sprinklefingers

people are nutty, aren’t they? sometimes i just don’t understand why folks do the things they do or say the things they say. but most of all, most of all, i don’t understand how people:

1. feel full.
2. detect that desserts are too rich.

i never feel full. pretty much no matter what i eat - or how much of it - i don’t feel truly full. and if i do feel full, i feel that way only for about 13 minutes and then am ready to start thinking about my next meal.

as for things being too rich - i actually think my inability to detect richness in desserts is what led me to a life of baking. so while most people can push a dessert plate away so dramatically while declaring, ‘oh, this is far too rich!’ i simply take the plate, open my mouth and scoop the remainders in. then i might burp and ask if anyone wants to go out for ice cream.

and speaking of ice cream, i came up with a dessert i think you should try. the recipe below is for 4 servings, but it’s totally simple to make more - scoop more ice cream, bake more cookies and heat up more sauce.

sticky toffee sauce sundaes
serves 4 

you need:

• best quality vanilla ice cream
• 4 oz sticky toffee sauce, warmed
• 4 toffee-pretzel-chocolate chip cookies, chopped into 1/2 inch pieces

to make the sundaes:

1. plop 2-3 scoops of vanilla ice cream into each bowl.
2. top the ice cream with the warm toffee sauce, divided equally among the 4 bowls.
3. next, scatter the cookie bits equally among all 4 bowls.
4. serve with soup spoons and a glass of water.

my favorite part of these sundaes: the ice cream gets melty and forms this delicious puddle of sweet gooey toffee goodness at the bottom of your bowl.

rich?
hell yes.
have another!