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Homemade Gingersnaps

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I know, I know. When was the last time I posted a recipe?! This blog used to be all about recipes – but suddenly it’s become about eating, weekends, relaxing, being a mom and running. In all honesty, I haven’t had much time to bake lately. And when I do find time to bake, finding time to write down the recipe is waaaay last on my list.

BUT when I made these gingersnaps, I knew I had to share them. They were easy and so perfect to make now – right before the holidays – and any time of year! They’re quick to make, make enough to share (mine made about 33) and the best part – they taste great! I’d never tried to make gingersnaps before because I know I can always buy them if I want; but I highly recommend you make these. I’m so excited to bake them again and try different add-ins next time – candied ginger, dried cranberries, etc.

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Homemade Gingersnaps

Here’s what you need:

  • 3/4 cup shortening
  • 1 cup granulated sugar, plus 3 Tablespoons for rolling
  • 1 egg
  • 2 Tablespoons molasses
  • 2 Tablespoons honey
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp. baking soda
  • 2 tsp. ground ginger
  • 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp. salt

Here’s what you do:

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and grease a baking sheet. (Or use a nonstick surface, I like to use my silat and they don’t need greasing)
  2. In a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon and salt. Set aside.
  3. In a large bowl, cream shortening and 1 c. sugar. Add in egg, molasses and honey and continue to mix until combined.
  4. Slowly add in flour mixture to sugar mixture.
  5. Roll dough into small, Tablespoon-ish size balls. Dip balls into the 3 Tbs. granulated sugar and place onto baking sheet. Bake until light brown, 12-14 minutes. Cool completely on wire rack.
  6. Enjoy! Makes about 30-36 cookies.

homemade gingersnaps cookies

Some questions for you:

  • Are you a ginger fan? Yes! I love everything ginger. ginger tea. pickled ginger. gingersnaps. gingerbread. ginger candy. yum yum yum!
  • What’s on your holiday baking list?

The BEST Soft Sugar Cookies With Buttercream Frosting

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I have a sweet tooth. That should come as no surprise to you. I prefer sweet to salty typically (though I do love sweet AND salty a la peanut M&Ms and chocolate covered pretzels) and believe that there is ALWAYS room for dessert. So I typically like almost all dessert recipes. But – let me tell you – this cookie recipe is AMAZING. If you like soft sugar cookies with frosting, this recipe is for you.

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Seriously. I typically have a hard time eating my baked goods after I bake them. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll have a cookie a little bit later, but these … these, I ate 3 of these in one day – that’s how good they were. Even B, a non-sugar cookie lover, who was hesitant to try them out, really liked these cookies.

I made mine with Halloween-theme and cut them out with pumpkin and other cookie cutters – you can just roll them with your hand into a ball and flatten them out so that they’re even easier to make. Make these cookies now. They are soft and the frosting is so good. You won’t regret it.

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The BEST Soft Sugar Cookies With Buttercream Frosting

Here’s what you need:

For the cookie dough

  • 1 cup butter, at room temperature
  • 2/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 1/4 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons water
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp cream of tartar
  • 5 1/4 c flour

For the amazing buttercream frosting (from this recipe)

  • 1/3 cup butter, at room temperature
  • 2 ½ cups powdered sugar
  • ½ tsp vanilla
  • ¼ tsp almond extract
  • 2 ½ to 3 Tablespoons half-and-half

Here’s what you do:

For the cookies

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • In a small bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cream of tartar and set aside.
  • In a large bowl of a standing mixer, cream together butter, oil, sugars, water, eggs and vanilla.
  • Add in flour mixture about 1 cup at a time, mixing as you add it to the wet mixture. Mix until everything is combined.
  • If you’re making regular (not cookie-cutter) cookies, use your hands to roll about healthy size (a.k.a not exact) round Tablespoon of dough and place it on a cookie sheet. Flatten dough to about ¼ inch tall. If you’re using cookie cutters, you can roll out the dough at this step. Dough should be about ¼ inch tall when you use the cookie cutter. Then place dough on cookie sheet.
  • Bake at 350 for about 15 minutes.  The cookies should be just browning when you take them out. Let cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before moving to a cooling rack. Once they are cooled, store them in the fridge and cool completely before frosting

For the vanilla buttercream frosting

  • Combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl and whip until frosting is smooth and fluffy.
  • Frost and decorate cooled cookies. If decorating with sprinkles, add immediately after frosting each cookie so that they stick. I added orange food coloring to make the pumpkins. After frosting was dry I also decorated with black gel icing to make jack-0-lanterns.

sugar cookies with buttercream frosting

 

Blueberry Buttermilk Scones

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The love affair started a few years ago, when B and I went to Ireland. I hadn’t been a fan before then – and neither had B – but after our trip, the seed was planted. We were hooked. We LOVED scones.

