A sweet biscuit crust flavored with lemon zest is pressed into a 9-inch pie pan. Raspberries and blackberries are then spooned in and topped with a lovely sour cream custard flavored with sugar and spices. This lovely pie is baked and ready in less than an hour.

A light and elegant dessert.

Use a clean, well-washed coffee percolator to make this hot, spicy holiday fruit punch using pineapple and cranberry juices, brown sugar, cinnamon sticks, and cloves.

This is a lovely orange cake for when company calls.

This is a great dessert for a fancy party or a girl’s night in! I love pears, and I love this recipe, because lighting the rum on fire caramelizes the sugar, and pulls out the flavor of the pears. I served this dish to a rich couple and got a hefty tip back, so I figured it must have been good!

This is a great show piece of a cake.

Join our quality assurance director and resident “Sensory Goddess” Gwen Conley for a Flying Dog beer dinner at Sanford Restaurant October 18.

Here’s a look at the menu:

• Fingerling Potatoes with Herbed Dressing, paired with our Kerberos Tripel
• Spiced Pumpkin Soup with Grilled Shrimp and Seared Tomatillo, paired with our Doggie Style Classic Pale Ale
• Duck Sausage and Confit with House Kraut and Mustard Spaetzle, paired with our Dogtoberfest Marzen
• Cinnamon Spiced Lamb Ribs with Roasted Apple, paired with our Raging Bitch Belgian-Style IPA
• Trio of Caramel, paired with our Gonzo Imperial Porter

Dinner is $79 per person (excluding tax and gratuity) and begins at 6 pm. To make reservation, call Sanford at 414-276-9608.

Great, creamy brownies. Freeze great. Wonderful to give as Christmas presents to teachers and friends.

This is an old recipe, and a really good cake.

I make these cookies for Thanksgiving and Christmas as presents. Decorating them in the “colors of the season” makes for a nice present. If I just would stop nibbling on them, my presents would be larger Cookies are not real sweet, but are soft and moist and perfect for tea.

If you like the candy bars, you will like this cake.

Quick and easy sugar cookies! They are really good, plain or with candies in them. My friend uses chocolate mints on top, and they’re great!

This cheesecake is heavily flavored with vanilla, orange and almond and baked in a macaroon crust. When baked, you invert the cake, so that the bottom becomes the top.

Fast and easy to make with a food processor, roasted red peppers blend with garbanzo beans, lemon zest and juice, and garlic to make a flavorful hummus. It’s terrific as a dip for vegetables and crackers, or used as a spread on wraps and sandwiches.

These are a version of a classic Austrian dessert. A nutty dough with preserves and a lattice top. A beautiful treat for the holidays.

Jicama, onion, bell peppers, and chile peppers are dressed simply in a simple vinegar, sugar, and salt mixture for this terrific Filipino salad.

This torte is made in a springform pan. Cream cheese, almonds, and apples deck this to the nines! Enjoy this dessert with your loved ones during the holidays.

This frozen margarita is a berrilicious treat. Sweet, cool, and goes down smooth. Great for unwinding on a hot day or any festive occasion.

Moist chocolate cake that doesn’t need frosting.

A long, slow simmer of tomatoes, basil, mushrooms, onions, garlic, salt, pepper, sugar and a pinch of baking soda yields a rich, dark sauce. Stir in Parmesan cheese and keep simmering. Let the flavors meld overnight, then serve with your favorite pasta.

This is an old Italian family recipe for a cake we make at every big holiday. We actually lost the recipe for a while, and holidays just weren’t the same. Then were overjoyed to recover it after a friend reminded us we had given it to her! We call it “The Cake That Saved Christmas.” A chocolate delight any gangster would love.

A sweet simple yam soup with lots of flavor!

This is one of my husband’s favorites - it tastes great warm with ice cream and has the consistency of a brownie.

These bar cookies make fabulous holiday gifts. Serve them on Christmas Eve with hot buttered rum. If you desire a cake textured cookie, use an 8×8 inch square pan. Pecans can be substituted for walnuts.

This is very good, but also very fattening!