If someone asked you what your favorite sweet bakery treat would be, I would bet most of you would give an answer that includes some sort of puff pastry as it’s base. Croissants, danishes, and certainly the recently popular Cronut®.
Confections / Sweets
Baked Candied Pecans
Short and sweet… and certainly addictive! With my family being from Georgia, I grew up on pecans. I can remember sitting in my grandmother’s living room after family holidays with a nut sheller for hours. That was the deal. She would give us a couple boxes (yes… boxes.) of perfect Georgia pecans if we…
Leprechaun Patties
Arrrrr! Wait… Tee Hee! I’m not quite sure what noise a leprechaun makes, but whatever it is will be exactly the sound that you will be making after trying these delicious cookie sandwiches. A bit of Baileys will perfectly accent the dark, sweetened chocolate sablé cookies with a smooth, creamy mint filling between. I’ll…
Cream Puffs / Pâte à Choux
It’s a Saturday morning(ish) and you manage to crawl out of bed and stumble into your favorite Chinese buffet for lunch. What is better than plates of beige fried food and unlimited sushi for $7.49? The cream puffs at the end, that’s what. I’m going to show you one of the easiest, best tasting…
Cuppa Cuppa Cuppa Cake
There is nothing that I love more than a super-simple, sweet recipe. Well, other than Dolly Parton. This is Nashville, after all. This recipe combines the best of both worlds. The Cuppa Cuppa Cuppa Cake is a the sweet creation of Truvy (Dolly Parton) from one of the all-time best classic movies, Steel…
Almond Amaretto Tarts
Another boozy baking post? I think so! This time, we will be making delicious tarts with a buttery, flaky crust, a creamy almond (frangipane) filling and smooth amber amaretto-infused caramel nut topping.
{Award-Winning} Cell Cookies
Monocytes, neutrophils, eosinophils, phagocytes… OH MY! High school biology flashback, anyone? Whether you enjoyed science or not, I know you will enjoy eating it! Geek out with our cellular, iced cookies.
Samoa Mini Doughnuts
I was in my lab this past week, and someone came in and asked if I wanted to order some…. YES! YES! Of course I want to order some Girl Scout cookies! My heart starting beating rapidly. Most likely somewhat out of sync out of anticipation. I’ll take 8. 8 boxes. 2 Thin Mint®, 2 peanut…
Blackberry Bourbon Cupcakes
First thing first… Technically, I sorta already lied to you in the title. I feel terrible about it, of course. But, Blackberry Whiskey Cupcakes doesn’t have the same glorious ring to it that Blackberry Bourbon Cupcakes does! I apologize to my fellow Nashvillian, Tennessee whiskey fanatics. BUT, these will taste just as delicious with bourbon or…
Lemon Drop Candies
“They’re a kind of Muggle sweet I’m rather fond of.” – Albus Dumbledore. When life gives you lemons (I’m talking to you, Yolanda)… you mix them with vodka, or make candy out of them! For this post, we will focus on the candy. We’ll save the drinks for another day, when some most of us have…