OK that may be a little dramatic, but it’s true. I never reallllly liked scones. I didn’t not like them (the only baked good I really don’t like are donuts…I know, I’m weird) but I didn’t love them. But something happened in Ireland – each bed and breakfast we stayed at we were greeted with freshly baked scones, tea, and sometimes Irish coffee. The scones were often warm, right from the oven, and had the perfect texture. And so shortly after we got home, B started ordering scones at more and more coffee places. And I was hooked.

So, when I found myself with two pints of fresh blueberries (thanks Fresh Fork!) and not enough time to eat both of them, I knew what I had to make – blueberry scones. The recipe is easy, it’s quick (quicker than banana blueberry bread, another contender) and pretty delicious. Try it!

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Blueberry Buttermilk Scones

Here’s what you need:

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup salted butter
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 egg
  • 2/3 cup buttermilk
  • 1 1/2 cup blueberries (I used fresh ones from our Fresh Fork CSA)

Here’s what you do:

  1. Preheat oven to 400.
  2. In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir together.
  3. Cut butter into small chunks. Add pieces to dry mixture. Using a pastry cutter or your fingers, incorporate butter pieces until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
  4. Add blueberries carefully. Coat the blueberries with the crumbly mixture and set aside dry ingredients.
  5. In a small bowl, combine egg, buttermilk and vanilla.
  6. Create a well in the center of the dry ingredients. Add buttermilk mixture to the well. Carefully combine, just until moistened.
  7. Place dough onto a work surface, and pat and shape dough into a 1-inch-thick round. Cut into 8 wedges. Transfer to baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
  8. Bake for 16-18 minutes or until top is golden brown and toothpick inserted in dough comes out clean.
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YUM

Some questions for you:

  • Are there any baked goods you don’t really enjoy? Mine are donuts. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll eat one if I have to, but I almost always choose a different baked good. Like a muffin. Or cookie. Or apple fritter 🙂
  • Any great blueberry recipes to share? I still have another pint!
  • Do you have any fond food memories from recent trips? Any foods you grew to love after experiencing them on a vacation?

Cookie Dough Easter Eggs

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Holy cow, where has April gone? It seems like just last week B and I were going to Ash Wednesday Mass and I was preparing to give up meat yet again for Lent.

Anyway, the 40ish days have pretty much concluded – meaning, not only am I going to be eating meat again soon, but we also get to prepare Easter desserts!

This year, I’ll be making a few of my favorite cookie dough truffles or cookie balls – and shaping them like eggs so that they become … voila! Easter Egg Cookie Dough Balls. You can really make these with any of your favorite truffle recipes, so I choose the chocolate chip cookie recipe but dipped in white chocolate (you can do regular chocolate if you like too, they may be harder to decorate though):

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Cookie Dough Easter Eggs

Here’s what you need:

  • 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/3 cup milk
  • 1 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 14 oz bag of candy coating

Here’s what you do:

  1. Cream butter and sugar. Add milk and vanilla and mix on high speed with an electric mixer.
  2. Stir in flour on low speed (or by hand) until incorporated. Stir in mini chocolate chips.
  3. Cover and chill dough for 1 hour or overnight.
  4. When dough is firm enough to handle, form dough into 1″ round balls. Then shape into somewhat flattened egg shapes and arrange on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or foil.
  5. Place dough ball-filled sheet in freezer and let chill for  at least 30 minutes.
  6. After cookie dough balls have hardened in the freezer, it’s time to dip them in the melted chocolate! Melt chocolate candy coating in the microwave or according to package directions. Using a fork, dip eggs into melted milk chocolate and coat completely.
  7. Return chocolate-covered balls to parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Chill until set.
  8. Enjoy! They’re pretty awesome.

