Dessert in a jar! Here’s a clever way of bringing individual little cheesecakes to a picnic or BBQ: bake them in Mason or Weck jars, screw on the lids and voila! Portable! I took these along on a picnic and they worked out great. If strawberries aren’t your thing, top with any other fruit (blueberry or mango might be good options) or even chocolate or caramel sauce. A totally decadent idea!
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I think that these might be one of my more favorite cookies that I have developed lately. And I say “more favorite” because I actually have a lot of favorites. These are really dark chocolate with a bit of cinnamon and chili powder kick, not too sweet and then lovely dulce de leche sandwiched between the two cookies. As a last minute thing, I sprinkled these with powdered sugar (not written in the recipe), which added another layer of lovely. I call them “Mexican” but only because of the chocolate with cinnamon and chili, not because I actually think that these come from Mexico. 🙂
So, how does one take a chocolate cream pie to a picnic, when you don’t have a table, it’s windy and sand is going everywhere and there is no chance that you will be able to “slice” it? Why, you make it in jars. Mason jars will do the trick, as so these Weck jars. Perfect way to end a meal on a beach!
Another quick to make recipe for all you blueberry fans out there. And you don’t even need to have the actual berries in the house because this recipe uses blueberry jam. very pantry friendly and comes together in about 15 minutes. Plus a baking time of 40 minutes or so, you can have these waiting for guests to arrive in a scant hour. Blueberries and chocolate aren’t a combination that I would naturally think of, ut seeing white chocolate isn’t really chocolate per se, it ended up quite lovely.
I’m still on a little bit of my meyer lemon kick, which I am finding the last of them in the shops for the season. Over Easter Weekend, I made this lovely little Meyer Lemon and Pistachios Tart. It almost looks like the pistachios are covered in a light dusting of snow, which would be appropriate for Spring in New England.