Desserts & Pastry

Blue Cheese Ice Cream is not what you would normally scoop up into a cone…vanilla ice cream is so passe´…so last year. A small scoop of Blue Cheese Ice Cream can be… a garnish to your next pear, berry, or peach composite salad. Add it to a parfait of brandied cherries or peaches, drizzled with dark chocolate, and don’t forget the candied nuts! You will be amazed of the creamy, cool, slight sweetness, nuttiness, and welcoming flavor that accelerates your salad to the next level…I kid you not! Blue cheese lovers …get out of your comfort zone and try a...

Cherry Pie with an all Butter, Egg, and Milk Crust and Lattice Top Cherry Pie at It’s Best! So dive into ecstasy…if  you choose too… You May Just Like It Too Much!!! Ok, I have captured your attention so far…now its time to steal your heart… What is it about cherry pie that wants you too scream ecstasy with one bite! Is it the round small fruit, with the firm flesh, sour and  sweetness, wrapped up in a buttery crust, that explodes with flavor to your mouth? No… Or is it  that you can tie a knot in the stem,...

Chocolate Pecan Ginger Bourbon Pie in a Flaky All Butter Vodka Pie Crust Without a doubt, this chocolate pecan ginger bourbon pie recipe will surely put you in the winner’s circle! And not just at the Thanksgiving Dessert Table. This pie travels well and always as high reviews at any venue. Dark chocolate (like semisweet and bittersweet) is often considered the most versatile of the chocolates because it’s less sweet. It pairs with so many foods. Chocolate enhances the flavor of nuts, better than others. Pecans have very distinct flavor components that go great with dark or milk chocolate. Did you know,...

Step aside ordinary oatmeal cookies! Put one of these babies between your lips and bite down…hear the crunch, and taste the deviousness of these naughty little sinful cookies.   Be prepared for a cookie dough that is rich in butter and two kinds of sugars, complete with oatmeal, raisins, and walnuts. The little secret is the candied ginger.  I’ll bet you can’t eat just one! Yields 48 [ingredients title=”Equipment”] Stand up mixer or hand held Measuring spoons and cups 1 mixing bowl, for eggs (+ 1 extra large bowl if using hand mixer) Sifter Chef knife Rubber spatula 2 teaspoons to...