Jolene's Recipe Journal

Eclairs are my absolute favorite sweet treat. Beautiful choux dough, delicious vanilla pastry cream, and decadent chocolate on top make these mini eclairs irresistible.

  Today is the last day of Brunch Week, and what an awesome week it's been!  I'm wrapping things up with a cocktail, because I sure could use one (or two)!  I surveyed our supply of alcohol, and right now we are overrun with vodka.  We had a great crop of blackberries last year, and I stockpiled some of them in the freezer, so I pulled them out to defrost.

Browsing through my Gram's recipe box for inspiration for #BrunchWeek and there was a card for blondies.   I've eaten plenty of blondies in my time, but have never made them myself. These were interesting to me because it starts with melting butter with brown sugar. 

These sweet and savory baked palmiers with brown sugar and crisp bacon are perfect for brunch or coffee treats. They are quick to make, flaky, and irresistible. This recipe was a runner-up in a Taste of Home contest. 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. I hope you are enjoying Brunch Week as much as I am! When my supply of Dixie Crystals light brown sugar arrived, I started a list of possible things to bake.  We are big fans of bacon coated with brown sugar and baked, and I wanted to capture that flavor and combine it with a favorite dessert of ours, palmiers or elephant ears.  All you need is a box of puff pastry from the freezer section, light brown sugar, and cooked bacon.   Defrost the puff according to the package directions.  Gently roll it out so that it's longer than it is wide. Top it with the light brown su...

I'm so excited to be participating in #BrunchWeek 2019 hosted by Love and Confections and A Kitchen Hoor's Adventures ! This is the 7th year of #BrunchWeek and we have 35 bloggers from around the country sharing over 140 of their best Brunch recipes. We have so many delicious recipes for you to enjoy throughout the week including cocktails, appetizers, casseroles, cinnamon rolls, breakfast pizzas, coffee cakes, plenty of desserts, and more!

I am an avid fan of coffee.  I have been for years. My social media was covered with posts about coffee= life. I couldn't start the day without it.   Then I gave it up.  GASP! Horror! It wasn't because of the coffee itself, I realized that I was adding so many other things to it to make it drinkable that it wasn't really coffee that I loved at all, but flavored syrups and sugar and creamer.

Big & Buttery Chocolate Chip Cookies bake up thick and chewy through the middle, with just a bit of crunch around the edges. This recipe comes from 201 Recipes You’ll Make Forever from Taste of Home and has become one I return to when I want consistent, dependable results. You do have to plan ahead if you want to make these since the dough needs to chill overnight. The higher ratio of brown sugar and chilled dough helps control spread and gives the cookies their structure. I omitted the nuts and still got 22 cookies.   These baked up beautifully, huge and full of chocolate chips. I let one tray bake slightly longer than the recipe calls for to get the doneness I prefer for dunking in milk.  If you try this recipe, be sure to leave a comment or star rating down below.  For more classic cookies, take a peek at these Vanishing Oatmeal Raisin Cookies  and Big Soft Ginger Cookies . Big & Buttery Chocolate Chip Cookies Print With Image Without I...