Bake or Break

Praline Cheesecake: Happy Birthday, Jennifer!

See the recipe Today is Jennifer’s birthday! While she’s had to work all weekend, I’ve been doing my husbandly best to make it a fun birthday celebration. First, dinner and homemade dessert with my parents Friday night. Then there were presents last night — many presents. I won’t go into details, but suffice to say [...]

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Pecan Cheesecake Bars

I found this really simple recipe at Land O’Lakes’ website. There was nothing about it that didn’t sound good. After all, I’m a fool for cream cheese. The crust is baked first without the filling. The directions read to beat the crust ingredients together, but I found that a pastry blender worked much better. Be [...]

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Limoncello Cheesecake Squares

A couple of weeks ago, I turned on the television and became entranced by Food Network Caters Your Vegas Wedding. For those unfamiliar, engaged couples entered a contest in which the grand prize was a wedding reception catered by Food Network. One of the many desserts featured was this one by Giada De Laurentiis. These [...]

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Chocolate Coconut Almond Cheesecake

For Father’s Day, my father said he wanted cheesecake. Flipping through my very favorite cheesecake book, I Love Cheesecake by Mary Crownover, I found what I had to make for him. Chocolate Coconut Almond Cheesecake. Essentially, it’s an Almond Joy cheesecake. This I knew he would love. His aunt used to make him a cake [...]

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