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Whiskey recipes! I love whiskey, and I use it a lot in my baking and cooking.
All of these recipes have a big dose of the good stuff, and I think you’ll love them!
New York Sour: a red wine and whiskey cocktail with a bright and refreshing lemon simple syrup. This is one of those cases where you order the weirdest-sounding drink on the menu, and then become pleasantly surprised. Then, you pass your drink…
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Bourbon slush recipe made with frozen cherries and a scoop of coconut sorbet or vanilla ice cream–your choice. It is positively too hot to do anything…except drink frozen boozy drinks. And roll up our denim shorts and go sit by…
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Icebox cake with chai caramel, gingersnaps and whiskey for two. Made in a mini 6″ cake pan. Did you eat all of that salty caramel sauce? I told you not to! Fine, I did, too. But then I made another…
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I’m sooooo close to turning off all electronic devices and relaxing this entire weekend and enjoying our huge family event. If you didn’t read in my berry swirl s’mores post, we’re getting our little Camille baptized this weekend, and we…
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Mini bread puddings in a muffin pan. With whiskey sauce. I feel like the first thing we need to talk about today is that sauce. I’m going to say the name of it, but I want you to be sitting…
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You might assume that my brain instantly scales down everything to serve two. Not so. There are certain things I would never scale down. Like: chicken soup, chai flavored anything (except these pumpkin cupcakes), and most cocktail recipes. What am I…
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Now that I’ve publicly chugged whiskey right from the bottle (see this if you have no idea what I’m talking about), I feel like you and I can be a little looser with the whiskey ’round these parts. Am I…
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I made this Halloween cocktail for you with pumpkin butter, wheat whiskey, and apple cider. Have you seen my pumpkin ebook for 25 pumpkin recipe that aren’t pie and 1 that is? I think you would love it. It’s time…
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Mini pumpkin bundt cake with Bourbon glaze. Have you seen my pumpkin ebook for 25 pumpkin recipe that aren’t pie and 1 that is? I think you would love it. Well, friends, I just opened the first can of pumpkin…
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I’m here to help you streamline your cocktail routine on Fridays. Your at-home mixology skills could use a shake-up. It’s Friday and you need a drink after work. Stat. But, you’ve had such a crazy week that making a batch of simple syrup…
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I go through great lengths for moonshine. To say that I would not be married to my husband without moonshine would not be an over-statement. Not only did we drive to Tennessee to buy Popcorn Sutton’s ‘shine to serve at…
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Is it okay if we drink a little moonshine and forget our troubles? Granted, my only ‘troubles’ are the weather went from snow to 90-degrees too quickly, and the fact that weekends only last 2 days. But, troubles are troubles,…
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Well, it seems Spring is going to take its sweet time arriving this year. And I’m okay with that. We are still undecided if we are going to start a garden. The truth is, when your day job is growing…
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day, y’all! I’m comin’ at you today with a triple threat cookie. I crammed three parts of Irish into these chewy little crackled cookies. They contain: Kerrygold Irish butter, Irish steel-cut oats, and Irish whiskey. Is there some…
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Ok, sweet friends, I’m off! We’re off to get married! I will be back in about a month. We’re aiming for a cell phone-free, computer-less, and TV-free honeymoon. Technology has no business on a honeymoon. So, that said, I have…
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I’m a changed woman. I had my first smear of Kerrygold Irish butter. All butters are not created equal. Amen. Remember how Mr. Dessert For Two boldly declared he likes fruit desserts now? These buttery peach pie bars are the…
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I’ve made three batches of pudding this past week. I churned out a vanilla bean pudding (I subbed an equal amount of vanilla bean paste for extract) a cheesecake pudding for lovely friends, and this butterscotch pudding. Pudding is comforting, and it’s the…
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I said I wasn’t going to do a St. Patrick’s Day recipe. This blog has been here 2 years without an Irish-inspired dessert on it. I let March 17th come and go each year without pulling out the green food…
Read moreI come from a long line of hard-working farmers. My mom’s side of the family grew cotton in the Alma and Telico areas of Texas, while my dad’s family grew tobacco in North Carolina. If you don’t know anything else…
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Panna cotta recipe for two people. Panna cotta is cooked cream set with gelatin. Top it with fresh cherries soaked in whiskey for a romantic dessert for two people. If you’ve never made a panna cotta recipe before, I’m here…
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