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Mixed Berry Cheesecake Crumble Bars

This is my 4th attempt at making these Mixed Berry Cheesecake Crumble Bars. Well, first they started out as Strawberry Shortcake Cream Cheese Bar (disaster). Then I tried Raspberries. Not much better. Switched to mixed berries and the rest of the recipe (the cream cheese, the eggs, the Greek yogurt) got a complete overhaul. It wasn’t really about the berries, it was always about the ratios of the ingredients and the technique, times and cooling in between. When I finally got it right, these are perfection. And now the berry types won’t matter either. I might try it as a cheese cake pie variation later this week too. Proud of myself for finally figuring it out.

20. July 2026

Appetizers/Starters, Desserts, Dinner, Lunch, Savory Snacks, Sweet Snacks

Sweet/Savory Apricot Chili Rosemary Walnut Crumble Bars

I am the queen of crazy flavor combinations, right? But even this one seemed a little crazy to me. Last weekend, I found some Divina’s Apricot Chili Rosemary Spread. Not exactly a sweet jam. In fact, it has a bit of a kick mixed in with the apricots. But I decided to make some of my ever-famous crumble bars, this time: Sweet/Savory Apricot Chili Rosemary Walnut Crumble Bars. It was an experiment. I totally didn’t think that it would work, but you know what? It works. I am not advocating eating this as dessert, but added to a charcuterie board with cheese, salami and olive and grapes, these crumble bars are a perfect addition. I was shocked. Totally surprised. Totally good.

18. July 2026

Cookies, Desserts, Sweet Snacks

Lingonberry Rhubarb Crumble Bars

As many of you know, food is my “language”. For the good times and the bad, happy and sad, I often use food to remember things. And these crumble bars are no different really. Yes, just crumble bars but they are lingonberry and rhubarb. You see, a couple of weeks ago, another dear friend passed away. She was from Sweden, so that is the lingonberry connection. Rhubarb had been an inside joke of our for many years — she had once had a dream in February, that I had an over-abundance of rhubarb (in February? In New England?) so ever since then, I would make her rhubarb treats and learned to keep some in my freezer. This recipe, anything with cardamom and the Marabou brand of Swedish chocolate will forever remind me of her. She will be missed.

18. May 2026

Cookies, Sweet Snacks

Chocolate Chip Toffee Bit Biggie Cookies

I had meant to be traveling this week, but sometimes things don’t go the way of the plan, so I am in Boston. I had intended to take these Chocolate Chip Toffee Bit Biggie Cookies with me on my trip — you know me, the Queen of just randomly handing out cookies — but again, still at home. The cookies are still delicious (a twist on my usual Biggies) with a lovely crunch of toffee bits. As with the Biggies, shareable in size but they have to be this big for the texture to be this perfect.

30. April 2026

Desserts, Sweet Snacks

Carrot Garden and Abstract Bunny Easter GF Cupcakes

Wrapping up my Easter Baking for 2026, I decided to make these two variations on Gluten Free cupcakes. OK, technically it is only one flavor of cupcake (chocolate) but then decorated with two variations of GF frosting and decorations (that are also gluten free and I got them off Etsy). You could also make these “regular” by just swapping out the GF flour with the King Arthur AP Flour. I have found their “measure to measure” GF flour is a pretty great match for my recipes. They are cute and delicious it wrapped up this year’s Easter eating nicely. :

6. April 2026

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