Sweet Home Allegra

Quintuple chocolate, more like fudge than cake, here are the secrets to create this ultimate brownie! Boxed brownie mix brings the ease and consistency, but the real magic happens with the type of pan you bake in, altered ingredients (do NOT follow the box’s directions), my quite specific chocolate delivery techniques, and an eye for an exact cooking time (they must slightly undercook). Yes you can! Practice just a bit, get to know your own oven’s temperature/timing, and soon

Easy to make, this gorgeous pie has an ideal balance of sour and sweet, a sugar cookie crust, and all the right undertones of vanilla,...

Elegant, beautiful, delicious! And sooooo easy!!! The custard whirrs up in the blender and the entire confection comes together quickly...

These are sublime. Of all the many treats we baked at the inn over our 3 decades, this was the hands down #1 favorite, a healthy snack...

I am so addicted to these. The crust is like a chewy shortbread cookie and the custard goo on top is the best sweet/tart treat EVER. Of course, head to the Farmer’s Market and score yourself some fresh spears of rhubarb!! These are my favorite treats to make when rhubarb is fresh, but I also freeze enough (in 4 cup bags) to make this year round! If you use frozen rhubarb, just thaw it out and pat it dry in a paper towel to reduce the moisture. Here you go: Ingredients: For t

Easier and more impressive than pancakes or waffles, a Dutch Baby is THE way to bring the ooo la la to your breakfast or brunch table! AND in MINUTES!!!!!!’ It’s a puffy, buttery, custard centered, creamy, fruity baked pancake! The ingredients are simple but success relies 100% on your correct technique. Here’s how to get it right: Choose a 9“-10” seasoned cast iron pan, or two 3-5” pans. Preheat the pan(s) in a 425° oven. Combine in a food processor until very smooth: 3 lar

I learned this at Rick Baliss's flagship restaurant Topolobompo in Chicago. This is an outrageous dessert cocktail!! Glass is rimmed with...

Simple (3 ingredients), sublime, and here is how: 2 parts fresh squeezed lime juice 2 parts excellent Tequila 1 part Cointreau or Triple...

Ahhhh, the sublime, basic butter cookie at its simplest. Store-bought never tastes like what you make at home. My Mister requests these cookies for his birthday every year and prefers them with the ends dipped in chocolate. Of course you can add almond extract or lemon zest, there are many ways to change them up. We simply never found a way to enjoy them more than as is. I have owned cute crockery for baking them for many decades and definitely recommend them. No worries thou

This is timeless, delicious, and easy. What makes "Allegra Breakfast Cake" or "ABC Cake" as my dear Ellie calls it, effortless and always perfect, is that it begins with a simple store bought Yellow Cake Mix. The convenience of having the dried ingredients premeasured, consistent and always on hand is a busy baker’s dream! Anyone can make this!!! Ingredients: 1 Yellow Cake Mix (NOT Duncan Hines,there is something wrong with that mix 😳), with pudding in the mix or “Extra Mois

Simply sublime. A glorious condiment on a croissant, addition to a peanut butter sandwich, bruschetta with warm Brie, in oatmeal or...

These glorious purple plums appeared 🙌🙌🙌 like a vision 🙌🙌🙌 at the Farmer’s Market and there was no resisting them. I grew up on...

Blackberries, blueberries and raspberries, oooo la la! This very berry confection was invented by my friend, famed cookbook author, writer, teacher, life observer and one-time innkeeper Crescent Dragonwagon. I make these 3 or 4 at a time 🤣 and share all over the neighborhood during berry season. It’s a summer MUST but can also be made with your frozen berries in the off-season. Audaciously ripped directly from her own site: (Thank you, CD!)