Spring has finally arrived, friends. I can't even begin to express my utter glee after a sunny weekend spent up north at our cabin the last few days. Sunshine + Cabin + Awesome Cookies = Best weekend in a VERY long time. I ate way more of these cookies than I would care to admit,...
Baking
Carrot Cake
Carrot Cake. It sounds like such a strange concoction that must have a storied history that involved frugality and ingenuity on the part of the baker. I am not completely sure of its origins despite my research, so I will just continue to enjoy the perfect balance of spiced cake and sweet cream cheese frosting. Not to...
Pineapple Upside Down Cake
We're going retro today, and I'm loving it...canned fruit and all. Pineapple Upside Down Cake is bright and cheery, and just what I needed in my life to celebrate the arrival of Spring. Beside that, going more than a week or two without baking a cake makes me ache inside. I was inspired to make this cake...
Bread Pudding with Warm Vanilla Sauce
Before I tell you how utterly delicious this recipe is and how you should make it right away, I give you permission encouragement to serve this either for dessert or breakfast. Or both. On the same day. Bread Pudding with Warm Vanilla Sauce was something that for some reason I simply had to have on a daily...
Apple Turnovers
Considering that today is Super Bowl Sunday, one might wonder why I’m not sharing a recipe for buffalo wings or some sort of ultimate party dip. While those are great party foods, I am not what you might call a football fan. I won’t lose a wink of sleep tonight if I don’t know who reigned...
Merry Christmas + Red Velvet Cake
A very Merry Christmas to you all! I hope your day is filled with joy, peace, hope, and love. And desserts. Around our house, we don't make cookies for Santa. The reason that we celebrate this day is to rejoice in the birth of Jesus. If that doesn't call for birthday cake, then I don't...
Pecan Sticky Buns
Christmas breakfast is my favorite breakfast of the entire year. It is joyful, festive, laughter-filled, and of course-delicious. It is a tradition in my family that we all go to my parents' house for Christmas brunch and to exchange gifts between the "secret" names that were drawn. We usually do pretty well at keeping our...
Meringues
Meringues are a sweet, melt-in-your-mouth treat. Impossibly light, airy, and oh so delicious. They're the fancy pants version of cotton candy, if you ask me. While living in Italy, I spent much of my time drooling at the windows of bakeries and pastry shops. There were always so many interesting things to try, and meringues...
Chewy Maple Brown Sugar Oatmeal Cookies
Pure maple syrup and brown sugar are the reason these chewy oatmeal cookies are packed with flavor. Not a raisin in sight! I’ve been meaning to make an oatmeal cookie recipe for a while now. It needed to meet two requirements: 1. No raisins. 2. Flavorful. Mission accomplished. After many practices batches, I found that...
Cranberry Apple Slab Pie
Cranberry Apple Slab Pie is the answer to the predicament of choosing a dessert to feed a crowd at holiday parties, all the while avoiding being the eleventh person to show up with a normal apple pie. (Not that there’s anything wrong with having eleven apple pies to choose from. First world problems…) Cranberries add...