Tropical Snowballs
The holidays are here. Look around they’re EVERYWHERE! Especially here at The Back Burner where we’re featuring a few holiday treats this week of the sweet variety. While it’s true that there are plenty of sweet cocktails I could bring you this time of year. Brandy laced nogs or something tinged with vanilla. Maybe even more »
a misleading misnomer
A trifle is defined as an article or thing of very little value. I’d like to know who decided to apply that name to the elegant and tasty dessert that we all know and love—it’s just wildly inappropriate. Here’s another thing about a trifle—while it’s gorgeous in its untouched state, all perfectly-layered and colorful, it more »
gimme some (brown) sugar!
Fact: I prefer brown sugar over white sugar. I’ve been known to dig into a bag of brown sugar with a spoon, but I can’t even imagine doing such an act with white sugar. For this reason, I find it a great tragedy that so much of the world has never tasted brown sugar pie. more »
Holiday Bakedown: The Cutest Christmas Treats
Holiday baking. Every year we pull out the cookie sheets, the pie tins, the cake pans, and we make something sweet and buttery for the people we love. What is it about holiday baking that puts us in such a good mood? Is it just the sugar rush? I don’t think so. It might be more »
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