Keyword: dessert

homemade slow cooker applesauce
Fewer Than 6 Ingredients, Fruit, German Cuisine, Gluten Free Option, Oil Free Recipes, Slow Cooker, Snacks, Sweet Sauces

Homemade Slow Cooker Applesauce

Homemade slow cooker applesauce is easy, convenient and delicious! Just put your cut up apples into the slow cooker and check back on them later. You control the levels of sugar or cinnamon in the applesauce (maybe none!), and can make it as chunky or smooth as your family likes! Determining the sweetness of the […]

Birthdays, Breakfast, Desserts, Easter, Fall & Winter Holidays, Fruit, German Cuisine, Mother's Day

Classic German Apple Cake with Almonds

I’m so glad I made this classic German apple cake with almonds, a.k.a. Apfelkuchen mit Mandeln. It makes a nice pastry for breakfast, or a lovely dessert cake with coffee. The cake is dense, so it can be sliced in small wedges when serving guests. The vanilla cake has additional flavoring from lemon zest, adding […]

Drinks, Fewer Than 6 Ingredients, Halloween, Smoothies

Pumpkin Spice Latte Vegan Milkshake

We really like this pumpkin spice latte vegan milkshake. It has good, strong coffee and pumpkin flavors! If you want this shake a little thicker like a smoothie, freeze tablespoons of the puree on a cookie sheet in your freezer, for about 20 minutes before making the shake. Then pop any extra frozen lumps of […]

cold brew coffee ice cream
Birthdays, Desserts, Fewer Than 6 Ingredients, Gluten Free, Ice Cream Maker, Summer Holidays, Valentine's Day

Cold Brew Coffee Ice Cream

I’m a coffee fiend, so I love this cold brew coffee ice cream recipe. To begin the recipe, you make cold pressed coffee in your fridge by mixing coconut milk from a carton with coffee grounds in a jar. You refrigerate that for a day or two, then strain it and make the ice cream. […]

pumpkin pear smoothie
Drinks, Fewer Than 6 Ingredients, Halloween, Oil Free Recipes, Smoothies

Pumpkin Pear Smoothie

What could be better on an autumn morning than this pumpkin pear smoothie? The flavors are mild and everything you want from a pumpkin smoothie. The spices are flavorful, the smoothie is creamy and filling, and it’s ORANGE (okay, pale orange). The oats in the smoothie fill you up, and the pear and pumpkin give […]

vegan chewy cranberry oatmeal cookies
Birthdays, Desserts, Fall & Winter Holidays, Fruit, Snacks, Summer Holidays

Chewy Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies

These vegan chewy cranberry oatmeal cookies will be great to keep on hand during the fall holidays. The recipe makes a solid oatmeal cookie, and the dried cranberries bring sweetness and tartness in almost every bite. I’ve hesitated to make vegan cookies this year because I used to make them all the time for an […]