Peach Pastry Cream
Peach Pastry Cream Luscious, silky, and irresistibly delicious, pastry cream by itself is divine but when paired with Texas peach preserves, you get a pastry cream that is downright heavenly. I will be using this pastry cream in a peach cookie recipe coming on Thursday, but you can also use this as a filling for […]
Cookie Cake
Cookie Cake I had typed this post out before the heartbreaking news about Uvalde Elementary. I cannot describe the sadness I feel for the families affected. I am so sorry for your loss. It didn’t feel quite right to just jump into a post writing about how exciting and fun baking these cookie cakes are […]
Browned Butter
Browned Cultured Butter In the previous post we made the most delicious, Cultured Butter from local Texas heavy cream. In today’s post we are kicking it up a notch by browning that beautiful butter and using it as the foundation for one of my all-time fan favorite cookies: browned butter, Nutella stuffed, chocolate chip cookie with […]
Texas Strawberry Jam
Texas Strawberry Jam It’s springtime in Texas, bluebonnets are blooming, farmers markets are plentiful with the bounty of local farmers, and the weather is just right. Vibrant yellows, reds and greens from tables stocked with fresh produce catch my eye every time I head into Stahlmans at Bear Creek, a farm stand just outside of […]