Apple Butter Crumb Bars

- Elle Kirschenbaum 6 Comments
Apple Butter Crumb Bars; easier than #apple pie. Go to OnlyTasteMatters.com for the #recipe. #GlutenFreeBaking #BakeSale

I was having my daily phone conversation with my mother and was going over my plans for apple crumb cake bars. You see, I always talk through my recipe plans with my mother before I start. I am convinced it bores the hell out of her but she always so politely pretends to care. (She has zero interest in baking. Zero.) So I am discussing my plan to cut up the apples when she interrupts me and says “What if you use apple butter? No working mom wants to slice apples.” “Hmm good point” I reply. “Ain’t nobody got time for that.”

Brown Sugar Bundt Cake with Caramel Glaze

- Elle Kirschenbaum 23 Comments
Brown Sugar #Bundt Cake with Caramel Drizzle. It even has toffee and pecans! Unreal! Go to OnlyTasteMatters.com for the amazing #recipe. #glutenfreebaking #dessertrecipes #bundtamonth

So I was looking on Pinterest for a bundt cake recipe because really who doesn’t love a bundt? I mean they’re always so pretty and require no talent whatsoever. I am amazed every time I make one how incredible it looks. So anyway as I was searching I made the most amazing discovery–brown sugar pound cake. BROWN SUGAR POUND CAKE? Really? This is a thing? Oh yes and like most decadent food, it seems to be Southern. Then as if brown sugar pound cake wasn’t mind blowing enough, they enhanced it with toffee and pecans. Add a caramel glaze and you have what my husband’s co-workers call “crack” cake.

Chocolate Chip Cookies Worth Stealing

- Elle Kirschenbaum 15 Comments
Make these #ChocolateChip #Cookies that are worth stealing. Be ready to catch your kids with their hand in the cookie jar. #GlutenFreeBaking #DessertRecipe

Not sure if I mentioned it yet, but I think everything tastes better with chocolate chips. Everything. Recently my husband and I were at a party and I challenged the other guests to come up with any food that isn’t improved by chocolate chips. Of course there was silence because, well, there simply isn’t one. However, one girl’s eyes lit up and she proudly said “tuna fish.” My smartass husband didn’t miss a beat and replied “mole sauce.”

Peach Crisp {gluten-free}

- Elle Kirschenbaum 30 Comments
Peach Crisp served warm with some vanilla ice cream. Yummy! #GlutenFreeBaking #DessertRecipes #peaches

My friend Big Red is the consummate foodie. By the way “big” doesn’t refer to her size (she’s only 5′ 4″) but to her large personality. She is the only one of my friends who everyone instantly remembers. I say, “You know, the one with the red-orange hair.” And the response is always “Oh yeah” followed up with some story that she told.

Bursting with Blueberry Muffins

- Elle Kirschenbaum 17 Comments
Bursting with Blueberry Muffins. Any time of day, nothing beats homemade #blueberry #muffins! #GlutenFree #recipe #SummerBerries

My two grandmothers could not have been more different. One had a German mother so she was very precise. Consequently, she was an exceptional baker. My other grandmother had a Russian mother and is the opposite of precise, whatever you call that, so not a great baker but an amazing cook. I guess I learned the precision thing because my Russian grandmother finds cooking or baking with me “exhausting.”