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Black Bean Brownies

Black Bean Brownies This recipe comes from a book I publish under another pen name which is a compilation of my favorite recipes adapted to use healthy ingredients. The book is Healing Desserts by Lee Anne Dobbins (you can get it for your kindle too!) I first heard...

Lexy’s Favorite Brownie Recipe

YUMMY!!! This recipe includes two of Lexy’s secret ingredients – Kahlua and coffee.  It’s rich and fudgy, just the way Louie and Sal like them. Ingredients: 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, 1/2 pound butter, unsalted 2 tablespoons instant coffee 2 cups sugar 1/4...

Snickerdoodles

This is another recipe from my mom’s collection. She used to use Crisco like it was going out of style, so that’s what she would have used for the shortening ingredient. You can substitute butter for that if you want. Ingredients: 1 cup shortening, softened 1 1/2 cups...

Lemon Squares

Lemon Squares Recipe I found this recipe tucked inside one of my mom’s old recipe books from the 1960’s. It was handwritten on a thin ,yellowed piece of paper and dotted with stains (probably lemon juice). She made the best lemon squares—-I hope you enjoy them...

Lemon Biscotti

I love the hard crunchy texture of biscotti.  This recipe could be adapted for a variety of flavors – you can use orange zest instead of lemon zest, or leave the zest out all together and use different flavored extract like almond or anise. Ingredients: 1 cup...