Tasty Recipes for the Home Cook

Pumpkin Queijadas
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Pumpkin Queijadas (Pumpkin Milk Tarts)

If you like Portuguese Queijadas de Leite, you will like these Pumpkin Queijadas. These pumpkin milk tarts are custardy with the flavor of pumpkin, cinnamon, and other warm spices. They are perfect for the fall and winter dessert table. One of the most popular recipes on this blog is Portuguese Queijadas or Queijadas de Leite. Like these pumpkin versions, they are custardy but with a …

No Churn Blueberry Crumble Ice Cream
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No Churn Blueberry Crumble Ice Cream

No Churn Blueberry Crumble Ice Cream is creamy vanilla ice cream with a nutty-tasting crumble and blueberry swirls. The no churn method allows you to make delicious ice cream without an ice cream maker. This is a must-have in your summer dessert arsenal! Blueberry crumble has been my favorite ice cream flavor for the past few years. The ice cream stand my husband and I …

Fried Ice Cream Sundae
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Fried Ice Cream Sundae

For an unforgettable treat, make Fried Ice Cream Sundae!! It’s ice cream in a crunchy coating and flash-fried. Serve with your choice of toppings for a decadent treat! Ice cream is not something I crave during the cold winter of Massachusetts. But when it’s in the form of a fried ice cream sundae, I make exceptions. Yes, it’s that good!! Fried ice cream allows you …

Vanilla Bean Butter Cookies
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Vanilla Bean Butter Cookies

Vanilla Bean Butter Cookies are crisp and buttery, with tender crumbs and a melt-in-your-mouth feel. Vanilla bean paste amps up the flavor as well as add dark specks throughout. These cookies are made simply with just a few basic ingredients. Using quality ingredients truly makes them shine. No wonder butter cookies are a classic. The butteriness, the crispy edges, the tender crumb, and a melt-in-your-mouth …

Old-Fashioned Apple Crisp
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Old-Fashioned Apple Crisp

Apple crisp is the ultimate fall dessert. This Old-Fashioned Apple Crisp has sweetened tender apples, the warmth of cinnamon, and the crispiness of buttery crumble. It is sublime served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Apple crisp is one of my family’s favorite desserts. My daughter loves it so much that she sometimes requests it instead of a birthday cake for her birthday. There …

Blueberry Crumb Cake
Breakfast Dessert

Blueberry Crumb Cake

This blueberry crumb cake is moist, tender, and bursting with blueberries. It’s topped with a generous layer of crunchy, sweet, and buttery streusel. This quintessential summer sweet treat is perfect for breakfast, brunch, dessert, or a snack. My husband and love blueberries so much! Our refrigerator is always stocked with cartonfuls during summertime. The hubs eats them like popcorn, and I  like to incorporate them …