Dessert Recipes
Strawberry Shortcake
I remember waiting and waiting for the first strawberries of the summer when I was a child. It seemed like forever before they arrived. But once they did, joyfully, there was an abundance! I spent many a summer morning eating bowls and bowls of fresh, fragrant, sweet strawberries. Strawberry shortcake is a true summer treat….
Whipped Cream
Nothing can replace the taste of freshly whipped cream. The recipe is so easy and the results so luscious, there’s no reason not to try it yourself. Your family and friends will definitely thank you for it!
Shortcake Biscuits
These shortcake biscuits are simple, slightly sweetened, cream biscuits. Very easy to make, they are a perfect base for strawberry shortcake. They do a great job of soaking up the lovely strawberry juices yet manage to hold their shape.
Simple, Delicious Strawberry Sauce
The taste of this simple sauce of slightly sweetened, fresh strawberries transports me back to my childhood summers. In my memories, the berries are just picked and still sandy, the air is warm and humid, and my friends and I are barefoot and laughing. Ah summer!
Chocolate Coconut Bon Bons
On Monday I had the pleasure of being a judge at the 6th annual K&L Gates Cook-Off/ Bake-Off. This was a friendly, in-house cooking competition organized by the Diversity Committee at K&L with four categories for the dishes: appetizers, entrées, desserts, and a kid’s category. There were a lot of friendly rivalries, competition, ribbing, cheers,…
Snow Ice Cream
I know this is an odd post for April, but we had our biggest snowstorm of the season last week. It was the first time this winter that we could make snow ice cream, a childhood favorite of mine. My sister, Kim, and I loved coming home from school on sufficiently snowy days to make…