Easy Sour Cream Crumble Pie

Easy pie is the best kinda pie. All of the amazing homemade flavor with very little of the homemade work? Now we're talk'n.

This apple version of my Easy Sour Cream Crumble Pie gets drizzled with salted caramel. Yum!

This Easy Sour Cream Crumble Pie can take on all kinds of glorious forms depending on your favorite fruit filling, spices, and drizzles.

Blackberry Granola Mini Breakfast Pies

These Blackberry Granola Mini Breakfast Pies are simply adorable. I made them for Nora's second birthday and she absolutely loves them. They're semi-healthy and perfect for any special breakfast or brunch.

So, like I said, these puppies are semi-healthy. Since I was making them for my baby girl I used pure maple syrup in the blackberry filling and in the granola topping to keep things natural and lower in sugar. Feel free to add more sweetener to the filling. Just mix and taste adding in more maple syrup until it's as sweet as you like.

Easy Carrot Cake

Ever feel like eating homemade carrot cake, but don't wanna go through all the hassle of whipping one up? Well say hello to my Easy Carrot Cake.

My Easy Carrot Cake is not only the easiest carrot cake you will ever make, but it's absolutely delicious too!

This carrot cake is sweet and moist, filled with plump golden raisins and a touch of cardamom, frosted with classic cream cheese frosting, and topped with loads of toasted walnuts. We do "loads" of nuts here at the Loverbee residence. I put mine on top so I can pick them off for my youngest guy - he's anti-nut.

Boston Baked Bean Brittle

Every holiday season I make a batch of nut brittle. Okay, okay, more like two or three. Hee, hee. It's one of our favorite sweet treats. I often opt for a mixed nut and cardamom version from Better Homes and Gardens. It's so delish. This year, I was inspired to do something a little bit different - think outside the box, if you will. So I went all Boston baked beans on my usual recipe.

Isn't the color of this Boston Baked Bean Brittle just gorgeous?

This recipe cooks up in the microwave. Make sure to use a microwave safe bowl and work quickly as the candy hardens within seconds.

You'll want to have all of the ingredients for this Boston Baked Bean Brittle measured out and ready to go.

You'll also want to measure out all of your ingredients and have them ready to go. The whole process will take about 8 minutes and you'll want everything to be on hand to dump and stir.

This Boston Baked Bean Brittle needs to be spread as thinly as possible.

Make sure to have your baking sheet already lined as well. You'll need to pour the brittle out onto your pan very quickly and spread as thinly as possible. Thick pieces are a no-go with this brittle. It needs to be very thin to avoid breaking anyone's teeth. Trust me. I had a few thick pieces in my batch. It was no bueno.

Boston Baked bean Brittle, you shard perfectly.

Once the brittle is cool and hard, break into shards by hand. Isn't the color just gorgeous?




Happy candy making, folks! See y'all next year! 😉 

Boston Baked Bean Brittle

INGREDIENTS
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/8 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups Boston baked beans
1 Tbsp butter
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS
1. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicon liner. Measure out all of your ingredients and have them ready to go.
2. In a microwave safe bowl, whisk together the sugar, salt, and cinnamon. Add the corn syrup and microwave on high for 3 minutes.
3. Stir and microwave another 3 minutes.
4. Add nuts and butter and microwave for 2 to 3 minutes more.
5. Quickly stir in the baking soda and vanilla and immediately pour out onto your prepared baking sheet making sure to spread as thinly as possible.
6. Allow to cool and harden. Then break into shards.