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Category Archives: Desserts
Chocolate Pecan Pie – Easy Thanksgiving Recipe
It’s funny how often I’m asked to bring dessert to holiday dinners and parties. The truth is, I’m not actually much of a baker. Making dessert is a lot of pressure–it has to be delicious and beautiful and above all, … Continue reading
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Chocolate Chickpea Muffins (for Breakfast!)
This post was sponsored by S&W Beans. All opinions expressed in my post are my own. I love garbanzo beans. Or chickpeas. Whatever you call them, I love them in soups, stews, mashed and formed into patties and fried, in … Continue reading
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Honey Cake for Rosh Hashanah
Recipe Update: This Rosh Hashanah honey cake (originally published 9/20/11) is one of the most popular recipes (the most popular recipe?) here on Two Lazy Gourmets. I myself am getting ready to bake multiple batches up for friends and neighbors … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Desserts, Recipes Tagged cupcakes, honey cake, jewish cooking, jewish new year, marcy goldman, rosh hashanah, smitten kitchen 44 Comments
Gluten Free Pecan Tartlets with Date Caramel
I decided to make these delicious and adorable Gluten-Free Pecan Tartlets for #RecipeMakeover because they are practically health food. No, seriously. They’re not only gluten free, but also dairy free, refined sugar free, and packed with healthy pecans. The chopped … Continue reading
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Homemade Quince Jelly (Super Simple Recipe!)
I’ve always gotten a kick out of “finding” food and turning it into something delicious like quince jelly. At my first sleep-away camp at age 7, my buddies and I plucked huckleberries from vines alongside a hiking trail. We proundly … Continue reading
Posted in Appetizers, breakfast, Breakfast/Brunch, brunch, brunch/breakfast, Condiments, Desserts, Recipes Tagged easy quince jelly, quince, quince and vanilla, quince jam, quince jelly 2 Comments
Maple-Glazed Bacon Beignets
On the heels of my earlier success with homemade sufganiyot and a recent taste of Applewood-Smoked Bacon Beignets with Maple Crème Fraiche at Melissa Perillo’s San Francisco restaurant, Frances, I’ve been obsessing about fried balls of dough. As foodie obsessions … Continue reading
Thai Black Rice Pudding with Coconut Milk
Rice pudding and coconut are both divisive food items, often inviting extreme reactions from supporters as well as loathers. As for me, I love both. And the sticky, sweet, faintly salty black rice coconut pudding that’s served in Southeast Asian … Continue reading
Dessert Crepes with Sweet Ricotta Cream and Strawberries
If you’ve been reading Two Lazy Gourmets for a while you might have noticed that I LOVE TO MAKE CREPES! (Ever since I got a new crepe pan for my birthday, I can’t stop making crepes.) Yes, crepe-making is not … Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast/Brunch, Desserts, Recipes, Small Plates, Snacks Tagged crepes, dessert, easy, easy crepe recipe, fruit, heavy cream, ricotta cheese 5 Comments
Sticky Toffee Pudding: An Easy Recipe for an Elegant Christmas Desert
I tasted my first sticky toffee pudding while visiting Edinburgh when I was pregnant with my son. True to the myths about pregnant women, I had cravings. Uncontrollable, intense cravings. For instance, seeing a box of Nilla Wafers in the … Continue reading
Posted in Baking, Desserts, Recipes Tagged cake with caramel sauce, cake with toffee sauce, caramel sauce, christmas dessert, date pudding, easy christmas dessert, easy sticky tofee pudding recipe, elegant christmas dessert, english sticky pudding, holiday dessert, holiday desserts, sticky date pudding, sticky toffee pudding, sticky toffee pudding recipe, toffee sauce 5 Comments