What are you going to do with all that leftover Easter candy? Nikki has provided the perfect solution by choosing Easter candy as this month’s Master Baker ingredient. Keep an eye out for her recipe round-up at the beginning of April. There are bound to be recipes for just about every type of Easter candy [...]

In honor of Pi Day (3.14…nyuk nyuk!) I’m sharing one of my dirty little secrets with you. Here’s a pie that requires no cooking or baking whatsoever, but still tastes fabulous! If you burn the water trying to make tea, you can still make this pie. Hey, even I need a break from cooking now [...]

This is my second Daring Bakers challenge recipe, and I’m happy to say it was another success! I’ve never tasted meringue before, much less tried my hand at making it. It smells like angel cake when it’s baking and has a very similar flavor. The lemon curd was perfect - not too [...]

Tiramisù roughly translates to “pick me up” in reference to the espresso, coffee and alcohol it contains. Frankly, any dessert this rich makes me want to take a nap after! Perhaps that’s why it’s common to serve coffee with dessert, or in this case a nice cup of espresso.
I’d never made tiramisù before because I’ve [...]

I guess you never know where inspiration will strike. I just finished reading From the Corner of His Eye by Dean Koontz. One of the characters proves to be most at home in the kitchen. At one point in the story he makes a batch of chocolate chip cookies with coconut and pecans for his [...]