Christmas is almost upon us! 🎄 You’ll know this if you leave your house because the frenzy is real! Speaking of frenzy, everyone wants to make sugar cookie dough faster than fast, right? Cook’s Illustrated November-December issue has a recipe that does just that. It’s so fast you don’t even have to let the butter …
I Loooooove Thanksgiving dinner with a capitol “L”.  I love all the preparation of lists, grocery shopping and cooking with my mom in anticipation of the gluttonous once-a-year meal it yields. I love my mom’s sausage stuffing the most (and yes, it’s stuffing because she does stuff it into the bird). Here’s Thanksgiving tidbit #2 that you …
The Compost Cookie® is my first attempt at a Christina Tosi Milk Bar recipe, but it will not be my last.  I really want to try her birthday cake recipe (complete with funfetti sprinkles and birthday cake crumbs!) but figured I’d first cut my teeth on something as simple as her cookies.  Simple.  HA.   This recipe is …
Happy Valentine’s Day! I have a new love in my life, as I gave birth to a baby boy exactly one month ago today.
In my last post I mentioned toaster oven chocolate chip cookies for two.  Again, this is about all the baking/creativity I’ve been able to manage lately.  When The Hubs isn’t home, it seriously comes down to living off of what I can make in the toaster oven.  I don’t know about you, but when I make cookies …
When neighbors Lindsay and Taylor of Love & Olive Oil asked me to go pick strawberries on a 65 degree bluebird day, how do you think I responded? Â It was time to shrug off the winter blues and welcome summer with open arms and sweet red strawberries. Â I think the last time I picked strawberries …
Have you heard about the Red Barn Roundup? Â It’s a come-as-you-are happenin’ over on the east side of town which foregos all pretension and fluff. Â It’s a bring your best homemade covered dish to share, crack a PBR, drink wine out of a plastic cup and listen to a 6 piece live bluegrass band play …
Berry tart – summery, light, and delicious. Â This is my new favorite “go-to” dessert to bring along as a dinner party contribution. Â It is sooo simple to make and tastes delicious, like summer in on a plate. Â The bright berry colors are so visually pleasing. Â My mom made this for her book club and the …
I use greek yogurt in this recipe, so everyone can feel better about eating cookies, yay! Â Moist on the inside, salty and crispy on the outside, with just a hint of heat from a pinch of cayenne; this cookie pleases sweet, salty, spicy, crunchy, and chocolate lovers alike. Â Yields 2 dozen cookies so you might …
This lava cake is so decadent it instantly and inevitably puts one in a love-y mood. Â This ease of this recipe as related to presentation and immoral indulgence is completely unbalanced. Â It looks as if you have spent all afternoon baking, when in reality, the 7 ingredients can be whipped up in less than a …
