All recipes from "Dessert" from the blog "Treks & Bites" - page 6

Chocolate Pots de Crème

We use dark or bittersweet chocolate chips for this recipe and lately, we’ve been using a mixture of half 60% cacao and half 72% cacao.

Almond Scones with Berry Icing

We find that the best way to get the berry juice, is to simply thaw out about 1 cup of frozen berries in a strainer placed over a bowl, and as they thaw, the juices will drip into the bowl.

Mixed Berry Brown Sugar Crisp

We used four different kinds of fresh berries: raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, and some of our frozen huckleberries.

This cake keeps really well in the refrigerator for a couple of weeks, but it tastes best if you take it out of the refrigerator about 15 minutes before serving it because the flavors are more pronounced at room temp.

Maple Pecan Date Bars

Strawberry Curd Mousse Parfaits

If you love strawberries, and it is, after all, strawberry season, this dessert might be just your ticket! This beautiful parfait is made with alternating layers of strawberry curd mousse, strawberry curd, and fresh pureed strawberries.

Double Chocolate Toasted Pecan Cookies

The little twist of the sea salt grinder really brings out the flavor in these cookies.

Lemon-Lime Bars

These lemon-lime bars are a fun twist on traditional lemon bars with the combination of freshly squeezed lime and lemon juice! We actually like them better than straight lemon bars, which are hard to beat! These bars store well in the refrigerator for.

Arugula, Fennel & Green Apple Salad

ARUGULA, FENNEL & GREEN APPLE SALAD w/GOAT CHEESE & CHAMPAGNE DRESSINGThis is one of the delicious dishes we enjoyed at The Bentwood Inn in Jackson Hole, Wyoming during our recent visit.

Cream of Coconut Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

For this cake, we added a chocolate element for the filling between the layers by mixing a portion of the cream cheese frosting with chocolate.

Dark Chocolate Dipped Macaroons

Melissa’s Olive Oil Cake with lemon curd and candied oranges

Dark Chocolate Pistachio Butter Cups

Dark Chocolate Cream Tartlets

Caramelized Apple Scones

There are two steps to making the apples for this recipe, first simmering small pieces for the dough, and second caramelizing the sliced apples to garnish the tops of the scones.