I've written before about my Mother's love for creme brulee. She is crazy about this delicious dessert. So the last few dinner's we had together, before Wee Bear and I left for Scottsdale, I made her creme brulee. She was in heaven with delight, in fact one night she devoured TWO!! Of course who wouldn't likes this? We all rejoice at the fun in cracking the sugar on top and the caramel is the quintessential
trademark of smooth, creamy, vanilla custard, foiled by the
ever-so-slightly bitter burnt sugar.
I still remember the first time I made these remarkable cookies. I was in my late 20's. My father had taken the Summer to go to Montana and find where he was born. He had given us a address to write letters to him, so, I not only wrote letters, I sent him cookies. This cookie was the one he talked about the most. He described his first bite like this, " ahhhh, this is nice- then, without warning his entire mouth was on fire!" However, he couldn't stop, he told me, "these cookies are addictive"!
A gingerbread house is only as good as it's glue. If you want an A+ on your gingerbread house, you need the best gingerbread house
icing. When planning your gingerbread house, the icing is the most
important part. Gingerbread houses are a great way to set the scene for
the holidays and WOW visitors to your home, whether it be Halloween, Thanksgiving or Christmas!
Penuche was a popular frosting when I was growing up. So last week end when my Grandchildren and I made a "Spiced Pumpkin Pecan Quick Bread" I thought the perfect frosting for it would be one of my old favorites, Penuche frosting. My Mom made a version of this recipe, however, I have changed it up, making it richer for "Julia and Emma's Spiced Pumpkin Pecan Quick bread"!
