moderately sweet recipe – not over the top as some muffins can be. Be aware that the brand of gluten free flour you use will have a large…