I have to confess, as beautiful as these summer plums are, they are really just a vessel for the crumble topping. I have a very difficult time restraining myself from picking off the topping before I get to the plums, and I would say I only succeed about 50% of the time.
It happens every summer. There comes a point where I feel like summer is starting to slip away, and I don't want it to be so! Summer technically doesn't end until September 23rd, but Pete is getting ready to start teaching his first semester classes at university in a couple weeks.
Adding pretzels and pecans to the center of these Salted Caramel Shortbread Squares gives them a fun sweet and salty crunch. These dessert squares did not last long around here. *Love these recipes? Sign up for the BruCrew email to have the recipes sent to your inbox.
If a thief were to break into my house and rifle through my kitchen (this is a kitchenware thief), he would find an impressive collection of cookie cutters and conclude that I baked a lot of cookies. Then he would steal my cutters.
Cookies AND cake. I'm losing my mind! With very good reason though. Which is unusual, I know. But but but. It's Eddie's birthday weekend! So in true bloglife fashion, when he walked through the door last week I was all "hey, here is your blog birthday dessert. go to town!"
This Orange Creamsicle Poke Cake is the perfect summer time cake. The cool, creamy and delicious cake will not last long when you share it at any party or picnic. What can I say? I couldn't help myself. I love poke cakes.
Cherries and chocolate chips add a fun surprise inside these easy to make Cherry Chocolate Chip Cupcakes. The fluffy chocolate frosting on top looks fancy, but is easy to swirl on the cupcake tops. *I am partnering with the Cake Boss Baking Site to bring you this recipe.
What do you do when you like thick, crunchy, crumbly cookies but someone you care about likes soft, thin, chewy ones? Well, OK, I guess you could make both. But I think this time we'll just make him what he wants. Of course, that's not necessarily easy since what he wants is basically a homemade Entenmann's chocolate chip cookie.
Vanilla Cinnamon Roll Dutch Baby with Apple Bourbon Compote and Cream Cheese Icing | How Sweet It Is
SO MUCH RECIPE. I know. This is one of those recipes that you need to think twice about: is it breakfast or dessert? Or even more importantly, is it breakfast dessert? i.e. brunch dessert? Growing up it always seemed liked donuts were touted as a breakfast food - obviously not a healthy, everyday breakfast food but they always made an appearance at breakfast, right?
No Bake Oreo Cheesecake Bars Here's a simple recipe that is always a big hit at a BBQ: No Bake Oreo Cheesecake Bars As it turns out, there are very few summer days left in this season. Just a few more weekends to go, and then we'll be grabbing sweaters in the morning and thinking about putting our patio furniture away.