If you love mangos, you’ll want to make Mango Bars part of your dessert-life. The intensely delicious natural flavor of mango curd, looks and tastes beautiful on top of shortbread. While making lemon bars for work, and thinking about a dear friend who loves mango, the idea of creating mango bars came to me. I’m so happy this worked out, and I’m excited to share this recipe with you.
shortbread crust
Baking a good shortbread crust is a total essential for my catering work, and for the love of baking dessert at home. With the perfect ratios of butter, flour, and sugar, we create a cherished flavor, with a soft bite and overall strength to withstand anything we want it to hold.
Dulce de Leche Caramel
Dulce de Leche Caramel is one of my favorite flavors to add to desserts like cakes and pastry. It’s also the easiest to make. All you need is a one-can ingredient, the right amount of time and a tool, to make the real-deal, amazing, homemade Dulce de Leche that is perfectly thick, smooth, and delicious.
Apple Pie Frittelle
With Apple Pie Frittelle, I made my Italian-American recipe-dream come true. Thought of as fry bread or rustic donuts, I make it easy, with overnight/no-knead dough, a little sugar and spice, and apple pie filling for an American twist, and the best of both worlds. This dessert is fun, absolutely delicious, and even though I’ve enjoyed frittelle my whole life, it is unique to most. I hope you enjoy this take on my roots, and this special food we make when celebrating at home.
Nonna’s legendary apple pie filling and glaze
Nonna’s legendary apple pie filling and glaze is here for the world to enjoy! Since the 1970s, my mom has been the master who perfected this recipe, wanting to make something special and very American to celebrate me – her babygirl who was born just hours before our nation’s Bicentennial. Born and raised in Italy, she figured, ‘what could be more good and American, then a homemade apple pie?!’ To be loved so much and to be linked to this amazing woman and her food is a gift.
flaky-pastry crust, for savory or dessert pies
This flaky-pastry crust for savory or dessert pie is a no-fuss, awesome-end result every time recipe, that brings total confidence to pie-baking and a memorable taste that has you coming back for more.
Matcha cheesecake and Spring florals
Matcha cheesecake and spring florals are how I helped celebrate my daughter’s 17th birthday. Beyond adding pure Matcha green tea powder for gorgeous natural flavor and color, a slight change to my typical recipe created an incredible mousse-like texture, to completely elevate cheesecake for an unforgettable result. There is no turning back – adding tofu is the key.
everything braided bread
Let’s make a braided bread, with the same no-knead dough, and my tried and true baking method using a dutch oven. With a few small adjustments to the original recipe, you can have a lightly crisped outside and layers of super soft, pull apart bread on the inside. If you like, add a seeded or everything bagel mixture to the top. I show you how to make this beautiful thing happen.
Braciole With Sauce
Braciole with sauce is an authentic Italian dish that I’ve enjoyed on special Sundays my entire life. I’m sharing my personal recipe to make this flavorful beef rolled into individual roasts, and cooked in a simmering tomato sauce.
my favorite: cranberry-orange scones
Cranberry-orange is my all-time favorite holiday flavor combination. For years, cranberry orange scones have been one of my family’s Christmas-morning traditions. These tender, flavorful dessert-biscuits, are made with a slight outside buttery-crispness, and bright fruit flavors. Here I share with you my favorite classic scone recipe, and the ingredient switch-outs to make them gluten free and/or vegan.
easy set icing or glaze
Set icing or glaze tastes like a dream on top of scones, muffins, cakes, cookies, and pancakes. (I can go on and on.) This is a favorite way to slightly sweeten, and make a treat more delicious and lovely. This simple staple will set and firm to a soft-stiffness, so there is no smudging or mess when stacking.
cranberry orange pancakes
This morning, everyone besides the dogs and I slept-in, and cranberry-orange pancakes was the special breakfast I wanted to make for my sweethearts that were still all-snug in their beds. Orange Pancakes are topped with cranberry sauce, and a generous drizzling of orange-zest icing.