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Captain Morgan Chocolate Chip Cookies

December 17, 2017 by Aly 11 Comments

Bake up a batch of these Captain Morgan Chocolate Chip Cookies – your favorite homemade chocolate chip cookie recipe with a rum-laced twist!

Disclosure: This recipe originally appeared on Cooking In Stilettos in August of 2009. The recipe has been updated with new photos and any recipe changes that I have incorporated over the years. This post may contain affiliate links to products I adore and use in my kitchen. Thank you for supporting Cooking In Stilettos.

There’s a story behind the creation of these homemade Captain Morgan Chocolate Chip Cookies like with any cocktail-esque creation or any of my boozy bite recipes.

In college, I fell in love with all things Captain Morgan thanks to a dear friend who constantly had a Captain & Coke in hand. Confession – there was one time during a Criminal Justice class where I went to take a sip of his coke only to find it was a bit “spirited” with a touch of Captain – talk about a bit of a surprise. Since my college days, when I want a cocktail with a bit of comfort, I will often pour a Captain & Coke.

This dear friend was an MP in the National Guard. When he and his unit deployed to Croatia and Bosnia, I was tasked with sending care packages from our crew. One thing he always mentioned was the lack of Captain Morgan on base. However, with rules, I couldn’t just ship him some bottles of his favorite rum. So – after a bit of thought, these homemade Captain Morgan Chocolate Chip Cookies were born. …

Roasted Cherry Meringue Fool for #SummerDessertWeek

July 24, 2017 by Aly 16 Comments

For a chic and easy dessert, whip up a Roasted Cherry Meringue Fool. Rich and creamy and packed with cinnamon roasted cherries, this sweet bite will be a favorite with your friends and family!

Disclosure: This post and recipe was created for #SummerDessertWeek! #SummerDessertWeek bloggers have been sent samples by some of the sponsor companies to help with recipe development. As always opinions are 100% mine.

Happy Monday y’all! I have a sweet treat that y’all are going to love and it is so easy to whip up that your friends and family will be “fooled” into thinking think that it took you forever but reality is, it’s essentially roast, whip and assemble – Roasted Cherry Meringue Fool.

I am so happy to be joining some of my favorite bloggers this week as we bring you some amazing summer desserts to celebrate all things summer. Make sure you enter the awesome giveaway below and check out the other recipes that the #SummerDessertWeek bloggers brought to the {virtual} picnic table. …

Lemon Baked Blintzes with Summer Berry Compote #BrunchWeek

May 13, 2017 by Aly 6 Comments

These Lemon Baked Blintzes with Summer Berry Compote is a showstopper dish for your next weekend brunch. Lemon ricotta filling is baked between two layers of blintz batter and drizzled with a citrus laced summer berry compote.

This post is sponsored in conjunction with #BrunchWeek. I received product samples from sponsor companies to aid in the creation of the #Brunchweek recipes. All opinions are mine alone.

We are on the last day of #BrunchWeek and I hope you entered the giveaway. If you haven’t – head over there now, enter quickly and then come back because you are going to LOVE today’s recipe.

While I’m so sad to see #BrunchWeek end, I am excited to share my favorite recipe of this year’s #BrunchWeek with you. I have a recipe that I have been obsessing over for some time. I first saw the Barefoot Contessa make these baked blintzes on a show of hers eons ago and it was filed in that “I’ll get to it” memory bank where I have a slew of recipes mentally bookmarked. However when BrunchWeek comes around, I always want a showstopper recipe or two like my Chile Relleno Quiche, Croque Madame Muffins, Mexican Chocolate French Toast with Spiced Blackberry Syrup, or my favorite Cheesy Breakfast Burgers. This recipe is definitely a weekend brunch showstopper. These Lemon Blintzes with Summer Berry Compote are so easy to make but will have your family and friends swooning at first bite….

Meyer Lemon Greek Yogurt Loaf with Lemon Vanilla Glaze #BrunchWeek

May 12, 2017 by Aly 1 Comment

This Meyer Lemon Greek Yogurt Loaf with Vanilla Lemon Glaze is a must for the brunch table. A cross between a quick bread and a pound cake, this moist and rich bread is packed with lemon flavor with a hint of vanilla and perfect slathered with jam or on its own.

This post is sponsored in conjunction with #BrunchWeek. I received product samples from sponsor companies to aid in the creation of the #Brunchweek recipes. All opinions are mine alone.

One of my favorite recipes to make is a quick bread. No fuss, a few ingredients and in a little while you have a delicious bread to enjoy with coffee or on its own. Whether it’s my Mexican Chocolate Loaf Cake, my Blueberries and Cream Quick Bread or even my Harvest Bread, quick breads are always a delicious brunch recipe. However, the perfect Lemon Loaf has always escaped me me. I often go to that coffee shop that we all frequent from time to time and they have this iced lemon loaf that tastes heavenly. Well – no more because I finally found the best lemon quick bread recipe – this Meyer Lemon Greek Yogurt Loaf with Lemon Vanilla Glaze. It is packed with lemony flavor, is moist yet a bit dense, and drizzled with a sweetly tart glaze….

Chocolate Swirled Peppermint Crunch Semifreddo – A Perfect Make-Ahead Dessert

December 22, 2016 by Aly 2 Comments

For a holiday sweet treat, this rich and creamy Chocolate Swirled Peppermint Crunch Semifreddo is the perfect make-ahead dessert.

Disclosure: I was sent the OXO products showcased in this post to assist with this recipe. As always, my opinion and adoration for OXO is all my own. This post may contain affiliate links to products I adore and trust in my kitchen. Thank you for supporting the brands that make Cooking In Stilettos possible.

For the holidays, I am a firm believer on making things ahead. So many holiday dishes can be made ahead from my favorite cranberry relish to dessert and today’s recipe is one you are going to love. We will be spending the holidays at my family’s cottage so planning ahead is a must. This Chocolate Swirled Peppermint Crunch Semifreddo will be the perfect sweet dessert to end the holiday meal reminiscent of a favorite holiday ice cream cake from childhood.

OXO is a brand I trust and use on the regular – both in my kitchen in Philly and at my family cottage in Connecticut. OXO sent me their Glass 1.6 Qt Loaf Baking Dish and Glass 9″ Pie Plate along with some of their favorite essential pastry tools including their SteeL Pie Server, Double Pastry Wheel and 1″ Pastry Brush with the challenge – whisk up a perfect make-ahead recipe for the holidays that can go from freezer to oven or vice versa. I accepted the challenge and put these tools to the test.

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