Desserts

This is from The Pioneer Woman and I cut the quantity since she obviously cooks for a MUCH larger crowd than I do most days. I also added lemon zest because that’s the secret to my Mother’s apple pie recipe and I threw in some cinnamon...

I saw this in Southern Living and it was called “Tangerine Chess Pie”. I didn’t have any tangerines on hand but I did have some beautiful oranges and they worked perfectly. I really liked this recipe, it’s full of fresh citrus flavor! Ingredients: 1 pie crust...

I love blueberry pie, who doesn’t? The one stumbling block I’ve found is that the berries can be expensive and it takes a lot of them to make a proper pie. I finally solved this dilemna when I tried combining one part blueberry pie filling and...

My friend Jami grew up Kansas eating the same kind of food that my mother prepared for us. When she mentioned her own mother’s “Salad Dressing Cake” I had a flashback of this wonderfully moist chocolate cake that we used to have when I was a...

 I swiped this from one of my favorite Food Network Shows, “Down Home With The Neelys”.  It is almost effortless to make and the corn meal makes it very different from a traditional Upside Down Cake. It’s almost more like a sweet griddle cake. I topped...

 Frosting: 2 8 oz. packages cream cheese 1 cup butter (2 sticks) 4 cups powdered sugar 1/2 cup seedless strawberry jam 3/4 cup heavy cream Cake: 1 white cake mix prepared according to directions 3/4 cup strawberry jam 2 1/4 cup fresh strawberries sliced Instructions: Prepare...

I made these on Christmas Day because I just didn’t feel like the traditional pumpkin or pecan pie this year. You can pick up the decorating kits from any gourmet kitchen store. They come with 24 cupcake  liners and ornamental picks but you’ll only need to...