To decorate:

  • Sprinkles: while melting chocolate is wet on the egg, sprinkle colored sugars or sprinkles over egg.
  • Drizzled chocolate: melt different colored melting chocolate according to package directions – or add food coloring to white chocolate – and use a fork to drizzle colored chocolate over the white chocolate base. If chocolate is too thick to drizzle, add some shortening to thin out chocolate a little. Do not add too much – and do not add water to chocolate! I just drizzled with my fork, but here is some more info on drizzling technique.

There are so many variations on this recipe – you could make them in so many different flavors including Birthday Cake Truffles, Cookies and Cream Truffles, Chocolate Peanut Butter Truffles, Baileys Truffles and more! Just choose you favorite, shape them into eggs and you’re done.

 

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Cookie dough is shaped and ready to chill

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be careful – they’re addicting!

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decorate with sprinkles or drizzle with chocolate

Enjoy! What are you baking for Easter? Do you have a favorite truffle recipe?

Itty Bitty Baby Banana Muffins

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Bananas. Love ’em? Hate ’em? I have a love hate relationship with them. Some days I can’t stand the sight or smell of them. But I ALWAYS love banana muffins and bread. Don’t you?

I wanted to bring something with me to Melgar’s wedding for when we ladies were getting ready. We had fruit, veggies, sandwiches, and other food coming, but I thought it may be nice to bring some snacks for us ladies to enjoy while getting ready in the morning. So the first thing that came to mind was mini muffins! I’ve honestly never made mini muffins and was a little nervous they’d come out dry or burnt, but this recipe worked out perfectly. The next time you need to bring an easy breakfast or snack that’s shareable, I HIGHLY recommend you bring these. Oh and if you aren’t looking for mini muffins, then I suggest you try these larger muffins that I’m also a big fan of: Banana Crumb Muffins.

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Mini Banana Muffins

Here’s what you need:

  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3 large ripe bananas, mashed
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 cup light brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1/3 cup butter, melted
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Here’s what you do:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line mini muffin tins with mini muffin liners.
  2. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl and set aside.
  3. Mix mashed bananas, sugars, egg, butter and vanilla in a large bowl. Add in flour mixture with a spatula, and mix until smooth. Do NOT overmix. I purposely mixed with a spatula and folded the flour mixture in. If you use your stand mixer, mix very briefly – overmixed muffins are tough!
  4. Scoop batter into lined muffin pans and bake mini muffins for 12 to 15 minutes. Muffins are done when lightly browned on top and a toothpick inserted into the muffins comes out clean with no batter.
  5. For fun, I also added a few chocolate and peanut butter chips to the top of a few before baking. Definitely recommend that 🙂

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Edible Mittens!!! (chocolate dipped shortbread cookies)

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Brrr! What a COLD week we had last week. I know it was that way in most of the country – but that thought did not warm me as I was walking to work in the single digits (“feels like -30something” with the windchill). I seriously bundled up and wasn’t ashamed – I had my mittens, scarf, hat AND furry hood. Don’t worry, I took a selfie for you.

Remind me not to take pictures of myself looking like this again.

Remind me not to take pictures of myself looking like this again.

Anyway, there’s not much you can do when the weather’s cold besides bundle up, eat a lot of soup, run on a treadmill – and of course bake! Don’t you agree? And with the weather so cold, it was only fitting to make a buttery shortbread cookie (borrowed from Ina Garden) – and shape them like mittens. Cute, don’t you think?

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Mitten Cookies! (Or Chocolate Dipped Shortbread Cookies)

Here’s what you need:

  • 3/4 pound butter, at room temperature
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup semi-sweetened chocolate chips

Here’s what you do:

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. In a large bowl, combine butter and sugar. Mix well with an electric mixer until combined. Add in vanilla and mix well.
  3. Add in flour and mix on low speed until the dough starts to come together. Dough should be well combined and not powdery. Shape dough into a ball and chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
  4. After dough is chilled, roll out the dough and cut with your cookie cutter into fun shapes. I thought I had a mitten cutter – but I didn’t. Whoops! So instead I free cut a few fun shapes (beer, a B for B, and some more) and then made a mitten stencil out of thick paper and traced that with a knife.
  5. Place the cookies on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
  6. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until the edges are light brown.
  7. Allow to cool to room temperature.

Once cool, you can melt chocolate and dip your dough shapes in them!

