Desserts

New Orleans Bourbon Bread Pudding with Bourbon Sauce

Our friend Kim, who comes through with a dessert whenever we don’t want to make one, brought this amazing New Orleans Bourbon Bread Pudding with Bourbon Sauce to Bourbonfest. Well…sort of! She brought the New Orleans Bourbon Bread Pudding but decided not to make the […]

Bourbon Brownies

Bourbon Brownies

Ok…so this is just genius. Our friend Richard brought over Bourbon Brownies for Bourbonfest. When I asked for the recipe, all he said was, ” I just used Ghiardelli brownie mix with pecans and added bourbon to taste before baking.” LOVE IT!!!   Related Images:

Thanksgiving Desserts

Thanksgiving Desserts

Desserts are a key to Thanksgiving dinner. I am not a huge dessert person, but I can’t say that about everyone so I try to step it up around the holidays. I usually have people bring pies since I just don’t like making them, but we […]

Pumpkin Roll

Pumpkin Roll

Growing up, pumpkin roll was one of the only desserts I looked forward to eating at the holidays. My aunt always made it and when I moved to California, I really missed it. Since I wasn’t a baker (much less a cook at that time), […]

Blackberry Pudding Cake

Blackberry Pudding Cake

I ran across a recipe in Gourmet magazine a long time ago for a pudding cake. It said the recipe was an ‘every day quick kitchen’ recipe. Since I’m not a big dessert maker, I liked the idea of quick so I gave it a […]

Raspberry Shortcake Dessert

Raspberry Shortcake Dessert

Raspberries were on sale the other day and I decided to buy some for a little dessert treat for the family. As Denise and I have mentioned many times, neither of us really likes to ‘bake’ but I’m fine to throw a few ingredients together […]

Peach Cream Pie

Peach Cream Pie

On a recent visit to North Carolina, my mom gave me a recipe for Peach Cream Pie she found in a magazine called Our State. The recipe was submitted by Sue Weddle and it sounded delicious so I thought I’d give it a try, especially […]