Toffee Nut Caramels are three flavors united in one luscious treat! Sweet caramel flavor blended in a soft but textured nutty bite perfectly surrounded by sweet chocolate. After making my Toasted Marshmallow Brownies, I was not ready to move on from chocolate desserts. After all, it is the season for decadent goodies so . . . well, at least that's what I'm going with! Every holiday season a box (or two) of imported chocolates seems to make its way into our house. I'm not gonna lie to ...
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Toasted Marshmallow Brownies (Gluten-Free, Bean-Free, Vegan / Plant-Based, Refined Sugar-Free)
Toasted Marshmallow Brownies combine a super-moist fudgy brownie with the creamy, caramelized sweetness of toasted marshmallow. Pure decadence and delight! It all starts in 10th grade Biology Where would I be without 10th grade Biology class? While there are probably a host of interesting answers to this question, today my answer is brownieless. Or at least homemade brownieless. One day I headed into the dreary, dark classroom in the basement of my high school. My head hung as I ...
Golden Pomegranate Scones with tips for easily removing Arils / Fruit (Gluten-Free, Vegan / Plant-Based, Refined Sugar-Free)
Golden Pomegranate Scones are tiny bursts of sweet and tart pomegranate juice complemented by the caramel-like sweetness of golden raisins. They will tingle your taste buds and thrill your body and soul! Pomegranate Season I'm really more of a warm weather kind of person. But I have to say I love autumn and winter for all of the cool fruit and vegetables that come into season. Pomegranates definitely fall into this category. The arils (or seeds) are little ruby colored jewels that ...
Fresh Cranberry Crumb Bars (Gluten-Free, Vegan / Plant-Based, Refined Sugar-Free)
Fresh Cranberry Crumb Bars nestle a fruity cranberry filling in between two layers of buttery crumb sweetness! Healthy Holiday Treats Happy November 1st, everyone! It is officially the beginning of the most wonderful time of the year -- at least in my world! Thanksgiving is just around the corner. By the time we've all finished digesting Thanksgiving dinner, a few weeks later it will be Christmas, then the New Year. I created this recipe as a prelude to all of the other ...
Cranberry Orange Wafers (Gluten-Free, Vegan/Plant-Based, Refined Sugar-Free)
Cranberry Orange Wafers pair sweet cranberry tang with sprightly citrus notes. These light, buttery, delicate cookies fuse the tastes of two flavors that have always been destined to become one. Pairing Cranberry and Orange I love the taste of fresh citrus, especially oranges--so sweet with natural sugars, yet your palate is left feeling clean and fresh. Cranberries defy nature. Somehow, they succeed in merging sweet and tart into one flavor-filled expression. But the real culinary ...
Mocha Pumpkin Scones (Gluten-Free, Vegan, Refined Sugar-Free, Oil-Free)
Mocha Pumpkin Scones offer a rich, buttery, chocolaty flavor, yet free from all that ails you--not your average biscuit! Gluten-free, Plant-based & Refined Sugar-free Scones Merriam-Webster defines the word free many different ways. One meaning is being relieved from or lacking something unpleasant or burdensome. The Mocha Pumpkin Scones are exactly that--free of gluten, non plant-based ingredients, refined sugar and ...
Choco Chip Cocoa Cookies (Gluten-Free, Vegan, Refined Sugar-Free)
A rich cocoa treat that is moist, delicious and, best of all still packed with nutritional love! I love what I do! Creating recipes that taste great, while eliminating ingredients that are unhealthy and replacing them with ingredients that offer nutritional benefits all at the same time--a win/win! But I really love when one of these recipes can meet more than one culinary need. Multi-tasking can save a lot of time, especially where a recipe is concerned. I find that the more I make a recipe ...
Apple Cake Muffins (Gluten-Free, Vegan, Refined Sugar-Free)
A culinary miracle! Apple Cake Muffins that are gluten-free, vegan, refined sugar-free, and oil free, but still bursting with flavor and richness. Much like their traditional predecessor--German Apfelkuchen--these muffins are moist and delicious! Apple Cake Muffins Such a perfect marriage of flavor and texture that I really couldn't have chosen any other name. I've been feeling a bit nostalgic of my connection with Germany lately. Can you tell? My last post was a strudel and this ...
Lemon-Berry Biscuit Bread w/ Raspberry Glace (Gluten-Free, Vegan/Plant-Based, Refined Sugar-Free)
So many berries and so little time! Fresh fruit is aplenty right now and I'm not complaining. Hand in hand with berry season are berry muffins--so delicious and versatile. They make a great breakfast, dessert, or palate cleanser accompanying a decadent, savory meal. Traditional muffins, unfortunately, are not only packed with great flavor but also gluten and refined sugar. Therein rested my next challenge: to create a delicious baked product that was an explosion of berry flavor while making ...
