love baking -- the whisking, the waiting, the heat.
My husband loves butterscotch anything -- cookies, caramel sauce, blondies.
But I second the Bananas Foster. That was one of his favorites.
We love tiramisu. Fantastico!
Rosemary pull-apart focaccia with sea salt. I can eat it for dinner.
Daylight Donuts in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. Awesome maple-glazed donuts.
By far the best apple fritter I've ever tasted.
CathQ -- I'll definitely try out some of Jim's pancake ideas. Really like the PacMan and dinosaur pancakes.
Awesome ideas!
BitchinFixins -- Per your suggestion, I used the oatmeal-decorating (syrup, cinnamon, sprinkles, raisins, chips) idea this morning. She loved it!
I love all the ideas. Especially the squirt bottle tips -- definitely use that for pancakes and decorating -- and the fruit dipping idea.
Mr. Nick -- thank you for the cool creations! I'm probably going to try all of them. Margarita-style rimmed glasses and chilled bowls...so cool.
I've favorited this thread. I'll be coming back to it again and again.
German pancakes with honey, blackened chicken sandwich with swiss, and a coffee-toffee pecan pie.
I have a crazy sweet tooth, so I love the idea of a gallery dedicated to sugar! Can't wait to see this week's creamy desserts!
Awesome suggestions. I think I'm going to kind of hack it, too.
Also, I thought Kelly's site was cute, We Meat Again. Loved the close-ups on the cookies. I'm probably going to use her recipe, along with the other suggestions for the shortbread base. If the Samoas turn out well, hopefully post them at some point. Thank you!
Maple salmon -- it's sweet and simple and delicious. The maple suits the salmon perfectly. My favorite meal...ever.
http://blackjackbakehouse.wordpress.com/2011/05/08/maple-salmon/
I loved the filling in these cream horns we used to buy at the grocery store when I was a kid.
The filling was light, fluffy and sweet. It wasn't whipped cream or pastry cream.
Does anyone have a good recipe for this fluffy filling? Thanks!
I'm looking for fun breakfast ideas for my 3 1/2-year-old daughter.
I've tried rainbow pancakes and cherry yogurt parfaits, but would love some new ideas. Thanks!
I'm looking for the best coconut Samoa cookie recipe out there. Any suggestions? Thanks!
In my quest to capture American desserts, I've polled friends and relatives for favorites from their childhoods. Among Michiganders, especially those with Detroit roots, Sanders' Bumpy Cake commands some serious nostalgia points. What is Bumpy Cake? Short answer: addictive. Long answer: a Devil's Food Cake with stripes of sugary buttercream topped with "pourable fudge" frosting. Yes, pourable fudge frosting. More
These vanilla cookies are topped off with a rich chocolaty glaze and filled with fresh whipped cream. More
Some things just go together—peanut butter and jelly, cheese and crackers, chocolate and mayonnaise. Wait, what? You don't yet know about how awesome chocolate mayonnaise cake is? Today's recipe was actually inspired by a SE Talk thread. I can't say I know its exact origins, but it's certainly nothing new—many recipes refer to it as "World War II" or "Depression-Era" chocolate cake. It's no wonder this recipe has lasted—this chocolate cake is moist, tender and delightful. And really easy to make. More
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I'm looking for fun breakfast ideas for my 3 1/2-year-old daughter. I've tried rainbow pancakes and cherry yogurt parfaits, but would love some new ideas. Thanks!... More
These cookies were worlds away from Chips Ahoy and remarkable different from the classic Toll House version that so many of us find synonymous with chocolate chip cookies. Their incredible depth of flavor might make you pause and think about the ingredients. For a humble chocolate chip cookie that's a pretty incredible feat. More
Banana pops -- frozen banana slice on a stick dipped in Biscoff Spread and chocolate, covered in chopped almonds. Tastes naughty, like ice cream.