  1. Put about 1 c. chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl and microwave for 30 seconds. Your chocolate won’t be melted yet (likely) but continue to stir and nuke the chocolate in 30 second intervals until it’s fully melted- this will help to ensure the chocolate doesn’t burn.
  2. Dip the cookie in the chocolate. I dipped the bottom of the mittens and then sprinkled them with sprinkles to make them the way they are. But you could also drizzle you cookies with chocolate as well.

Enjoy!

mitten shaped template

the paper mitten I drew for a template … and other cookies in the background

some cookies cooling, some cookies ready for the oven

some cookies cooling, some cookies ready for the oven

some other fun shapes I cut

some other fun shapes I cut

 

 

 

Pecan Pie Bars

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I’m not a big pie person. I know, I know – pies are somewhat trendy (well they were a year or so ago) and therefore I should like them. I’ve just never been a big fan. Don’t get me wrong – I love desserts of ALL kinds, but if I had a choice between an apple pie or apple cookie – I’d choose cookie all the way.

So when B and I got charged with bringing dessert to his family’s Thanksgiving this year, I wasn’t really looking to make enough pie to serve 20ish people for three days (yes, it’s a pretty big family gathering). But of course, for B some people,you can’t have Thanksgiving without pie. So in addition to making a pie, or two, we decided that we’d also bring some bars – inspired of course by popular Thanksgiving pies. First up? Pecan Pie Bars. These are great for both pie AND non-pie lovers. The sugar cookie dough crust could be eaten alone and works marvelously (I’ve been watching too much Downton Abbey and Call the Midwife) with the pecan filling.

Oh, and besides having these for Thanksgiving? I’m very seriously thinking about making these for Christmas – because they really are that good.

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Here’s what you need:

For the crust

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup powdered sugar
  • 3/4 cup butter, softened

For the filling

  • 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 2/3 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 3 1/2 cups coarsely chopped pecans (I put mine in a food processor and c

Here’s what you do:

  1. Preheat oven to 350. Combine flour with powdered sugar. Cut in 3/4 cup softened butter using a knife and combine with a fork (or your hands) until the mixture is in crumbly clumps (yes that is the scientific term).
  2. Using your hands, place the mixture on the bottom of a 13×9 inch baking dish prepared with parchment paper. Allow mixture to come up the sides of the dish a little as well.
  3. Bake crust at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until edges are starting to brown. Cool crust.
  4. Combine brown sugar, honey, 2/3 cup butter, and heavy whipping cream in a skillet. Bring to a boil. Stir in pecans, and combine. Pour hot pecan mixture into cooled crust.
  5. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes or until the pecan filling is a dark golden color and bubbling. Cool before cutting into bars.
  6. Enjoy!
sugar cookie crust

sugar cookie crust

pecan pie filling

pecan pie filling

Bars are done!

Bars are done!

Recipe inspired by this Food Network recipe – minus the corn syrup! – and this one.

Triple Chip Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies

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I think I have a pumpkin problem. From baking biscotti, to scones, to cookies, to granola – to just mixing it in plain yogurt and eating it with the pumpkin granola – I’m all over pumpkin this fall. But, the first step to recovery is recognizing you have a problem. And with that, here is my last pumpkin recipe for this season. And don’t worry, it’s a good one – similar to the last pumpkin cookies I made but with some oatmeal and white chips for added texture.

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Triple Chip Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies

Here’s what you need:

  • 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon allspice
  • 1 teaspoon ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 and 1/2 cups rolled oats
  • 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1/3 cup molasses
  • 1 cup pumpkin puree
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cup total three different types of chocolate chips – I actually broke this up into 1/2 cup chocolate chips, 1/2 cup chocolate chunks and 1/2 cup white chocolate chips – next time I’ll likely try some mini m&ms or even Candy Corn M&Ms!

Here’s what you do:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Combine dry ingredients – flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, allspice, salt and oats – in a small bowl and set aside.
  3. In a large bowl of a stand mixer, combine butter and sugars. Mix well. Add in egg and mix thoroughly.
  4. In a small bowl, combine pumpkin puree with molasses and vanilla. Mix well until completely combined. Once the mixture is a uniform, dark brown color, add to wet ingredients in stand mixture. Note: Don’t want to dirty another bowl? You likely could add all these ingredients to the stand mixer one at a time, but I found it easier to have the molasses  and pumpkin mixed together first to ensure they get are thoroughly combined.
  5. Add in dry ingredients with a spatula and mix well, by hand. You may need to stir for 2-4 minutes before mixture is completely combined. Then, add in your your chocolate chips / chunks.
  6. Dough will be sticky! Drop by rounded tablespoons onto a baking sheet topped with parchment paper.
  7. Cook for 12-14 minutes or until they start to brown.

