Desserts

A Cozy Thanksgiving: Spiced Pumpkin Cream Parfaits, A No-Bake Treat

by Ingrid Beer November 7, 2012
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You may or may not know this about me: I have a thing for dessert parfaits. Though I thoroughly adore the idea of having homemade, from-scratch baked goodies like cookies, cakes, croustades and rustic pies at my fingertips, we don’t usually have those sweet treats but on special occasions, or when I’m specifically in the [...]

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“Pancakes ‘n’ Bacon Cookies”, And Breakfast For Dinner Or As A Snack

by Ingrid Beer October 14, 2012
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In our house, we like to create our own zany reality. Funny enough, nobody would ever suspect just how silly our little family is; to look at us, we’re very straight-laced and socially well-behaved people. But when we’re in the privacy of our home, our own little sanctuary, things are different. So very often, loud [...]

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Old Mill, Apple Cider Hushpuppies, And Why The Fall Tastes So Good

by Ingrid Beer September 23, 2012
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As a little girl growing up in Michigan, my parents and I would often go to our little local apple orchard in the fall. This place looked like an old, red mill/farmhouse, and during the winter, spring and summer, it looked like a ghost town; but in the fall, when the apples would be ready [...]

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Dessert In A Glass: Lemon “Pucker Up” Parfaits with Vanilla Bean Cream

by Ingrid Beer August 5, 2012
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The golden rays of the sun can be impish and playful. They find their way through the tiny hairline cracks in the walls, and beckon me into the fresh air where the fullness of their glorious light can envelope me, warm me, purify me. A step taken outside and these little rays reach down out [...]

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Cozy Cameo: Getting A Little Corny with Juicy Summer Blueberry “Pie” Bars

by Ingrid Beer July 22, 2012
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I’m not typically someone who does a lot of baking, but the gorgeous bounty of fruit that the summer produces puts me under a mysterious spell and gets me in the mood. Fresh fruit is at its sweetest and most glorious now, and proudly calls out to be used in ways that will satisfy a [...]

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