Dessert

Apple Spice Cupcakes with Caramel Frosting

May 9, 2013 Dessert
Apple Spice Cupcakes with Caramel Frosting -- Juggling With Julia

Happy Thursday! These cupcakes, this blog post, and I have a lot in common. We all happen to be short and sweet. This is not up for debate. I don’t mean to go on and on about how crazy life is, but I’ll  just say we are ALL counting the minutes until summer vacation. Every [...]

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Chickpea Chocolate Chip Blondies

January 30, 2013 Brownies
Chickpea Chocolate Chip Blondies -- Juggling With Julia

Chickpeas in a dessert? That is SO not me. I have never been one to morph desserts into something more wholesome and nutritious. Wholesome, to me, means they’re made from scratch with real ingredients, by someone I know. And as far as nutrition is concerned, my feet are firmly planted in the “decadence in moderation” camp. However, after [...]

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Almond Joy Bars

January 15, 2013 Chocolate Dessert
Almond Joy Bars -- Juggling With Julia

Dark chocolate. Sweet, chewy coconut. Crunchy almonds. All atop an amazingly moist bar. RESISTING IS FUTILE. I like to cook, but I LOVE to bake. Yummy desserts make for joyful times – smiles, chocolate-smeared fingers, and happy tastebuds. Perhaps baked goods are the way to world peace? Or just, “Can I have another piece?” These have been [...]

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Confetti Chocolate Chip Dip

July 31, 2012 Appetizers & Snacks

I’m all about easy when it comes to entertaining. So, naturally, this easy-to-make dip and I get along verrrry well. With just four ingredients and a 100% likelihood of being a huge hit, it is my go-to sweet thing when I am headed to a BBQ or planning a get-together at our place. Cream cheese, whipped [...]

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No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cereal Bars

June 29, 2012 Chocolate Dessert

Six ingredients. No oven. These are too simple and delicious NOT to make! Seriously, I whipped these up in 20 minutes this morning in my pj’s with no caffeine whatsoever in my system. Make this homemade sweet treat for everyone and then relax through the heat wave New England is expecting knowing you did something good Yes, there is [...]

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge Cake

June 18, 2012 Cake

Happy Father’s Day to all the wonderful dads out there!  I spent the day cooking up some of my mate’s favorite dishes, including a new cinnamon-apple pancake with streusal topping (posting later this week!), guacamole with feta, and chili-rubbed tenderloin with apricot ginger glaze. But the big finale, anticipated by all, was definitely this decadent double-frosted chocolate [...]

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Peanut Butter M&M Chocolate Chip Cookies

April 5, 2012 Cookies

Peanut butter and chocolate is absolutely my favorite flavor combo. It took about a nanosecond for me to decide I was making these cookies once I saw the photos. I don’t really need an excuse to make something this delicious, but the Easter themed M&M’s were the clincher. I had to make them RIGHT NOW. Many [...]

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On the Lighter Side: Snickerdoodles

March 12, 2012 Cookies

In this cinnamon-crazed family where dessert is part of one’s birthright, there are few sweets that rank higher than Snickerdoodles. We made them a while back for the first time, and they were OMG-delicious. The traditional recipe is pretty straight forward — lots of butter, some flour, sugar, leavening, and loads of cinnamon. I decided to go [...]

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Cranberry and Apple Crumble

October 19, 2011 Dessert

Apples, apples, apples!  In season in New England, they are at their crispest and juiciest and are great in so many dishes.  My friend, Theresa, went apple picking this past weekend and shared some of the spoils with me. Whoopee! What to do with these beauties?  My husband suggested apple crisp, so I went on the hunt [...]

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Monkey Bread on the Lighter Side

September 27, 2011 Breads/Quick Breads

Whoa!  That week just flew by!  Things were so busy the week was practically over before I realized I hadn’t blogged anything at all.  Fear not! Just because I wasn’t blogging does not mean my family wasn’t eating.  It was just the usual crazy stuff with the addition of a special birthday for my youngest.  Georgia turned six,  and we [...]

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