It’s always interesting to me to watch what fads come in and out of the food scene. Cronuts™ to cupcakes to kale everything. Blood oranges are now one of the most flashed around photos on the scene. Citrus always makes a strong appearance during the winter months, but this juicy jewel has taken the…
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Ginger Beer Cupcakes with Roasted Pear Mascarpone Frosting
Sometimes, I find myself daydreaming of new confections that Wonka would put out of his tiny-people ran factory. Maybe a snozzberry gumdrop, strawberry pie lollipops that are the size of your head, miniature chocolate Oompas for Loompa Easter. During my last daydreaming deluge, I came back to earth to decide on something almost as magical: Ginger Beer Cupcakes. Spicy,…
Jam Jar Key Lime Pies
Georgia is known for the perfect peaches and pecans. Tennessee is known for whiskey (and Southern FATTY, of course). Kentucky for its horses & bourbon. Florida… has to be retirees Key Lime Pie. What’s better than your very own pie? Nothing. That’s what. — Individual Key Lime Pies in little jars is where it’s…
Salted Caramel Peach Cobbler
Cobbler is one of those soul foods that is always a home run. (Baby) It’s getting sooo cold outside. What better to fight the frost than a homemade cobbler? (Individual) Salted Caramel Peach Cobbler — We pull out those frozen, fresh peaches for a quick, individual serving cobbler recipe topped with caramel.
Blueberry Glazed Peppered Corn Doughnuts
Black pepper is always a welcomed addition to most of the savory dishes that I make at home. This time, I decided to incorporate a bit of savory into my sweet. Blueberry Glazed Peppered Corn Doughnuts were the result — Fresh bits of black peppercorns bursting through a blueberry glazed sweet corn cake doughnut for something a bit…
Simple Peach Sorbet
WHAT? Ice cream in this weather?! — YES! I am one of those people that absolutely love ice cream when it’s freezing cold and coffee when it’s blazing hot out. This is how I have learned to make a simple, single-serving sorbet with as little as two ingredients. Craving some peach sorbet or ice…
Cranberry Marzipan Cookies
Ahhhhh, Holidays. Parties with great friends, the best music of the year, and an endless supply of baked goods to keep you hyper enough to attend them all. It’s that time of year, y’all! To start things off on the right foot, here is a favorite creation of mine. Buttery shortbread base, simple cranberry…
Honeycrisp Cider Caramels
Let’s talk caramel. I’ve seen caramels made with everything from passion fruit to duck fat (SO good!). For a tasty fall treat, I decided to make some melt-in-your-mouth Honeycrisp Cider Caramels for a tart, but sweet treat.
Peach Simple Syrup
It may be the end of summer. We may have already started into the fall recipes here on the blog. BUT, with all of that said, I still have this tiny bit of summer cheer left in me. That and an additional 10 pounds of freshly-frozen local peaches that I picked not too long ago….
Maple Whiskey Peach Fritters
Millions of peaches, peaches for me! — It’s nearing the end of peach season (womp, womp), but there is still a bit of time if you haven’t taken the opportunity to go grab a basket of fresh ones for yourself. I recently went with the intention of coming home with like half of a…
