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…
These maple pecan cookies are a chewy brown sugar cookie packed full of crunchy pecans creating a wonderful texture along with awesome flavor. 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…
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…
This cinnamon apple focaccia is a dessert bread just asking to be made when the weather is cozy and you want all the warm spices and apple cider vibes. 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…
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…
Peanut butter and jelly has to be almost every child’s first sandwich. Probably most kids’ sandwich of choice through childhood. Not me, I was weird and only wanted peanut butter sandwiches and then had a weird phase of bologna?? I don’t know. But, I get the appeal! Peanut butter is salty and sweet, and paired…
As a kid, I never ate Fruity Pebbles. I was a peanut butter Captain Crunch kid and sometimes Lucky Charms. I remember seeing the box around though as my sister loved the fruity cereals. Who knows why I never tried them, I was a weird kid who loved salad and I remember wanting to try…
This orange cream pound cake is a dream. Orange cream is a very nostalgic flavor to me. Don’t get me wrong, it’s also just straight up delicious. Orange was my favorite flavor popsicle, koolaid, whatever it may be growing up. I always picked a creamsicle when the ice cream truck rolled through. I love vanilla…
What is a milk bread chocolate babka? I’ve learned over the past few years, many people either don’t know what a babka is, or only know what it is because of that Seinfeld episode. If you’re unfamiliar, Jerry and Elaine are in line at a bakery to get a chocolate babka to bring to a…