C ookies, cookies, cookies! They have been churning out my kitchen at a rapid pace. I finally made time to decide on recipes for my Christmas cookie plate and have started baking. It feels good! ...
Quick and Easy Desserts
Pumpkin Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Just because it’s December, doesn’t mean I’m ready to give up pumpkin treats. Winter officially starts December 21st and I plan on squeezing in a few fall treats before then! If you’ve moved on to ...
Nutella Puppy Chow Recipe
As a Midwest lady living on the East Coast for six years I have noticed a variety of difference in food cultures. Here in New York there is a predominant Italian and Jewish influence versus the ...
Cookie Butter Puppy Chow Recipe
Do you know where I am right now? Probably not so I'm going to tell you. I'm in the Dominican Republic!!!!!!! I have never been there before and I'm super excited to spend 5 days on ...
Pumpkin Dip Recipe
At our Fall Fest party, I made two items with bourbon, ONLY TWO! And everyone kept mocking my love, and the apparent abundance, of bourbon. Monday brought you the cupcakes and next week you'll see ...
Pumpkin Spice Chex Mix Recipe
Here is a secret - I've been going to bed early every night, early early. Like 8 p.m. early. It's as if I'm so overwhelmed with all I have to do, I just give up and go to bed. It may be time to ...
Peppermint Bark Biscotti Recipe
Biscotti stole my heart on a very specific day in 1995. I had just biked to my friend's house and was surprised to find nearly every surface of her kitchen covered in pan after pan of long skinny ...
Zesty Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti TWO WAYS!
Zesty Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti is my second favorite biscotti combination in the world (after Peppermint Bark Biscotti, of course). These crisp Italian dunking cookies are inspired by Warren's ...
Ice Cream Sandwich Recipe
I was obsessed with ice cream when I was a kid. When I was growing up, we lived a few blocks from a local ice cream shop. I would pilgrimage there daily in the summer months, and when it was locked ...
Sour Cream Shortcake Recipe
I’m a total sucker for raspberry anything. I love them for their tart sweetness, and for the ability to pop the fat ones them onto the ends of my fingers like I’m 9 years old, a la Amelie. It’s ...
Quinoa Breakfast Cookies Recipe
Cookies for breakfast, you say? But of course. These little morning bites are gluten-free, and loaded with good stuff – like almonds, cranberries, and whole cooked quinoa for a different ...
Lavender Madeleines with Lemon Glaze
The time has come – Baby Time, that is! I’m taking a few weeks off to change diapers, kiss tiny foreheads, and chill out with my husband and our new little Mini-Me. While I’m out, some of my fave ...