Browsing Category Holiday Desserts

Chocolate Hazelnut Linzer Cookies

A chocolate, hazelnut, and lightly spiced variation of the Traditional Christmas Linzer cookie. Delicious and pretty!

Red Velvet Cupcakes

A “from scratch” red velvet recipe is the only way to go if you like red velvet!   The box mix comes out too dry and tasteless while these live up to its name and are  rich and velvety. When you add the baking soda on top of the vinegar, you will get a fizzing reaction. You will get about 24 cupcakes or you can…

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Cranberry Orange Scones

This is my own version of cranberry scones.  I like a lot of orange zest, or at least it has enough to taste the orange flavor!  And I like my scones the American way, which is sweet and soft!  Europeans prefer a drier and less sweet scone, more like a biscuit. This is soft and yummy, bursting with plenty of real cranberries! It is a very…

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