Two favorite fall recipes combined into one delicious bite. Crispy brandy snaps, a simple caramel shell, filled with rich apple pie filling. Finished with a dip in cinnamon sugar, this recipe is possibly my new favorite for the season. Sometimes you finish baking something and just have to step back for a moment and enjoy…
Confections / Sweets
Classic Apple Turnovers
Fall is in the air with these classic golden puff pastry, Honeycrisp apples make for the perfect apple pie filling in these flaky pastries. Few items invoke as much nostalgia as an apple does during early autumn. It’s when I know that we are heading into my favorite of seasons; the classic combination of in-season…
S’mores Crêpe Cake
Bringing the campfire fav into the kitchen, this S’mores Crepe Cake recipe has chocolate crepe layers topped with 30-layers of marshmallow buttercream, topped with chocolate ganache and toasted marshmallows. I feel like I’ve totally become that old man that just talks and whines about the weather every day. So, with that said, it’s so damn…
Banana Pecan Bourbon Dutch Baby
This Dutch baby fluffy pancake is topped with banana slices, powdered sugar, Georgia pecans, and rich bourbon caramel sauce. Perfect brunch recipe! Nightly gathering of all of the kids in the living room. National news, followed by Jeopardy, was always on the TV. The kids were sequestered to the rug and the adults on the…
Whiskey Peach Pop Tarts
Your favorite grab-and-go breakfast pastry gets a sweet southern makeover with these homemade peach-filled, whiskey-glazed pop tarts recipe with my partners at Jackson Morgan Southern Cream. I can remember coming home from school hoping to sneak a snack before dinner. The first bite I would try to grab would be a pop tart. Frosted strawberry…
Red Wine Cherry Glazed Cheesecake
Ahhhhh, cheesecake. Quite possibly my favorite dessert, there is just something marvelous about the tangy, creamy base with a graham crust. If that weren’t enough, I decided to pair a favorite wine with the mix. Since I already had a glass out, I decided to throw in just a splash of this beautiful red blend…
Raspberry Brown Butter Chiffon Cake
Sometimes in life… you just need some cake. This month has been one of those months for me. Two big trips, lots of photography client deadlines, and a move (more on that later) mixed right in the middle of it all. I wondered if baking a cake would distract me enough to simmer down a…
Coffee Coffee Cake
Steeping my coffee cake game to a whole new level with a super moist yogurt buttermilk coffee cake, complete with coffee brown sugar cinnamon swirls, coffee streusel crumble, and a sweet coffee glaze. Wake up, San Francisco! It’s time to drink your coffee and eat it too. — Everything is better with coffee. There’s something magical…
Banana Cream Mousse Tart with NILLA Wafers Crust
This post has been sponsored by NILLA Wafers. All thoughts and opinions are my own. — A tart that will take those banana pudding memories to a whole new level. NILLA Wafers butter crust is topped with malted chocolate ganache and a banana-packed white chocolate mousse. Finished with whipped cream, bananas, and crushed NILLA Wafers….
Chocolate Rye Brownies with Bourbon Caramel
I guess I’m just going to continue the whole chocolate theme for the month with these. I don’t expect anyone will have too much protest for that, right? These chocolate rye brownies with a bourbon caramel swirl and crunchy pistachios are a unique, toasty twist on a fudgy brownie. Rye flour is something that I’ve…