I love a good Christmas sugar cookie, and these Christmas pinwheel cookies are both beautiful and delicious. I have to admit, rolling out dough is not one of my favorite things to do. I don’t think it’s something I’m good at, therefore I don’t do it often and probably the cycle continues because I don’t…
What is a cream cheese cookie? These are slightly cakey, soft sugar cookie with a slight creamy tang from the cream cheese. I love a good traditional sugar cookie, like my Christmas Sugar Cookies – these are equally good. I wouldn’t call these spiced cream cheese cookies a substitute for regular sugar cookie. Definitely just…
December is cranberry season because fresh cranberries are harvested in the fall from September-November. What else is in season in the fall to winter? Citrus. So the pairing of orange and cranberry is peak perfect flavor. These cranberry orange sugar cookies are no different. Sugar cookies may evoke slightly different images in someone’s mind when…
There are so many different kinds of Christmas and holiday cookies but these caramel chocolate snowball cookies might become a new favorite for you. Different cultures, different regions, and different tastes dictate what we eat growing up. Then most of us as we age and start our own traditions choose our favorites and add new…
Most people have a nostalgic cookie when they think of Christmas cookies. Maybe it’s sugar cookies that were decorated for Santa, maybe it’s something like Buckeye balls. For me, it’s mint chocolate chip cookies. My mom loves mint chocolate and would always make two batches, one of regular chocolate chip and one of mint chocolate…
Maple pecan cookies came to my brain (as a flavor combo), in the ice cream aisle. I usually just get vanilla ice cream, but I love maple flavored things and I am always pro-nuts in baked goods. My Maple Shortbread Cookies are one of my favorite cookies I’ve created, so I wanted to make another…
White chocolate brownies are here. No, not a typo, that shouldn’t say blondies. Brownies. If you love white chocolate, these are the treat for YOU. So what is a white chocolate brownie? Exactly what you might expect. When making brownies we use cocoa powder or melted chocolate. When you bake blondies, you leave those out…
This maple brown butter Bundt cake is tender and toasty flavors that will make you want to have a slice of cake every hour of the day. Bundt cake isn’t something I grew up eating. Not just because I’m not a cake person either! Bundt cakes are their own thing. You don’t want to make…
I love cookies. I don’t think they are my favorite dessert- it’s too hard to choose. But cookies are up there. There are millions of flavors and they are pretty simple to bake. Now, there’s only one thing that can make cookies easier. Baking them into a bar so you don’t have to scoop them….
Tiramisu is an Italian dessert made of ladyfingers soaked in espresso and alcohol layered with an mascarpone cream mixture. Personally, I never tried it until I was an adult and making one for a friend. Despite not being a coffee lover, I found it tasty. I was already brainstorming to come up with some variation…
Focaccia is one of my favorite breads. It’s just the perfect combination of fluffy and soft but also the crisp edges. It’s also pretty simple to make which always is a plus when baking. A few years ago I wondered to myself why dessert or sweet focaccia wasn’t a thing, so I made one: Sweet…
These lemon blackberry muffins are really an any season bake even if they feel like summer. Lemons are pretty easy to find anytime of year and the blackberries come from jam. Voila, middle of winter? You can still whip these up and it will feel like warmer months. Muffins are such a great bake because…
Maybe I’m wrong, but I feel like strawberry daiquiri is one of those alcoholic drinks that so many people try when they first start drinking. I remember being like 12 and seeing them in a restaurant and thinking wow that looks delicious! Then getting to order a virgin one and feeling sooo cOoL. That being…
When you think of cheesecake, I’m sure you think of a standard cream cheese cheesecake. They are delicious and the usual variety. I myself have several cream cheese cheesecake recipes on my site. This cheesecake though.. well it’s special. This is a mascarpone cheesecake with a cherry topping. A Rainier cherry topping at that. Mascarpone…
Despite the name, there is zero butter in this recipe. That may sound disappointing but trust me, peach butter is equally delicious without it’s dairy counterpart. What is fruit butter? Fruit butters are spread like jam or preserves that are mainly just fruit and sugar that have been cooked down. Preserves will have whole or…