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Creamy Vegan Pumpkin Pie

Creamy Vegan Pumpkin Pie

Pumpkin pie is a mainstay for Thanksgiving dinners, but traditional recipes make it hard for plant-based folks to enjoy it along with everyone else. This pie, however, is fabulous and is not obviously plant-based. It’s creamy and flavorful and no one will miss...
Gingerbread Cake with Warm Lemon Sauce

Gingerbread Cake with Warm Lemon Sauce

Lots of spices and flavors go into this recipe to make a delightfully, delicious, warm fall dessert full of autumn flavors. Molasses, cloves, cinnamon, and ginger pair wonderfully with the fluffy lemon sauce! This wonderful cake was a family favorite from my...
Vegan Sweet Potato Pie

Vegan Sweet Potato Pie

If you want a vegan pie crust recipe, see the Vegan Pumpkin Pie recipe as it is included there. I gave up making my own pie crusts years ago, I had too many do-overs. My grandmother said you either have “pie hands” or “cake hands” and I...

Fourth of July Brownie

Just because we called it Fourth of July Brownie doesn’t mean you can’t serve it any time these berries are in season. Yes, you can get berries year around now, but it’s really best when these berries are found fresh at farm stands or at the...
Zuppa Inglese alla Napoletana

Zuppa Inglese alla Napoletana

Ingredients for the Pan di Spagna (sponge cake): As you can see from the photo, we used Vanillina, it’s a powdered form of vanilla extract and is used frequently in Italy. It may not be easier to obtain than vanilla extract, but you may be able to find it in a...