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Pecan Puffs

December 10, 2016 by Lindsey 21 Comments

Pecan Puffs

These Pecan Puffs are the perfect combination of crumbly and soft. They literally melt in your mouth! Day 8 of my 12 Days of Christmas Cookies!   After 3 years of Christmas Cookies on AHC my “Family Recipe Well” was running dry, so I sent out a cry for help in true 2016 fashion. No, it… 

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Filed Under: Baking, Cookies, Desserts, Family Recipes Tagged With: 12 Days of Christmas Cookies, Christmas, Christmas Cookies, cookies, dessert, easy, easy desserts, epicurious, Fall, Holiday, mexian wedding cookies, old fashioned, pecan, russian tea cakes

Ginger Orange Almond Biscotti

December 7, 2016 by Lindsey 3 Comments

Ginger Orange Almond Biscotti

These sensational Ginger Orange Almond Biscotti are a little bit spicy and bit sweet! They have notes of ginger, orange, cardamom and cinnamon all baked to crispy perfection. Perfect for dunking in coffee or just snacking! Day 5 of the annual 12 Days of Christmas Cookies! I try not to pick favorites. I want the… 

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Filed Under: AHC Original Recipes, Baking, Cookies, Desserts, Snack Tagged With: 12 Days of Christmas Cookies, almond, candied ginger, candied orange, cardamom, Christmas, Christmas Cookies, cookies, crispy, dessert, epicurious, Fall, ginger, Holiday, Winter

Butterscotch Chews

December 4, 2016 by Lindsey 3 Comments

Butterscotch Chews

These easy Butterscotch Chews combine the chew and brown sugar flavors of blondies with a little holiday ginger spice! Day 2 of my 12 Days of Christmas Cookies! Chewy, nutty, addicting. It’s no secret that I have a blondie obsession. I think I made it pretty clear here and also to anyone who works with me… 

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Filed Under: Baking, Christmas Cookies - Wisconsin Electric Power Company (1957), Cookies, Desserts Tagged With: 12 Days of Christmas Cookies, brown sugar, chewy, Christmas, Christmas Cookies, cookies, dessert, easy, easy desserts, epicurious, Fall, ginger, heirloom, heritage, Holiday, old fashioned, refrigerator cookies, walnut

Shoofly Pie

November 25, 2016 by Lindsey 14 Comments

Shoofly Pie

This shoofly pie has all the flavors of a molasses ginger cookie mixed with a buttery streusel in a flakey pastry crust. The rich, spicy, sweet filling just melts in your mouth bite after bite (slice after slice) When Chef hints about his favorite kind of pie (hint, hint: it’s shoofly), you make a mental… 

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Filed Under: AHC Original Recipes, Baking, Desserts, Pie Tagged With: Christmas, crumble, dessert, easy, easy desserts, epicurious, Fall, heritage, Holiday, molasses, old fashioned, pie crust, Thanksgiving

Pumpkin Spice Cake Donuts

November 14, 2016 by Lindsey 3 Comments

Pumpkin Spice Cake Donuts

These Pumpkin Spice Cake Donuts are packed with real pumpkin and warming spices then fried to perfection and glazed with a sweet cinnamon sugar. Pretty much Pumpkin Breakfast Perfection. I was just casually walking home from Staples the other day when {BAM!} I was hit by a massive craving for a pumpkin spice donut. I… 

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Filed Under: AHC Original Recipes, Baking, Breakfast, Cake, Desserts Tagged With: baking, breakfast, cake, cinnamon, dessert, donuts, doughnut, epicurious, Fall, fried, glaze, Holiday, pumpkin, pumpkin spice, Thanksgiving

No Bake Whiskey Smores Pie

July 30, 2016 by Lindsey 20 Comments

No Bake Whiskey Smores Pie

This No Bake Whiskey Smores Pie is a slice of Summer Heaven! There are layers of dark chocolate whisky ganache, milk chocolate mousse and fluffy toasted marshmallow in the perfect graham cracker crust. Go ahead…help yourself to another slice. I should have called this pie “You’ve Got What I Need.” It is my everything right… 

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: bourbon, cream cheese, dessert, easy, easy desserts, epicurious, Fall, fast, ganache, graham crackers, Holiday, marshmallow, no bake, pie, pie crust, Piecrust, Summer, whisky

Savory Butternut Squash Carrot Tart

February 5, 2016 by Lindsey 9 Comments

Savory Butternut Squash Carrot Tart

In this savory Butternut Squash Carrot Tart, carrots and butternut squash are roasted with Harissa and Hungarian paprika then covered in caramelized onions, and baked to custardy perfection in a whole-wheat tart shell. All topped with sage browned butter. A savory tart? After all the sinfully sweet fruit and nut pies that have been appearing from my kitchen… 

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Filed Under: AHC Original Recipes, Baking, Main Courses, Side Dish, Tart, Vegetarian Tagged With: browned butter, butternut squash, caramelized onions, carrot, dinner, entertaining, epicurious, Fall, lunch, make ahead, pastry, pie crust, Piecrust, sage, savory, tart, Thanksgiving, vegetarian, whole wheat

