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The Best Texas Sheet Cake

The Best Texas Sheet Cake, rich, soft, delicious.TEXAS SHEET CAKE ….a large, thinner  chocolate sheet cake, melts in your mouth soft, then topped with a warm chocolate icing with pecans.

The Best Texas Sheet Cake, rich, soft, delicious.

Sharing this recipe because it truly is the best Texas Sheet Cake recipe that I have ever eaten.  About 50 years ago, when I was working as an RN in our local hospital, the staff created a cookbook, and this recipe was in there.  It is the only one I ever make and always get the best compliments.  Continue reading The Best Texas Sheet Cake

CARAMEL APPLE SNICKERDOODLES


A basic snickerdoodle recipe with caramel morsels, diced apples, and pecan chips makes an over the top treat.Caramel Apple Snickerdoodles

Caramel Apple Snickerdoodles are a soft cookie that starts with a basic snickerdoodle recipe.

Nestle Caramel Morsels, nuts, and fresh, diced apples are added to the batter, then rolled in a cinnamon-sugar mixture and baked.  This combination of ingredients makes a melt in your mouth, delicious cookie.   Continue reading CARAMEL APPLE SNICKERDOODLES

EXTREME PEANUT BUTTER CREAM CHEESE BROWNIES

Extreme Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Brownies are extreme because they are a decadent brownie dessert, loaded with a peanut butter cream cheese layer, and then topped with a bag of Reese’s Baking Cups and Reese’s Pieces CandiesExtreme Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Brownies are extreme because they are a decadent brownie dessert, loaded with a peanut butter cream cheese layer, and then topped with a bag of Reese’s Baking Cups and Reese’s Pieces Candies.

Melted chocolate is drizzled over the top for the finishing touch. Continue reading EXTREME PEANUT BUTTER CREAM CHEESE BROWNIES

PEANUT BUTTER TOFFEE CHEESECAKE BROWNIES

These Peanut Butter Toffee Cheesecake Brownies are a perfect treat to add to your dessert table.

Peanut Butter Toffee Cream Cheese Brownies, a rich dessert with a brownie based, topped with peanut butter, cream cheese, toffee bits and chocolate.
Photo by Pillsbury

 

These brownies always get me motivated to start my fall baking. I love the colors, the textures and the ingredients in this recipe. Continue reading PEANUT BUTTER TOFFEE CHEESECAKE BROWNIES

MEYER LEMON BLUEBERRY MASCARPONE PIE IN A JAR

Meyer lemon whipped pudding, blueberries, and mascarpone cheese in a jar is the perfect summertime dessert.

This Meyer Lemon dessert just screams summertime dessert.

A dessert that consists of layers of graham cracker pie crumbs, with sweetened mascarpone cheese, fresh blueberries, and a creamy, tart, meyer lemon whipped pudding as the finale.

The different flavors and textures make it a very unique dessert,
and prepared in a jar, to add to the feel of summer.

 

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TOLL HOUSE PIE, A RETRO DESSERT RECIPE

Remember the Nestle Toll House Pie?   This is one of those retro desserts that always showed up at a covered dish dinner.

This Toll House Pie is a delicious and easy to make retro dessert.

A few weeks ago, I was talking with one of my grand daughters about the kind of desserts we use to always serve back in the 1970’s, 1980’s, and 1990’s.  We discussed Jell-o desserts, Punch Bowl Cake, Bundt cakes, and the Nestle Toll House Pie. Continue reading TOLL HOUSE PIE, A RETRO DESSERT RECIPE