Happy 4th of July!!! We’re celebrating with a s’mores parfait complete with graham cracker streusel, chocolate custard and toasted meringue topping! For some reason, s’mores always seem like a good 4th of July dessert. This isn’t the first appearance of a s’mores around 4th of July, and with this repeat offender, you would think we make…
sunday sweets
roasted apricot and greek yogurt popsicles with strawberries
The start of summer and the end of popsicle week 2016 means roasted apricot and Greek yogurt popsicles all around. One of my favorite parts of summer is the fresh fruit. Just look at those bright, delicious apricots! I have had many a plum, peach and pluot, but don’t usually gravitate towards apricots. While we…
almond cake with almond whipped cream icing
Sometimes Mondays need a little cake. An easy, Sunday night cake that you can eat as a snack on Monday is the best option. Maybe an easy almond cake with fluffy almond whipped cream icing? Hot milk cake was our go-to bundt cake growing up. Whenever my mom would make this cake for a dinner…
brown butter banana bread
Brown butter banana bread – say that five times fast. I’ve been into brown butter lately. If there is butter in my kitchen, it will be browned. The crackling melting butter smell fills the house and the nutty flavor gives depth to and enhances any recipe. Cookies, cakes, bars, roasted vegetables, pasta, even brown butter…
guinness brownies with irish cream chocolate ganache frosting
With St. Patrick’s Day on Thursday, Guinness brownies with Irish cream chocolate ganache frosting should really be on your menu. Two great Irish beverages, combined into one delicious chocolatey dessert – how could you go wrong? I think it is funny that, even though St. Patrick’s Day is closer to next weekend, all of the…
king cake cinnamon buns
It was a sad ending to the weekend and the Super Bowl with a Panthers loss. Fortunately, we have Mardi Gras and these individual king cake cinnamon buns to look forward to on Tuesday! I have never been to New Orleans, but it is on my list of places to visit, and hopefully sometime soon….
bakery tour: raleigh edition
Our sweets post takes a different form this week. A few weeks ago I met my family in Raleigh for the afternoon and evening. During my childhood in the Triangle, downtown Raleigh had some restaurants, but not too many that were really wonderful. In the past few years though, the local restaurant, bakery and coffee…
chocolate chip cookie bars
Sometimes you just need a little comfort food. Chocolate chip cookie bars seem like the perfect comforting food for all of this snow and cold weather. And when you run out of groceries and don’t want to leave the house in the snow, you do what you can with what you have ;) These chocolate…
champagne cake with rose buttercream
It’s celebration time! I mentioned earlier this year that Pass the Cookies has been up and running for one year now, and what a better way to celebrate than with a naked champagne cake with rose buttercream and some beautiful flowers? If dreams were photos, these would be them. Sometimes I look back and realize how…
coconut chai latte
Winter finally arrived and I just want to curl up in a blanket on the couch and wrap my hands around a warm mug of this coconut chai latte. I complained about the crazy warm weather we were having around Christmas. I want it to be cold and feel like winter at Christmas time and…