Peanut Butter Pie

| May 26, 2010

I’m very particular about my peanut butter pie.  True peanut butter pie does not have cream cheese in it—that would make it a cheesecake.  Peanut butter cheesecake is delicious, but that’s a whole other recipe we’ll get to on another day.  You may be tempted to drizzle this pie with chocolate or make it with [...]

Panna Cotta with Whiskeyed Cherries

| May 24, 2010

This cherries and cream dish is one of my favorite summer desserts.  The vanilla flavors in a good quality whiskey will be accented by the vanilla in the cream. Panna Cotta with Whiskeyed Cherries Print Makes 2 small cups of panna cotta. Ingredients For the panna cotta: 1/2 cup milk (I use 1%) 3/4 cup heavy cream [...]

Citrus Buttermilk Pudding Cakes

| May 20, 2010

These pudding cakes are great with any type of citrus—lemon, lime, orange, anything really.  Three distinct layers form in these cakes.  Once they are inverted, a citrus curd layer is on the top, followed by a tender soft cake layer, then a more well-done cake with a sugary crisp crust on the bottom.  These cakes [...]