Cooking through the seasons for family & friends in my Colorado kitchen
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 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 …
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 …
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. 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 …
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 …
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! …
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 …
Cardamom cookies with brown butter icing are fudgy bar cookies, topped with pecans and drizzled with brown butter frosting. So delicous & so easy! If you’ve never had cardamom before, you’re in for a real treat when you whip up these cardamom cookies with brown …
I realize adding a newbie cookie to the holiday line up is a risk. Breaking traditions at Christmastime, especially this year, as we grasp for any sort of convention, is strictly forbidden. However, if you make one new cookie this year, I urge you to make …
Cinnamon, nutmeg, molasses and ginger…there’s just something in that combination that screams holiday cookie baking! There’s also something wonderful about a bakery-sized ginger cookie. They always feel more special, especially when they’re super-soft and chewy. These fresh ginger cookies are a must-try! My grandma Tina …
Chunks of dark chocolate, a delicate crisp texture, and rich, caramel flavor make these bakery-sized, ultra-thin chocolate chunk cookies irresistible! Every cookie plate must have a chocolate chip cookie. Thin and crispy chocolate chunk cookies are chocolate-forward and extra special, perfect for the holidays or, let’s …