Red Velvet Marble Cheesecake Brownies

I am pretty certain that this red velvet cheesecake brownie takes the cake for being an all-star red velvet recipe. If you're at all familiar with what makes red velvet red velvet, you'll know that it is a subtle balance of tang and cocoa. It's chocolatey but not quite (from a scant amount of cocoa …

Sweet and Salty Chocolate Bourbon Brownies

This brownie recipe is the strongest I've seen in a while, and will likely go in the hall of fame for being a delicious combination of flavors and textures that are irresistible to me. When I was making the recipe, I was at first a little suspicious. Why is there more chocolate than there is …

No Bake Homemade Cranberry Chocolate Oat Clif Bars

I'm a big fan of Clif chocolate brownie bars. They're only a dollar at Trader Joe's, taste like a brownie, and unlike Luna Bars, don't have rice crispies in them. I might have discovered the holy grail to making no-bake, gluten-free sweets that taste very similar to Clif bars - Medjool dates. By themselves, they …

Lemon Bars

The heralding of what might finally be spring has spurred me to make something light and summery, like these lemon bars. I'm typically much more of a chocolate person, but I do have to appease the warm-weather gods by baking up an offering. These bars turned out to be just the right balance of sweetness …

Carrot Cake, French-Style

This was an interesting cake to make. It was a joint creation between my French classmate and I for our presentation on David Lebovitz. He explains it better, but this cake is French because it originated from Provence. The French are very traditional with their desserts, and adding vegetable to cakes is quite unusual for …

Austrian Raspberry Shortbread Bars

I was personally a little bit suspect about the name of this recipe. What's so Austrian about raspberry jam and shortbread? I guess it's a variation of a traditional raspberry shortbread cookie, but raspberry jelly and shortbread is such a ubiquitous combination that I wouldn't even think it was Austrian in origin. I guess you …

From-Scratch Seven Layer Magic Cookie Bars

I already have a seven layer bar recipe on this blog, but this one deserves a post on its own because it's even more homemade. Usually seven layer bars are made with graham crackers, canned condensed milk, sweetened coconut flakes and chocolate chips. All highly processed stuff, and I've a great disdain for things that …

Red Velvet Cheesecake Brownies

As meaningless as the words "red velvet" as a flavor might be if you're not American, I was very intrigued by it. Red velvet. Doesn't that sound luscious, calling to mind imagery of rich, sensuous, luxury? And red velvet desserts are often visually very striking as well. (Unless you make an albino red velvet cake, …

Seven Layer Magic Cookie Bars

These treats are called seven layer because they are traditionally made with seven ingredients, and are also named magic bars because they are so simple to make but once you take them out of the oven, the results are like magic! When I removed the pan from the oven, the condensed milk was bubbling; it …