Berry Berry Streusel Bars

Berry Berry Streusel Bars

  You know how sometimes you fool yourself into thinking something's better than it is, simply because you want it to be? Or when you prefer to have "less than," rather than none at all? You know...you settle. This applies of course to many aspects of life, but for the sake of an innocent Mitts [...]

Lemon Meringue Ice Cream Pie in Toasted Pecan Crust

Lemon Meringue Ice Cream Pie in Toasted Pecan Crust

Here is a dessert that I posted back in the cold and dreary month of March 2013 when I first launched Mitts and Measures. I strongly feel it warrants a new reminder post now that we're in the heat of summer. As I said the first time..."If I could only have one dessert for the [...]

Peanut Butter Heath Bar Blondies

Peanut Butter Heath Bar Blondies

There are Blondies and then there are Bl-ON-dies! Uh... eyes here. Food, people, food! Okay...so these bars happen to be the latter and a very fine example at that. The recipe here is originally from Magnolia Bakery and after trying them a few years ago, they've been on regular rotation at our house anytime we want a decadent, [...]

Orange Brownies

Here I go again with the citrus, but how can I not share these with you if I know they are truly one of the best regular dessert items at our house. They are exactly as they sound... brownies, with all their wonderful dense and chewy qualities, but with a bright and refreshing orange-y zing. [...]