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No-Churn Cookie Butter Ice Cream

Posted on June 2, 2014

You don't need an ice cream maker to churn a batch of this delicious ice cream!  Packed with Cookie Butter, rich and creamy, this is an ice cram that you will love. Apparently no-churn ice cream is a thing, a big thing.  This might be the most dangerous fact I've ever learned.  In the past…

Keep It Sweet Desserts Weekly Wrap-up 6/1/14

Posted on June 1, 2014

I had so much fun this week celebrating my sister’s graduation!  On Wednesday, my parents picked me up for our road trip to Boston and we enjoyed a couple of days eating our way through town.  Actually, I didn’t get to do as much fun Boston eating as I would have liked, but we did…

Pregnancy Update: 20 weeks, Halfway There!

Posted on May 29, 2014

I’m 20 weeks along; halfway through my pregnancy! ***First of all, a HUGE congratulations to my sister who is graduating from HARVARD today.  I’m beyond proud of you and so happy I get to be there to celebrate!  And even happier that you are moving back to New York this summer!!!!!!*** Jessica and I last…

{Gluten-Free} Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Posted on May 27, 2014

Brown butter chocolate chip cookies are made with quinoa flour and almond meal to satisfy your gluten-free and gluten-loving cookie cravings. It’s pretty much common knowledge that cookies can cure almost anything.  So when a friend of mine was going through a hard time, I immediately wanted to send her some.  She happens to be…

Keep It Sweet Desserts Weekly Wrap-up 5/24/14

Posted on May 24, 2014

Memorial Day weekend has arrived!  We are off to Philadelphia to spend the weekend with my family.  Tonight the six of us are going to a cooking class together and then tomorrow night I’ll get to see some friends and family that I haven’t seen in a while so that will be a treat.  The…

My Feelings on Closing a Business

Posted on May 22, 2014

When I started Keep It Sweet Desserts, and really up until just a couple of months ago, I never thought I’d choose to close down / leave the business for family reasons.  I imagined that I’d be able to hire enough people to do most of my work so that I’d have flexibility.  I also…

Oreo Overload Cookie Sandwiches

Posted on May 18, 2014

Chewy cookies infused with Oreo Crumbs and slathered with a Cookies n Cream filling! I made these cookies on Friday with the full intention of bringing them over to a friend’s yesterday.  Apparently I made the mistake of sharing a sample cookie with Matt because he almost lost it when I told him I was…

Keep It Sweet Desserts Weekly Wrap-up 5/17/14

Posted on May 17, 2014

Happy weekend!  Today I’m off to deliver a very special wedding dessert spread.  A wedding “cake” made of brownie and blondie layers plus little buttercream-frosted brownie and blondie bites.  Let me tell you, after working on this all week and doing a little quality control, I’m tempted to crash that wedding!  I hope the bride…

BLUEberry Buttercream Cups

Posted on May 12, 2014

These Blueberry Buttercream Cups are the perfect no-bake chocolate treats.  They are so easy to make. I think I might be a little obsessed with buttercream candy cups now.  First there were the Mint Cookies and Cream Buttercream Cups and then I made these Pretty in Pink Buttercream Cups.  The thing is, this is such…

Keep It Sweet Desserts Weekly Wrap-up 5/10/14

Posted on May 10, 2014

Happy Mother’s Day weekend to all of the mom’s out there!  I can only aspire to be the caring and supportive mom that both my mother and mother-in-law are.  Both of them, while maybe not from the most lovey-dovey of upbringings, are amazing, hard-working women who spent the last 30ish years putting their children’s happiness…