Enjoy!

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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

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Yes, I’m sharing more pumpkin recipes. Give me a break – pumpkin season comes only once a year and I can’t help but take advantage of it as much as I can!

I’m always a fan of pumpkin cookies. The pumpkin blondies I made last year were my favorite, but the soft pumpkin cream cheese cookies are another great choice when looking for a crowd pleaser. Who wouldn’t like soft pumpkin cookies with a cream cheese glaze?

Ok, not everyone likes soft pumpkin cookies. Did you know that there are even people who (gasp) don’t like pumpkin? I know, right? Anyway, my mom does like pumpkin but she is not a huge fan of soft pumpkin cookies. She likes pumpkin bread but when it comes to pumpkin cookies – or cookies in general – she prefers more crispy, less cake-like cookies. Which is why I decided to try to find a pumpkin cookie recipe that would satisfy that need. I sought a chocolate chip cookie recipe that would work with pumpkin – and this is it! I took aspects from a few recipes (including this recipe from one of my favorite bloggers, Picky Palate,  and this one from the Food Network) to get this just perfect, and here it is.

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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Here’s what you need:

  • 8 tablespoons butter, room temperature
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • ½ cup packed light brown sugar
  • ½ cup pumpkin puree
  • 1½ tablespoons molasses
  • 1 egg
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1½ cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • ½ teaspoon ground allspice
  • ½ teaspoon ground ginger
  • 2 cups chocolate chips or about one 11.5 oz bag (I didn’t try but I bet these would be delicious with white chips as well! Or even mini chips)

Here is what you do:

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or spray with non-stick cook spray.
  2. Combine butter and sugars in stand mixer, beating until light and fluffy.
  3. Add molasses, pumpkin, egg and vanilla. Beat until combined and smooth.
  4. Add most of dry ingredients – starting with flour and baking soda, and then add in cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and ginger.
  5. Stir in chocolate chips.
  6. Drop dough by about tablespoon sized dallops onto prepared baking sheet.
  7. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until baked through and starting to crisp up.
  8. Cool for a few minutes on baking sheet then transfer to cooling rack.

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Another St. Patrick’s Day Dessert: Baileys Cake with Irish Cream Glaze

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I’ve been on a baking and cooking crusade lately. Baking, cooking and running are my outlets when I am stressed, and I tend to go overboard when that’s the case. Anyway, I decided to bake one more St. Patrick’s Day dessert just in time for the holiday – this time, a Baileys Cake.

What? More Baileys desserts? — you’re probably thinking. Well, yes. One of my favorite things about our trip to Ireland this summer was the people and the scenery, not the food (sorry!), but I did love the ever present and available Irish Cream, so that’s exactly what I’m planning my recipes around.

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Baileys Cake with Irish Cream Glaze

adapted from this Baileys Pound Cake Recipe

Here’s what you need:

For the cake (loaf)

  • 1 stick unsalted butter
  • 1 stick low-fat butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 eggs (or 3/4 cup Egg Beaters, which of course I used)
  • 1 cup Baileys (I used the caramel kind. because it’s my favorite)
  • 2¼ cups flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder

For the glaze

  • 1/2 c. powdered sugar
  • 1/4 c. Baileys

Here’s what you do:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray loaf pan with Pam.
  2. Cream together butters and sugar.
  3. Mix together eggs and Baileys. Add to butter and sugar mixture.
  4. In a small bowl, combine flour and baking powder. Add to liquid batter, about 1/4 cup at a time. Mix batter well until super smooth and evenly combined.
  5. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
  6. Bake for 1 hour. Test at about 55 minutes by sticking a toothpick into the loaf – when it comes out clean the loaf is done! Mine took about 62 minutes.
  7. While loaf is baking, make the glaze! Combine powdered sugar with 1/4 cup Baileys. Feel free to use a whisk and combine until a smooth glaze forms.
  8. After loaf is removed from the oven and cooled slightly, drizzle glaze on top.
  9. Enjoy!

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baileys cake with an irish cream glaze

Feel free to enjoy with some Baileys on ice .. or in your coffee!