Dessert

Chopping Chocolate: Dark Chocolate Buckwheat Brownies with Nutella Ganache (+ A Knife Giveaway!)

Dark Chocolate Buckwheat Brownies with Nutella Ganache Makes about 30 servings For the Brownies: 1 cup (8 ounces) unsalted butter 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate (70% cacao or darker), chopped 2 1/2 cups turbinado sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 6 large eggs 3/4 cup all-purpose flour 3/4 cup buckwheat flour 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1 […]

Today is Fat Tuesday, aka Mardi Gras or Pancake Day, depending on what country you live in. I’ve been celebrating today with dessert for breakfast with Pumpkin Pie Pancake from Scattered Mom as well as these awesome Gluten-Free Pancakes with Sliced Almonds from Celiac Teen. To wrap up my weeks of pancake celebrating, I wanted […]

If you missed my announcement about my Pancake Week celebrations, it’s time for you to get up to speed!! I’ve added a Pancake Week page here on LFM where all of the various pancake week posts and activities will be posted, so if you think you’ve missed anything, you can always find it there! Over […]

Chocolate Nutella Sandwich Cookies Makes 20 sandwich cookies 4 tablespoons butter, at room temperature 1/2 cup ground almonds 7 tablespoons cake flour 5 tablespoons powdered sugar, sifted 1 tablespoon cocoa powder 1/3 cup Nutella, for filling 1. Beat the butter in a bowl until creamy and fluffy. In a separate bowl, whisk together the ground […]

Because I am determined not to let you find me with glazed eyes lying motionless on my kitchen floor come February 15th, I’ve been thinking of some ways to cut back on sugar overload between now and Valentine’s Day (less than two weeks away!). Today I’m sharing a recipe for little chocolate sandwich cookies—white chocolate […]

Ho Ho Cake Makes approximately 14 servings Recipe Notes: This cake is very moist, so be careful when removing it from the cake pans. You can substitute a variety of toppings for the toasted almonds—crushed candy cane, fresh berries, chocolate curls, etc. For the Devil’s Food Cake: (adapted from Bon Appetit, December 2008) 2 2/3 […]

Little Bo Bakes Peanut Butter Cookies Makes 30 cookies 1 cup granulated sugar 1 cup brown sugar, packed 2 large eggs 1 cup butter 1 cup peanut butter 1/4 cup milk 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 4 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 1 1/4 teaspoon salt granulated sugar, for rolling the dough balls 30 […]

* Don’t miss out on the current LFM giveaway! Enter to win a copy of the cookbook No Whine with Dinner! For Squirrel’s 4th birthday last week, we threw a little birthday party at the house and invited some of her friends. We decided to have a snowman themed party—something fun and seasonal. We started […]

“Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree. In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.” ~Larry Wilde, The Merry Book of Christmas There are moments in life that I wish I could package up and save for later to re-experience over and over. Christmastime took on a deeper meaning for […]

Baklava Crescent Rolls Makes 8 crescent rolls For the nut filling: 1/2 cup finely chopped pistachios 5 teaspoons granulated sugar 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves 3 tablespoons butter, melted 1 can (8 ounces) refrigerated crescent roll dough For the syrup: 1/4 cup water 1/4 cup granulated sugar 2 tablespoons honey 1 1/2 […]

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