This lightened-up baked French toast casserole gets a pop of holiday color and flavor from a cranberry and pistachio streusel. It’s the perfect breakfast for Christmas morning. On Christmas morning, my husband and I position ourselves in the kitchen and listen for the excited squeals and patter of little feet as our boys wake up…
Raspberry Crumb Bar Recipe with Almond Streusel Topping
Any tradition that starts with fresh fruit and a streusel topping is bound to be a keeper, I say. The first summer after I started this blog, I posted Spiked Blueberry Crumb Bars, a streusel-topped fruit bar, kicked up with a splash of rum. Each summer since then, I posted a new version: Summer Cherry…
Peach Crumb Bars with Hazelnut Streusel Recipe
Today is a special day. My eldest son turns 10 and these peach crumb bars are for him. Yesterday we were talking about how “10” is an auspicious year – after all, he can say he’s been alive for a decade. When I reminded him that yesterday was the last time his age was ever…
Twice-Baked Sweet Potato (Yam) Recipe with Chipotle Pecan Streusel
These twice-baked sweet potatoes are topped with an amazing chipotle pecan streusel and are an all-time favorite for Thanksgiving! With American Thanksgiving just a couple of weeks away, you are likely being inundated by recipes and entertaining suggestions on the web, in magazines, and on television. I am guilty of this myself, writing about Green…
Spiced Pear Coffee Cake with Brown Sugar & Oat Streusel Recipe
We finally picked the rest of the pears off of our prolific Charlie Brown pear tree. Its little branches have finally sprung back up to their pre-fruit bearing days and it seemed to breathe an audible sigh of relief as we picked the last pear. After indulging in my Pear, Blueberry and Ginger Cobbler recipe,…
Spiked Blueberry Crumb Bars
Don’t commit me yet! I realize that this is the second time in a week that I have baked with rum. I couldn’t help myself. The bottle was sitting on the counter, calling my name. It’s voice sounded suspiciously like Captain Jack Sparrow’s, which mine could start sounding like after a few more of these…