This Sweet and Spicy Pumpkin Bars recipe will become everyone’s favorite dessert. Topped with a decadent cream cheese frosting, these delicious pumpkin bars will disappear around a crowd. This recipe post may contain affiliate links. Please see our Privacy Policy for details. With Thanksgiving only weeks away, it is pumpkin season so I thought I…
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Chewy Chocolate Cookies in 30 Minutes
30 minute dessert is that correct? Have I got your attention? That’s right…let’s get going! Crank the oven to 350° and let’s start baking these chewy chocolate cookies. These cookies are so good and fast you could start them right after supper for a dessert. Healthy Chocolate Cookies? You all know that dark chocolate has…
Easy French Baguette
This easy French baguette is the perfect thing to serve with pasta dishes and soups and stews. It is delicious tasting and has a perfect texture. Is there anything that smells as good as homemade bread baking in the oven? Whether it’s honey oatmeal sandwich bread or cinnamon rolls, pumpernickel rye or olive bread—it all…
Easy Rye Sandwich Rolls
I’m crazy about rye yeast breads of any kind and today I have a recipe for easy rye sandwich rolls that everyone loves. Recipe and post by MaryJo My love affair with rye is due to the Scandinavian and German blood in my veins. I like to make rolls for their versatility and because most people seem to…
Potato Focaccia Bread with Caramelized Onions
Potato focaccia bread with caramelized onions is a perfect appetizer item. Invite some friends over and enjoy. I’ve never made a focaccia bread before…can’t say that now. Even MaryJo, the consummate baker can’t recall ever making one. It’s for sure going to be a go-to recipe for social gatherings. The recipe makes enough dough to…
Easy Pan Fried Naan Bread Recipe
Pan fried naan bread is easy to make using simple ingredients. It is the perfect bread for dips or for Chicken Tikka Masala. Naan is a traditional leavened flatbread served in Indian restaurants. Plain naan is a mild-tasting fried bread that is used to soak up Indian curries, lentils, and beans. If you’re not familiar…
Dresden Style German Christmas Stollen
Authentic Dresden style German Christmas stollen from an old family recipe made by my great grandmother, enhanced with the fruity flavors of Paradise Fruit company Old English fruit and peel mix. This post is sponsored by Paradise Fruit Company who generously donated the Paradise fruit ingredients for this stollen recipe. There is nothing better for…
Herbed Pizza Dough with Shiitake Mushrooms
Herbed pizza dough is a way to boost the flavors of your homemade pizzas. Just by adding a few herbs and garlic when you make the crust, you’ll get a whole new spectrum of flavors in your pizza. I’ve made a simple pizza crust for some time now but never thought about making an herb,…
Chocolate Whipped Cream Caramel Poke Cake
Chocolate caramel poke cake with a whipped cream topping is a tasty dessert treat. Well here’s something you don’t see every day on Joe’s Healthy Meals. Chocolate whipped cream caramel poke cake that has about 366 calories per serving. What this cake is all about is a celebration of three years of Joe’s Healthy Meals!…
Beer Biscuits from Scratch
This recipe post may contain affiliate links. Please see our Privacy Policy for details. You’ve probably all heard of beer bread, right? But have you heard of Beer Biscuits? Possibly my all-time favorite biscuit recipe is this one that I adapted from The Original Danish Dough Whisk – LARGE 13.5" Stainless Steel Dutch Style bread…
Blueberry Pie Recipe
I’m not a person who eats dessert, but every now and then there is this urge to splurge. This blueberry pie recipe was given to me recently by my friend, real estate agent, local celebrity Mother of the Mayor, Linda. Well I knew that I had to try it right away. Having never, and I…
Simple Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Ice Cream
Simple chocolate cake is moist and has a great texture which is delicious with vanilla ice cream and raspberry sauce. This recipe is a special Valentine’s Day treat that I asked MaryJo to prepare since she is the best and only baker in the house. While this technically is not a healthy meal, it is…
Key Lime Pie in Graham Cracker Crust
Key Lime Pie with graham cracker crust recipe is easy and the tastiest sweet treat there is. Just like you would get in a South Florida restaurant. When our daughters were down to Florida to visit, the one thing they wanted was Key Lime Pie! I had never had Key Lime Pie until I was…
Cranberry Quick Bread Recipe
Cranberry quick bread is something you need to make for holidays. Especially Thanksgiving. Everyone ready for Thanksgiving? I didn’t think so. I’m going to throw out another possibility that was courtesy of our friend Linda who makes this on her boat in the Bahamas. Get ready to bake some yummy sweet bread. Bob is the…
Swedish Almond Tea Cake
Swedish Almond Tea Cake is simple and fast to make dessert or brunch treat. It’s full of sweetness and a nice almondy flavor. Mary Jo told me that she was going to make this cake for her boss Christine’s birthday and that she was going to make it this morning before going to work. I…