My Boozy Spiced Cranberry Sauce is making skeptics into believers. I don’t settle for less with any of my recipes, but I outdid myself on this one. This cranberry sauce tastes of caramel notes from brown sugar, vanilla, orange, and warm spices. Oh! And booze. Bourbon is my spirit of choice here. This recipe is…
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Maple Pecan Pie with Bourbon and Chocolate Chunks
You can’t tell it by looking at these images, but Maple Bourbon Pecan Pie with Chocolate Chunks isn’t my favorite pie to eat. My family, on the other hand? They’d riot if this didn’t show up at least twice during the holidays. Bourbon cuts through the rich, chocolaty flavor of this maple and brown sugar-sweetened pie. Even…
Sweet Potato Casserole with Coconut Pecan Topping
This Sweet Potato Casserole with Coconut Pecan Topping might change the way you do sweet potato casserole this year. Thanks to the addition of coconut milk and coconut flakes in and on the casserole, it has a nutty, tropical vibe. My pumpkin pie spice blend adds a hint of spice to the creaminess, as well. This is…
Apple Cinnamon Pie with Lattice Crust
Once upon a time, in a college town called Towson, Maryland, an angelic culinary student worked at Moxley’s ice cream store. She developed this Apple Cinnamon Pie with a gorgeous lattice crust that our customers raved about. It had a sweet-tart filling made with fresh apples and spiced glaze. They’d often order it with their favorite scoop…
Pasteles Puertorriqueños (Puerto Rican Pasteles)
Pasteles are a traditional Puerto Rican recipe served during the holidays. Every holiday season, Puerto Rican kitchens the world over are packed with Abuelas and their acolytes, all with one mission: prepare, assemble, and package enough pasteles to divvy up amongst the family. The family divvies up the pasteles into plastic bags. Then disperse to…
Apple Pear Butter (Slow Cooker Recipe with Alternate Cooking Methods)
You won’t be surprised to find out that Apple Pear Butter is comprised mainly of apples and pears. What may shock you is that this fruit spread also contains a respectable amount of a secret ingredient. I could tell you now, but where’s the fun in that? I know, right? In addition to fresh fruit, this apple…
Coquito: Puerto Rican Coconut and Rum Cocktail
Before we go any further with this Coquito post, I want to remind you that I’m a married woman. I’m won’t tolerate any disrespect to the Soldier. So, that means no marriage proposals, no sending flowers (especially orchids or lilies), and no diamond rings in size seven. I won’t stand for it. Pontificate on how much of…
Sweet Potato Maple Pecan Pie
Have your pie (??) and eat it, too? I don’t know if it works like that. What I do know is that you can have two of your favorite pie flavors in one gorgeous slice. This Sweet Potato Maple Pecan Pie marries two beloved, soulful desserts into one epic recipe. I make mine with homemade sweet potato puree, but…
Apple Cinnamon Rolls with Apple Butter Glaze
Apple season means more to me than pumpkin spice season. There I said it. These Apple Cinnamon Rolls might even make you a convert. Not only is the bread dough filled with warm spices, but it also has a healthy dose of apple butter baked right in. Thinly sliced crisp apples get enveloped in a cinnamon-sugar filling…
Coquito Bread Pudding (Budín de Coquito)
Take the flavors of Coquito and bake them into a bread pudding made with Pan Sobao? Why wouldn’t we do that? This Puerto Rican-style bread pudding looks different than the pudding you might be used to, but it will also make you a convert. Densely packed, this sweet treat is loaded with plump raisins and the coconut-rum…
