World Champion Oatmeal Bars by Nancy Miyasaki

I make a lot of tasty brownies and bars, but few have gotten more raves than these. Of course, I served them to a bunch of SF Giants fans after the Giants won game 2 of the 2010 World Series...so the taste of victory may have mixed in with the chocolate, caramel, and oatmeal crunch of these yummy bars. Even without savoring the…

Butter Cookies by Sania Imam

A few months back, I saw butter cookies recipe on my favorite blog and when I went through it, the recipe looked quite simple. And since I truly trust the recipes of this blog (which belongs to my mentor of baking!), I instantly decided to try the butter cookies recipe. As expected, the result was perfect. The best part about these…

Strawberry Almond Foldovers by Sania Imam

Strawberry Almond Foldovers is an interesting recipe, just as its name suggests, in that the dough of these foldovers is salty while the filling is sweet, hence resulting in a perfect combination of sweet and salty. The dough is also quite different than the others that I have tried since it has cream cheese in it. When baked, the…

Vanilla Tea Cake… the name says it all! by Sania Imam

I had to make a smaller cake, I decided to use the recipe of ‘Classic Yellow Cake’, which I have borrowed from my mentor Nadia’s blog and which, I normally use for making cupcakes. The only change I did to the recipe was adding yellow food color to the prepared batter and mixing it. This step I did only to make my cake look as close…

Very Berry Starwberry Muffins by Sania Imam

Its a tale of Valentines Day this year. My husband isn’t a big fan of celebrating such ‘western’ events and hence the day passed pretty much like any other day, except that I was really bored that day since I didn’t have any cooking or any other chore to do. So I thought of going through some recipes online. Suddenly it hit me that my…

Rich Brownies by Sania Imam

I have adopted this recipe from a cooking show by Farah Jehanzeb. I tried this recipe first time 3-4 years back and instantly fell in love with it. And when my young niece and nephew demanded that they want some more, I felt really happy. Over the years, I have tried this recipe repeatedly and every time it turns out perfect. The…

Walt's Blue Cheese Mountain by Sheila Smith Thomas

This is so easy and incredibly delicilious. Even those who don't typically like blue cheese still like this quick and impressive appetizer.

Pumpkin Squares with Caramel Icing by Cat Cox-Carter

I make this every year from September till the end of December. I always have people asking "When are you going to be making the Pumpkin squares again?"

Chocolate Boston Cream Cake by BearNakedBaker

Karen's Cocoons by Jeannie Zastawny

Christmas Cottage

Hello Dolly Bar Cookies by Jeannie Zastawny

Country Cottage

Dipped Coconut Shortbread by Jeannie Zastawny

Taste Of Home - Toni Petroskey

Surprise Cookies by Jeannie Zastawny

Taste Of Home - Charmaine Martin

Lemon Madeleines by BearNakedBaker

Award winning zesty lemon Madeleines...I placed first place with these refreshing cookies @ Lebanon County Fair this year. Madeleine pans are not easy to come by in Pa., can be bought on-line....I went to William-Sonoma in Phila., to get mine @ 18.00 ea. I happen to love the shell shape!

Apple Kuchen (German Apple Cake) by MarthaW

This was my Grandmother's recipe. It is also delicious made with pitted sour cherries.