Jen’s Chocolate (French) Silk Pie

Jen’s Chocolate (French) Silk Pie

Deeply chocolate and ultra smooth, the chocolate silk filling is crowned with homemade whipped cream and sits on a buttery chocolate cookie crust. Decadent chocolate silk pie combines two layers of chocolate and is a perfect dessert for any occasion. This chocolate lover’s dream pie 

Chocolate Linzer Cookies

Chocolate Linzer Cookies

Dipped in chocolate, these heart-shaped chocolate linzer cookies have all the traditional “spice” flavors of a linzer cookie: hazelnuts, citrus zest and and a little cinnamon, minus the jam usually sandwiched in-between. They’re pretty and oh so good! Looking for a chocolate version of the 

Raspberry Linzer Cookies

Raspberry Linzer Cookies

Gorgeous raspberry jam-filled sandwich cookies made with toasted hazelnuts, citrus zest, cinnamon and almond extract. Raspberry linzer cookies are in the shortbread cookie family, buttery, delicate and spiced perfectly to compliment your favorite jam. Which Cookie Cutters Make the Best Linzer Cookies? You’ll need one 

Chocolate Raspberry Crisp for Two

Chocolate Raspberry Crisp for Two

Raspberry crisp with chocolate streusel, for two! This recipe combines juicy sweetened raspberries with a punch of crisp chocolate streusel, baked to perfection and topped with vanilla ice cream or homemade whipped cream. Chocolate raspberry crisp is the easiest dessert to throw together.  In less than 10 

Chocolate Raspberry Crisp

Chocolate Raspberry Crisp

Another fruit and chocolate development here, this time a spin on a classic fruit crisp made with raspberries and chocolate streusel. This recipe combines juicy sweetened raspberries with a punch of crisp chocolate streusel, baked to perfection and topped with vanilla ice cream or homemade 

Lemon Pizzelle Cookies

Lemon Pizzelle Cookies

Lemon pizzelle cookies are thin and crisp waffle cookies, made with butter, lemon zest and vanilla extract.  Often made at Christmas and Easter in Italy, pizzelle cookies are easy and fun to make!  If you’ve ever had a pizzelle cookie before, you know how beautiful and delicious 

Orange & Chocolate French Butter Cookies (Sablés)

Orange & Chocolate French Butter Cookies (Sablés)

Rolled in sparkly sugar, with barely golden edges, orange chocolate French butter cookies (sables) are flecked with dark chocolate and orange zest.  French butter cookies are generally a perfect addition to a holiday baking line-up, as they’re sturdy and pack beautifully; these orange & chocolate sables 

Chocolate Cherry Trail Mix Cookies

Chocolate Cherry Trail Mix Cookies

Chock-full of goodies like chocolate, dried cherries, oats, almonds and pumpkin seeds, look no further for an amazing chocolate cherry cookie you’ll feel good about eating any time of day. These chocolate cherry trail mix cookies can pass for an after-school snack since they’re filled 

Deep-Dish Dutch Apple Pie

Deep-Dish Dutch Apple Pie

Deep-dish Dutch apple pie. Filled with layer upon layer of soft, cinnamon-scented apples, this pie is, without a doubt, my favorite Thanksgiving pie and the one I make every year. It’s my girls’ favorite, too. The tart-like crust is slightly sweet and the whole thing 

How To: Roll Out Pie Dough

How To: Roll Out Pie Dough

Creating delicious and good looking pies is possible! Follow along to roll out pie dough like a pro with these step-by-step instructions. Rolling out pie dough is so much easier than you might think, and with a little practice you’ll be creating beautiful, or darn 

Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie (Without Corn Syrup)

Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie (Without Corn Syrup)

This over-the-top chocolate bourbon pecan pie started as a Thanksgiving tradition for many years, until my mom started requesting it for her birthday dessert.  Her birthday is just a few days after Thanksgiving, so, often we make it twice in the span of two weeks!  

Chocolate Sugar Cut-Out Cookies

Chocolate Sugar Cut-Out Cookies

In addition to being beautiful, chocolate sugar cut-out cookies have a smooth, dense chocolate flavor and tender, melt-in-your mouth texture. Rolled and shaped with your favorite cookie cutter, and topped with a sparkle of sugar, they’re the perfect sugar cookies for every chocolate lover in