Salted Caramel Pecan Turtles are delicious candy that is so much easier to make than it looks. You’ll need ten minutes. And no candy thermometer and no boiling sugary syrups. Use store bought caramel candy (or block caramel), toasted pecans and dark chocolate disks for a quick and easy gourmet treat to gift to your…
Pumpkin Spice Sugared Pecans
Scrumptious pumpkin spiced nuts. These babies are addictive, crunchy, sweet spiced nuts, perfect for the season: Pumpkin Spice Sugared Pecans. Easy to make, they mix together in five minutes and bake for an hour and a half. As fall settles in, I so look forward to the yummy kitchen aromas that accompany fall baking. Apples, pumpkin…
Easy Classic Lemon Curd
Easy Classic Lemon Curd: So easy to make, this simultaneously sweet and mouth-puckeringly tart lemon curd sauce is the perfect topping for cheesecake, ice cream and sponge cake. Layer in parfaits or between cake layers. Or just grab your spoon! This simple recipe uses four fresh ingredients you probably already have on hand: lemons, butter,…
Vanilla Bean Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe
This Vanilla Bean Cream Cheese Frosting recipe is a light and fluffy cream cheese frosting flecked with yummy vanilla bean specks. Cream cheese and butter combine for a gourmet cream cheese frosting that’s a showstopper on cakes and cupcakes alike! Homemade Vanilla Bean Cream Cheese Frosting If you’re a cream cheese frosting lover, this simple…
Best Maple Syrup Recipes
Today I’m sharing some of my Best Maple Syrup Recipes! If you know me at all, you know I’m a true blue New England girl who loves her maple syrup. I counted the other day and there are nearly twenty maple syrup recipes here on the blog! So woo hoo. Even as a little kid, I…
Salted Caramel Sauce
This homemade Salted Caramel Sauce is a breeze to make and immediately elevates anything it’s drizzled upon. All you need is five ingredients that you likely have on-hand and 10 minutes to make this recipe from start to finish. Easy Salted Caramel Sauce (Perfect for Snowy Days!) Snowy mornings are always an extra challenge around…
Sweet Lime Cranberry Salsa
Sweet and tart, tangy and addictive: that’s Sweet Lime Cranberry Salsa in a nutshell. So festive and pretty served with fresh cheeses and crackers on the appetizer sideboard, especially during the holidays. They’ll all want the recipe. And it’s easy! So it’s about a week before Christmas now and maybe you’re feeling that sugar burn-out. Or…
Christmas Sugar Cookies
Gorgeous frosted Christmas Sugar Cookies all season long without stress? Yaaaasss! With a little planning and these handy tips, you can too! I’ve made these light buttery roll-out cookies for decades. These are hands down the best Christmas Sugar Cookies I’ve tasted. They’re light and delicate, crunchy and pair perfectly with buttery frosting. Divine with coffee! (Warning:…
How to Make Vanilla Bean Maple Syrup
Following is a wonderful, easy recipe for Vanilla Bean Maple Syrup. It’s a great treat for breakfast and brunch or makes a gourmet gift. (If you can part with it.) Keep in mind it takes two weeks to “cure”, so now’s the perfect time to make a few bottles for holiday gifts!My Mainer grandfather knew a good…
Maple Praline Pecan Sauce
Maple Praline Pecan Sauce: ultimate New England praline sauce magically transforms a plain-jane dessert into a masterpiece. Nothing better than real maple syrup, fresh cream and pecans! So here I sit outside on my patio this breezy September afternoon writing this post, doing what I can to protect myself from the violence above. An army of…
