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Pumpkin Ice Cream Recipe. Every year I get a slew of requests from people looking for a recipe for Pumpkin Ice Cream. While in The Perfect Scoop I have a recipe for Sweet Potato Ice Cream studded with maple-glazed pecans, there’s something about the fall that makes people think of all-things pumpkin. I’m a big fan of sweet potatoes, personally, but old traditions die hard I suppose. And Pumpkin Ice Cream got put on my to-churn list.

As luck would have it, I was leafing through a copy of The Craft of Baking by Karen DeMasco, former pastry chef at Craft in New York City, and landed on a picture of Pumpkin Ice Cream. Quelle chance! Karen uses canned pumpkin, which a lot of people like to use because it’s easy and consistent. The pumpkins we get here, les potirons, are huge…and delicious. And they’re always sold by the slice. Homemade Samoas Cookie Recipe. Homemade Samoas Cookies ~ Now you can enjoy one of the most popular Girl Scout cookies year around.

Homemade Samoas Cookie Recipe

Keep reading for the homemade Samoas cookie recipe. It’s a lot easier than you might think. Homemade Samoas Cookies I have to admit I’m kind of excited about this recipe. They taste great and appearance wise they are pretty close to looking like the real thing. Samoas cookies are my favorite Girl Scout cookie and as a whole, they come in right behind the Thin Mints as the second best selling Girl Scout cookie. No bake peanut butter pie. Peanut Butter Pie This is one of those desserts that you make when you’re in a huge hurry, but don’t want to skimp on flavor.

No bake peanut butter pie

You get a delicious payoff, but the pie takes only 5 minutes to put together. Just be sure to top each slice with some whipped cream or have a huge glass of cold milk nearby. This. Is. Recipe: Peanut Butter Pie (found at Tasty Kitchen) I used lowfat cream cheese and whipped topping and my pie was delish. 1 chocolate graham cracker or cookie pie crust (homemade or store-bought) 8 oz. cream cheese 1 c. peanut butter 1/2 c. granulated sugar 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract 8 oz. frozen whipped topping, thawed whipped cream, chocolate syrup, and grated chocolate; optional garnishes With an electric mixer, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Bacon cinnamon rolls. The Infamous Jacques Torres Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Now, I have a chocolate chip cookie recipe that I swear by.

The Infamous Jacques Torres Chocolate Chip Cookies

I love it, I think it is incredible, and I haven’t changed my mind about that. However, as much as it pains me to say it, these chocolate chip cookies by Jacques Torres are absolutely, without a doubt, the best chocolate chip cookies that I have ever made or tasted in my entire life. Homemade Pop-Tarts. When I was a kid, I loved Pop-Tarts.

Homemade Pop-Tarts

My mom rarely bought them for us because of how unhealthy they are, but when I saw those babies in the pantry, I was pretty excited! My favorite was always strawberry, which is why I decided to make that version of these myself. I’m no health nut, but that might be because I don’t buy a lot of pre-packaged foods. The only things of that nature that I stock my pantry with on a regular basis are low-fat popcorn, rice cakes, pretzels, the occasional tortilla chips, and every once in a while, I’ll buy ice cream.

Cinnamon Roll Sugar Cookies? Yes! Have I got a treat for you today right before Valentines day!

Cinnamon Roll Sugar Cookies? Yes!

I was getting ready to cut my traditional sugar cookies in the shape of hearts for this post and a little light bulb went off! I don’t know if I was craving cinnamon rolls or what, but I thought to myself….I am soooo making these sugar cookies into cinnamon rolls! Brace yourself friends, you will NOT be able to stop eating these, they are that good. My husband and I both agree the only way to enjoy these beauties is after they’ve chilled in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.

Talk about heaven. Red-Velvet-Cheesecake. Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe. The Perfect Cookie Dough Truffles Recipe. The perfect cookie dough truffles are so easy to make and perfect for entertaining or enjoying as a treat.

The Perfect Cookie Dough Truffles Recipe

Cookies hold a definite place of distinction around my house – from our chewy chocolate chip cookies to out of this world peanut butter cookies and let’s not even think about forgetting my absolute favorite cookie dough dip. They all are our favorites. So, I decided I’d combine some flavors from our chewy chocolate chip cookies and my chocolate chip cookie dough dip to make the perfect cookie dough truffles recipe. Let me just go ahead and tell you now, when you pop one of these babies in your mouth, you immediately feel like a kid again sneaking a little bite of the cookie dough. Err… well… I at least did. The best part? I left a few out for all of us to enjoy and then boxed the rest up for her to keep in her freezer so she could enjoy them whenever she needed a little nibble of cookie dough truffles.