Gluten Free Chocolate Crumb Cheesecake Pie

I’ve never been a big fan of desserts.  I do love, I mean love, cookies, but desserts such as cakes, pies, and pastries, really do little for me.

However, (isn’t there almost always ‘however’), I do have a weakness for cheesecake bars.  If you’ve never tried any one of the gazillion variations on cheesecake bars, well, you must.  The base crust is topped with a simple cheesecake filling, then finished with crumbs….huge, sweet, delicious crumbs.  Everything is baked to perfection, then chilled.  For me, these are the perfect dessert.

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Gluten Free Cranberry and White Chocolate Sheet Pan Cookie Bars

Cookies are by far my favorite dessert to make.  The possibilities of shape, flavor, and texture are endless.   Cookies can be a casual, rustic treat like the classic chocolate chip cookie or can be formal and refined like the Macaron or Palmier.  Any way you cut them, I just love homemade cookies.

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Cranberry White Chocolate Cookie Bars (Gluten Free)

Cranberry and White Chocolate are the perfect match in these gluten free cookie bars.  One batch, ready in no time flat.

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Gluten Free Chocolate and Pumpkin Crumb Muffins

My earliest memory of my dad involves a snowball, a mailbox, and my face.

My second earliest memory of my dad, the one that I prefer to remember, involves Sunday morning drives to our local bakery.

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Gluten Free Dairy Free Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Last week I shared my favorite recipe for Banana Bread.  It was a delicious loaf studded with chunks of banana and dark chocolate.

After seeing the recipe on my Facebook page, a friend of mine sent a little message in reply to my post:  “We need dairy free recipes.”  It was a simple call for help that I was more than happy to respond to.  So, I took my basic recipe for banana bread and made a few switch-a-roos.

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