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
Louise Garrison's Cowboy Cookies
Markrid's Yummy Healthy Cookies
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
Spicy Maria Library Oat Cookies - Maria's version of Will Shetterly's version of the Quaker Oats 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!
Lemon Pie - Except for the pie crust, you probably have all the ingredients on hand. Quite yummy.
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
Pecan Pie, Joy of Cooking, 1967
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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