New Cookies Added to the Mix

Just a quick update today!

I'm now offering several varieties of cookies. These are cookies I've been working on for a while, testing out on my friends, family, and customers. They're now added to my permanent menu page. So if you're curious what authentic southern cookies taste like, you can try:

•  Peanut Butter Cookies
• Peanut Butter & Jelly Cookies
• Chewy Pecan Praline Cookies
• Smoky Mountain Snowcaps

Once fall and the holiday season rolls around, I'll begin offering dark chocolate almond sea salt toffee and bourbon balls again! It almost makes me want it to get cold out again. No, I'm enjoying the sunshine far too much.

Back Open for Business?

The fruits of my long-overdue labor

I'm hesitant to say that I am 100% back open for business (I sometimes work 12-hour days at my other job now), but I have been letting people know that I am accepting orders again with enough advance notice. I think a week is probably realistic, since my weeks vary so greatly.

What prompted this? Actually, it was an order I took with great hesitation. I almost declined the opportunity, worried that I'd never be able to balance the baking with my full-time job. I wanted to make sure the client was happy, as it was for her wedding, and she deserved the absolute best. Since she gave me a month's notice, I took the order on, and I was able to order special packaging for her and put everything together over a week. The result? The above pecan and apple pie pops.

Speaking of pie pops, these really do seem to be the hit right now. They're perfect for wedding and shower gifts, so I've taken a few large orders of them over the last few months. They're super fun to make, adorable to look at, and they taste delicious too.

July 4 and the Peach-Blueberry Cobbler Pie

This fourth of July, I thought I'd put together something a little different for my family. My mom wanted to make a traditional cobbler, but she didn't have the time. I insisted on putting my own spin on her cobbler recipe and throwing some White Lily flour in the mix. What came of it was a pie/cobbler mix that was perfect with some vanilla ice cream.

This is not for the faint of heart though. I cut down on the sugar in the cobbler recipe that my mom gave me, and this was still extremely sweet. To put it together, pick out your favorite fruit pie recipe (this works especially good with berries), bake it at 400F for 30 minutes, then top it with a cobbler recipe (mine is top secret) and turn the oven down to 375F. You'll bake it for another 30 minutes. This is best served right out of the oven.