Cranberry Orange Pear Pie

January 23, 2016 by Lindsey 7 Comments

Cranberry Orange Pear Pie

This Cranberry Orange Pear Pie has a sweet brown sugar pear filling and is studded with tart cranberries! With fresh orange juice, zest and Grand Marnier, the flavors are absolute heaven! Professional Kitchen Rule #34: No Emotions Allowed There is a firm check-your-emotions-at-the-door policy. But if that fails… Don’t cry into the chili lobster appetizer;… 

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Filed Under: AHC Original Recipes, Baking, Desserts, Fruit, Pie Tagged With: Christmas, cranberry, dessert, easy, easy desserts, epicurious, Fall, grand marnier, Holiday, orange, pastry, pie, pie crust, Piecrust, Thanksgiving, Winter

Apple Butterscotch Pie

January 10, 2016 by Lindsey 15 Comments

Apple Butterscotch Pie

This Apple Butterscotch Pie is absolute heaven! Lightly spiced apples baked inside a flakey all-butter pie crust with a homemade brown sugar butterscotch sauce!  I hope that eating more pie was your New Year’s Resolution, because I just got a little crazy with the pie baking! I waited a full 10 days before posting sweets, which… 

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Filed Under: AHC Original Recipes, Baking, Desserts, Pie, Sauce Tagged With: all butter pie crust, brown sugar, butterscotch, caramel, Christmas, dessert, easy desserts, epicurious, Fall, Holiday, pastry, pie, pie crust

Brown Sugar Pecan Stuffed Pears

December 2, 2015 by Lindsey 13 Comments

Brown Sugar Pecan Stuffed Pears

These Brown Sugar Pecan Stuffed Pears are d’Anjou pears stuffed with a simple mixture of brown sugar, cinnamon, cardamom and toasted pecans then wrapped in a flakey pastry, sprinkled with more sugar and topped with a warm butterscotch sauce. I know you have all been waiting with baited breath for what I made with that all that… 

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Filed Under: AHC Original Recipes, Baking, Desserts, Fruit Tagged With: brown sugar, butterscotch, Christmas, dessert, entertaining, epicurious, Fall, Holiday, party, pastry, pears, pecan, pie crust, Winter

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Brown Butter Sage Mashed Sweet Potatoes will liven up any meal! Easy, stunning and delicious!

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Classic Pumpkin Pie with a Twist | My new favorite pumpkin recipe has lemon zest, spices, vanilla and brown sugar! So amazing!

Classic Pumpkin Pie with a Twist

This Cranberry Orange Pear Pie has a sweet brown sugar orange pear filling and is studded with tart cranberries! With fresh orange juice, zest and Grand Marnier, the flavors are absolute heaven!

Cranberry Orange Pear Pie

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These Chipotle Chorizo Tacos are smoky, spicy and complex! The homemade sweet potato tortilla temper the spice with a little bit of sweetness and a mezcal lime slaw brightens the flavors and pulls the whole taco together!

Chipotle Chorizo Tacos

These Pecan Puffs (a.k.a. Mexican Wedding Cookies or Russian Tea Cakes) are the perfect combination of crumbly and soft. They literally melt in your mouth!

Pecan Puffs

These Chewy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies are soft and thick just like your favorite chewy chocolate chip cookie but packed with peanut butter flavor.

Chewy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

These festive Holiday Spritz Cookies are a light, delicate butter cookie flavored with vanilla and lemon.

Holiday Spritz Cookies

These sensational Ginger Orange Almond Biscotti are a little bit spicy and bit sweet! They have notes of ginger, orange, cardamom and cinnamon all baked to crispy perfection. Perfect for dunking in coffee or just snacking!

Ginger Orange Almond Biscotti

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I love that each part of our vast Nation has distinct gastronomic differences, and I cannot wait to explore where we have been and where we are now with you!

These Chipotle Chorizo Tacos are smoky, spicy and complex! The homemade sweet potato tortilla temper the spice with a little bit of sweetness and a mezcal lime slaw brightens the flavors and pulls the whole taco together!
These Pecan Puffs (a.k.a. Mexican Wedding Cookies or Russian Tea Cakes) are the perfect combination of crumbly and soft. They literally melt in your mouth!
These Chewy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies are soft and thick just like your favorite chewy chocolate chip cookie but packed with peanut butter flavor.
These festive Holiday Spritz Cookies are a light, delicate butter cookie flavored with vanilla and lemon.
These sensational Ginger Orange Almond Biscotti are a little bit spicy and bit sweet! They have notes of ginger, orange, cardamom and cinnamon all baked to crispy perfection. Perfect for dunking in coffee or just snacking!
These 5 ingredient 0No Bake Peanut Butter Cookies are soft and crunchy and chewy all at the same time! The sweet peanut butter flavor will have you reaching for another!
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