Tag Archives: desserts

Baked Apples with Ginger and Marsala

Posted on 11/05/2015 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

We find a lot of apples in the sale bin this time of year. To us paying a third of the price make up for a few bruises. That said we try to use them up as quickly as possible, … Continue reading →

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Apple and Pear Crisp

Posted on 10/21/2015 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

By Katherine We had an apple tree in the front yard growing up and one of my mom’s go-to recipes was Fannie Farmer‘s apple crisp. It’s not too involved and tastes great with ice cream or a little slice of … Continue reading →

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Berry Bars

Posted on 09/25/2015 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

We always seem to have a few bags of frozen cranberries around this time of year that we want use up before we start seeing them on store shelves again. We like desserts that use other fruits too to help … Continue reading →

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Twelve Days of Christmas: More Biscotti for Santa

Posted on 12/21/2014 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

  This biscotti was inspired by our very yummy figgy pudding. You’ll want to start these the night before you bake them to give the fruit time to soak up the liquor. We had quite a bit of dried fruit … Continue reading →

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Flan

Posted on 12/08/2014 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

This is a fairly standard flan recipe. It works well as one large flan in a 9″ cake pan or 5-6 individual flans in ramekins. Either way it is guaranteed creamy, sweet and satisfying. Traditional Flan 1 pint heavy whipping … Continue reading →

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Cranberry Apple Pie with a Crumb Topping

Posted on 11/18/2014 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

We know it’s hard to find room on your dessert table once the spots for the pecan and pumpkin pies are filled. But trust us this is worth making room for. Cranberry Apple Pie with a Crumb Topping 1 Single-Crust … Continue reading →

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Sunday Suppers: Save Room For Dessert

Posted on 10/12/2014 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

It’s finally feeling like fall here, at least this week. We’ll fire up the oven before the temperature spikes again. Since this meal is so healthy looking we couldn’t resist adding dessert. Baked Butternut Squash Stuffed Pork Loin Chocolate Souffle

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Cinnamon Pear Coffee Cake

Posted on 09/26/2014 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

This is chock full of fruit. Apples or pears would work. We used pears because one of Katherine’s coworkers has a pear tree. Have we mentioned how much we like Katherine’s coworkers? Cinnamon Pear Coffee Cake 6 tbsp unsalted butter, … Continue reading →

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An Apple A Day…

Posted on 09/22/2014 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

If you saw yesterday’s post, you know we love apples. Here are some of our favorite ways to end a meal. Apple-Topped Coffee Cake Apple Cake with Custard Cream Spiced Apple Cake Baked Apples for Two Applesauce with Brown Sugar … Continue reading →

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Sunday Suppers: So Long Summer

Posted on 08/31/2014 by Rufus' Food and Spirits Guide

Labor Day weekend might be the symbolic end of summer, but we expect to be sweating for the next few weeks. Still we can pretend that the pool and grill will soon be covered, that leaves are ready to fall … Continue reading →

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