Tasty Recipes for the Home Cook

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 …

Cranberry Lime Snowball Cookies
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Cranberry Lime Snowball Cookies

Snowball cookies are buttery, melt-in-your-mouth tasty bites. These Cranberry Lime Snowball Cookies have everything you love about the holiday classic but with a sweet, tart, and citrusy flavor profile. One of the best things about December is baking season. These snowball cookies are the latest and greatest baked goods coming out of my kitchen. They are easy and simple to make…and of course, delicious! Plus …

Pumpkin Flan Cake with Maple Brown Butter Glaze
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Pumpkin Flan Cake with Maple Brown Butter Glaze

Pumpkin Flan Cake with Maple Brown Butter Glaze is composed of a tender pumpkin cake layer, a custardy flan layer, and a sweet-nutty-buttery glaze. A garnish of salted pecans provides a deliciously unexpected contrast to the sweetness of the cake. The way my husband and our neighbor went at the glaze on this cake was like a scene from National Geographic. You’d think they haven’t eaten …

Donut Shaped Chocolate Chip Cookies
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Donut Shaped Chocolate Chip Cookies

Take regular chocolate chip cookies to the next level with donut shaped chocolate chip cookies, glazed with melted chocolate, and coated with finely chopped nuts.  Happy June everyone! Do you have some great plans for the summer…a family reunion, a beach vacation, a tropical getaway, a theme park destination, a trip to the mountains, a staycation? Whatever they may be, I hope you have loads of …

Chocolate Crepe Cake with Pumpkin Mascarpone Cream Filling
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Chocolate Crepe Cake with Pumpkin Mascarpone Cream Filling

Chocolate Crepe Cake with Pumpkin Mascarpone Cream Filling is a beautiful addition to any fall or holiday dessert table. It’s covered with chocolate glaze and candied pecans. October marks this blog’s second birthday! Yeah!!! I made this crepe cake just for the special occasion. This creation is not only a thing of beauty but also tastes heavenly. It is my kind of cake—sweet but not …