Noir Bars
Posted by Tracy | Filed under desserts & sweets
Note: This post was originally published March 30, 2009. I’ve modified the recipe since then (and I’ve also updated the photos). Enjoy! First things first; fall is here! If you don’t know me by now, you know that fall is my absolute favorite season. Yep, I’m that crazy person who starts putting fall decorations up [...]
Tags: cheesecake, chocolate, ganache
Tombstone Brownies
Posted by Tracy | Filed under desserts & sweets
I’m having so much fun with the #GreatHallowTweet bloghop! These Milan tombstone brownies were actually the first idea I had when I was trying to decide on what Halloween treats to make. The actual “tombstones” are based on the Milan cookies I made for the July Daring Baker Challenge, except I halved the recipe and filled them [...]
Tags: brownie, chocolate, cookie, ganache, greathallowtweet
Daring Baker Challenge: Milan Cookies
Posted by Tracy | Filed under desserts & sweets
The July Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Nicole at Sweet Tooth. She chose Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Cookies and Milan Cookies from pastry chef Gale Gand of the Food Network. I’m so excited to be participating in this month’s Daring Baker challenge! Since this is my first time, I decided to only tackle one of the recipes rather [...]
Tags: cookie, daring baker, ganache
Strawberry Picking
Posted by Tracy | Filed under appetizers, desserts & sweets
Last weekend, hubby and I went strawberry picking. Almost every year we go apple picking, but somehow I’ve never been to pick strawberries before! It was a lot of fun… …and we left with 6 quarts of strawberries! Now, I just need to figure out what to do with them all…I think we’ve only made [...]
Tags: chocolate, ganache, strawberry
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes
Posted by Tracy | Filed under desserts & sweets
Hubby and I had a party to go to this past weekend, so I was trying to figure out what to bring. I was pretty sure I wanted to bring cupcakes, and I was definitely sure that they needed to contain chocolate. Then, I remembered the chocolate chip cookie dough brownies I made back in [...]
