Tag: dessert

Sweet Treats: Beyond the Bakery

This week, we dig deep for a different kind of pastry pusher -- one or two-person operations working from the backs of restaurants, in borrowed commercial kitchens and behind farm stand stalls.

Whoopie Pies

Move over cupcakes. The darling of the pastry-set these days are Whoopie Pies, a less precious, more lunchbox-friendly marriage of cake and cream.

Petite Cheesecakes

Submitted by Teena Hardee You will need:1 – 2 cans Cherry Pie Filling and or Blueberry Pie Filling (whatever you like on top of your cheesecake) Blend together well till light and fluffy: Two 8oz pkgs. Cream Cheese -softened¾ Cup Sugar2 eggs1 tablespoon lemon juice1 teaspoon vanilla Place a mini vanilla wafer into tassy cup […]

Ricotta Cookies

Submitted by Jill Engvaldsen I have been making these cookies since I was not quite a teenager and they’ve always been a hit. Most crinkle their noses… Ricotta Cookies? and then they get quiet as they bite into these moist and lovely cookies, wonderful with tea! CREAM the following: 1/2 lb butter 2 C Sugar […]

Tres Leches Cake

Where to get the famous three milks cake