Desserts
Cookies, Pastries and Bars
Abby's Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
Abby's Crack Brownies - These are the ultimate in rich brownies. Careful, you could hurt someone with these.
Anise Biscotti - made by Kristin's mom
Baklava- Abby says: Don't be scared, its not that hard at all
Best Christmas Cookies- the iced sugar cookies Claire and Deborah made every year
Coconut nut bars - lemon and coconut, how can you go wrong?
Cranberry Streusel Bars
Cyclops Cookies - Abby used to make these for me after school
Divine Coconut Lemon Bars with walnuts - people keep asking me for the recipe for these so here it is. -abby
Ginger Cookies - from Food Network. One of Anna's favorites.
Ginger Spice Cookies - found in Epicurious, recommended by Heidi: "Better than my grandma's!"
Greek honey cookies - Drippy, gooey and delicious!
Kate's Yummy Shortbread
Lemon squares - An old tried and true favorite
Maxine's World's Best Cookies - from Anna's grandma
Napoleon (thousand layer pastry) with a raspberry cream - suprisingly easy to make, but messy to cut
Oaty Jam Butter Bars - aka Chewy Oaty Butter Bars - recipe derived from that of a St. Louis coffeehouse
Pecan Puffs - Like Mexican wedding cookes but much better
Pecan shortbread topped with lime curd and drizzled with dark chocolate
Pecan toffee squares -Rich and buttery, just like the Big Easy
Planet Organic Cosmic Cookie Recipe
Sydney's Surprise Peanut Butter Cookies
Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies
Candy and Truffles
Poor Girl's Crunchy Peanut Butter Cups
Pumpkin-Spiced Gingersnap Truffles
Cakes and Breads
Chocolate Mousse Cake - very good, very easy, very rich
Claire's Carrot Cake - with cream cheese icing
Lemon Polenta Pound Cake - I sampled this at New Seasons grocery store, and boy was it scrumptious
Nantucket Cranberry Pie - Rich and buttery and ridiculously easy to make (and really more like a cake)
New York Cheesecake with a raspberry coulis- A tasty foolproof cheesecake that can be dressed up with all sorts of things.
Pumpkin Roulade with Candied Pecans and crystallized ginger - This is a great Christmas favorite
Seldom fail cheesecake - From some magazine article in the early 70s back before we knew that this stuff kills people
Sour Cream Cranberry Coffee Cake
Spiced Pumpkin Bread
Tiramisu -Abby says: Crazy labor intensive. I suppose you could just buy a lot of the ingredients, but that takes all the fun out of it.
Zucchini Bread - a childhood favorite, from the year the zucchini took over the driveway
Zucchini Bread Revisited - a lighter less sweet less oily version of the above.
Pie, Cobblers, Tarts and Tortes
Concord Grape Pie- Really!
Engadine Torte - a sort of caramelized walnut torte, from Sally Olsen
Favorite Huckleberry Pie
Frangipane Poached Pear Tart - This one is time consuming but really is fabulous. One of theos "Wow!" desserts.
Ginger Peach tart- this one is really easy and looks stunning
Invented Apple-ish Pie (with minimal sugar)
Lemon Chiffon Tart with a Hazelnut Crust and a Raspberry Coulis - a little labor intensive but this one will knock your socks off!
Linzertorte - An Austrian Almond raspberry tart. Showy and easy.
Oaxaca Thanksgiving Pumpkin Pie - I think this is the same recipe as the one on the side of the Libby's Pumpkin can, but it sure was good
Peach Cobbler - Betty Garrison's recipe, with variations
Pumpkin Cobbler
Tarta de Santiago -Traditional almond tarte of the Santiago Pilgrimage route
Puddings and Sauces
Arroz con Leche - from Anna
Chocolate Mousse - sinfully rich and smooth
Chocolate Truffle Sauce
Persimmon Pudding - Connie Loftman's recipe, from the 1985 Bloomington UU cookbook
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