Blue Ridge Baker

It has taken considerably longer to get back into some sort of baking/blogging routine than I had expected. My life will still be in a bit o...

I wasn't allowed to eat candy growing up. I mean, there were the occasional indulgences on Easter and Halloween, but even then they were...

Whenever there was a special occasion growing up, marzipan was my treat of choice. It was not available in the small town I grew up in - exc...

I love Charleston, SC. Though I live very close, the first time I went there was only about 2 1/2 years ago. Pretty much my entire trip was ...

I've been trying to bring you this fudge for a long time. I would have given it to you sooner, but I hit a few bumps along the way. I sa...

I am really at a loss for words with these bars. They are so delicious, they have taken the words right out of me. I actually made them for ...

It seems that I am a few weeks too late with many of my recent posts. I can't seem to get away from making things that would be really g...

I have two questions: Why have I never made caramel corn before?! Why did I have to go and make caramel corn?! It is always a little dangero...

Sweet Melissa Sundays took a bit of a break around the holidays, and I got so used to not making the SMS treats, I completely forgot that w...

Well, as if it wasn't bad enough that we had a snowstorm about a week ago that knocked out the power from 67,000 homes in the Asheville ...

Oh my, it feels like forever since I've posted anything, though it has only been a couple of days! This has been a crazy last week. Firs...

I was raised by a single mom. It was just the two of us, and I was fine with that. My parents divorced when I was very young, so I really ha...

This week we were actually supposed to make hazelnut truffles, but I just don't like them. I love just about every other truffle I'v...

The Daring Bakers challenge for this month was our choice of two Gale Gand cookie recipes: mallows - chocolate covered marshmallow cookies -...

This week's recipe was for butterscotch cashew bars. I knew I'd have a problem when I saw the list of ingredients, because it called...

This was the first time I had ever made a candied citrus peel. It was fairly simple and quite fun. I made two batches - one with brown sugar...