This is the result of spending too much time in the grocery store. I was walking the isles and saw cinnamon sugar pretzels and my Mad Scientist kicked in. I had a chocolate cookie mix at home and decided to pair those items. I broke the pretzels in pieces added some to the cookie mix…

I’m doing a Southwest flavor turkey on the grill for a pot luck. As Eric Cartman famously asked “will we be having any side dishes with our frozen waffles?” Yes Eric we will be having some chipotle cranberry sauce. Now this is for the 55 and over Prilosec crowd so I took it easy on…

Here is a mash up that combines two old time dishes; babka a Mid East treat and bread pudding which is hard to find outside of Amish country. I used chocolate babka for more chocolate flavor in the egg and milk batter. Chocolate chips and dark cherries to bring bitterness and sour notes to cut…

When at the Warrenton Farmers Market last week, I stopped at my mushroom guy, Waterford Run Forge and Farm; he had some great looking mushrooms. What to do with them? I had an idea to make them like a bloomin’ onion since they were all in one piece. I used a pancake batter then covered…

This is a fall cookie in every way. Fall spices, pumpkin spices, toasted marshmallow, and some white chocolate. Heck, I even threw some fireball in the batter. The marshmallow is in a gooey state to mirror a fire-toasted fall night. Lots of cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and nutmeg. Since it’s a soft cookie, I added some…