Tag: cream cheese

cinnamon rolls

cinnamon rolls

  back in our auburn hills days, we lived dangerously close to a cinnabon.  it was in the mall across the street, and it was a friday tradition to pick up cinnabon before a movie to bring them home for saturday morning breakfast.  ohhhhh, it 

aunt deb’s cheesecake

aunt deb’s cheesecake

when i first tried my aunt’s cheesecake, it was love at first bite.  my aunt and i share the same chocolaty sweet tooth, so it was not a huge surprise that this cheesecake is pure awesomeness.  i cannot even begin to describe how perfect this 

popper grilled cheese

popper grilled cheese

i missed out on a lot of awesome food growing up, due to my excessive pickyness.  food was too spicy, too meaty, too sour, yadda yadda yadda.  i think i could have lived on mac and cheese, chicken patties from the freezer and ice cream. 

cinnamon roll pancakes

cinnamon roll pancakes

tom and i love breakfast.  we regularly eat it for dinner and call it “brunner”.  well, maybe i just call it brunner.  this is a very unique combination of two of my favorite breakfast components, cinnamon rolls and pancakes.  they’ve very rich and definitely remind 

pumpkin roll

pumpkin roll

thanksgiving week is upon us!  tom and i have a lot to be thankful for; we have been very blessed in this crazy whirlwind of a year.  this thursday, we’ll be thinking of our family in michigan and most definitely missing them. tradition is something 

cookies n’ cream cupcakes

cookies n’ cream cupcakes

i had a hankering for oreos.  and cupcakes.  enter these dandies.  they’re wonderfully moist and have oreos busting out of them at the seams. not that cupcake liners have seams, but you can catch my drift. 🙂 i was able to fill the cupcakes using 

ebelskiver

ebelskiver

ebelskiver, how do i love thee?  let me count the ways: sausage, peanut butter, nutella, cinnamon bun…. bran gave me an ebelskiver pan for Christmas this year.  ebelskiver is basically a filled pancake.  what you decide to fill it with is what really makes it great.  you 

caramel macchiato cheesecake

caramel macchiato cheesecake

welcome to thanksgiving dinner, 2010! we’re going to start with dessert first…  caramel macchiato cheesecake is just like my favorite starbucks drink, but better because it is in cheesecake form!  this cheesecake is best served chilled.  you might want to make two, because there won’t 

pizza dip

pizza dip

this is a very delicious recipe from my aunt debbie.  i’m sorry for the quality of this iPhone photo*, it just doesn’t do this dip justice.  you’ll have to try it for yourself! *edited on 1/1/2012 – updated and added pics! 8 oz. cream cheese 

sopapilla cheesecake dessert

sopapilla cheesecake dessert

last friday night was date night, as usual, and we had tickets to go to the local comedy club to see John Pinette (huh-freakin-larious!).  instead of worrying about making it to the restaurant and out in time for the show, i decided to eat dinner