Lemon Meringue Cupcakes
- Bars, Cookies, Cupcakes, & Miniature Desserts -
Chocolate-Covered Strawberries
Chocolate-Covered Strawberries
Key Words: chocolate, nuts, strawberries
Carrot Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
Carrot Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
Key Words: carrots, cream cheese, cupcakes, desserts, raisins
Lemon Curd Bars
Lemon Bars
The filling in this “trés Francais” style of lemon bars has the additional ingredient of cream, and is slowly cooked on stovetop before being poured onto the shortbread crust for baking. The result is true custard that is soft, silken smooth, and consistently textured throughout, rather than a separation into sugary crust and sauce. Give it a try for comparison!
Key Words: bars, desserts, lemon, lemon curd
Honey-Lavender Shortbread Cookies
Lavender Cookies
Here in the great Pacific Northwest – notably Hood River, Silverton, Clatskanie and Sequim – we are blessed to have lavender fields that flourish in the summer months. You’ve probably stopped to smell the flowers before, but have you tasted specialty foods featuring this herb? You can save a trip to the roadside stands and try these shortbread cookies instead. Studded with dried lavender and laced with honey, they will awaken and indulge your olfactory sense. Breathing in the lemony and floral scents of the flower – made ever more fragrant with the sweetness of honey – is as pleasurable as biting into the infused buttery crumbs that carry a salty contrast. This is an aromatic dreamscape you do not want to miss!
Key Words: honey, lavender, shortbread cookies
Yogurt-Pear Bars
Yogurt Pear Bars
Chunks of juicy pear are folded into a yogurt custard that is baked atop a shortbread base. The caramelization and reduction that occur produce a thick pudding heavenly in flavor (seemingly akin to fruit liqueur and sweetened condensed milk, though neither is an ingredient!) that melts and grow onto your palate ever so gradually. Forget ambrosia!
