I am not a huge fan of pumpkin spice everything; it should be used properly and when the flavor will enhance the recipe. I know the boos and hisses are coming, but I don’t care. In this recipe, the spices enhance the butter and brown sugar making it all blend. Normally people would use pumpkin…
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Donut French Toast
I feel empty calories are always the most fun. Who doesn’t love donuts, apples, and French toast.? All in one! This is like a fall trip to the cider mill while still in your pajamas. (Get that image out of your head.) I used a sour cream donut as the base, added some custard (milk…
Faux Lobster Roll
I like illusions in food. This looks like a lobster roll but in reality is a yellow cake with strawberries shaped like lobster parts. The yellow cake has butter instead of oil for better browning and extra vanilla for more flavor and cooked in mini muffin pans to resemble buns. Strawberries mixed with cream cheese…
Raspberry Sherbet
As a kid we had raspberry bushes in our back yard. Much to my father’s chagrin, the bushes in each patch represented 1st base and 2nd base, so they took a beating during our almost daily whiffle ball games. (Breaking a bush was an automatic out and a major scolding.) Ah, but what berries survived…
Air Fryer Churros
I enjoy a churro at the fair but don’t make them at home because of the messy oil. That is why I decided to try the air fryer. It worked, except I do miss some oil (the sugar doesn’t stick). I did give it a good spray of cooking spray. Now, the dough is very…
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