bars · brownies · chocolate · cookies · Desserts

Butterfinger Blondies

We can all blame these Butterfinger Blondies on my sister.  She sent me one of those horrid/wonderful Tasty videos a few weeks ago with peanut butter Butterfinger butterscotch blondies and it got my wheels turning. This is not that recipe.  This one is my own. And it is bomb.  As my husband would say, these… Continue reading Butterfinger Blondies

Desserts · Easter · Top Recipe Collections

Easter Recipe Round Up!

Happy Easter, everyone! Time for my Easter Recipe Round Up! The Easter My favorite tried and true recipes for Easter. Lets start with the Easter morning breakfast that I simply cannot do without.  My kids and I make them every Saturday before Easter, stick them in the fridge, and bake them off in the morning.… Continue reading Easter Recipe Round Up!

cookies · Desserts · Easter

Easter Chicks Cake Mix Cookies

Oh, I cannot wait for Easter.  I love all the holidays, and Easter gets one of the top spots with me.  I love dyeing Easter eggs and making cookies for the Easter bunny. I love egg hunts, and brunch and dinner with family, and placing Easter Bunny footprints throughout the house.  I love carefully choosing… Continue reading Easter Chicks Cake Mix Cookies

Breakfast · cinnamon rolls · cookies · Desserts · Easter

“Starbucks” Butterhorns

I have loved butterhorns for years, especially the ones from Starbucks.  Probably because of all that butter and cinnamon.  They are flaky, buttery, sweet, and pie-crusty.  What’s not to love about them? But I had never tried making them before today.  Shout out to my faux-cousin Lauren and also to Facebook’s “On this day” app… Continue reading “Starbucks” Butterhorns

Cakes and Cupcakes · chocolate · Desserts

Moist Chocolate Cake

I almost titled this recipe “a chocolate cake so good it may actually kill you” but I didn’t want to be over dramatic. But seriously.  All I can say is thank God I didn’t discover this during The Great Cake Binge of 2014. We had friends over for my good friend Leina’s birthday and when I… Continue reading Moist Chocolate Cake

Cakes and Cupcakes · Desserts

Best Vanilla Buttercream for Cakes

Confession: I do not enjoy making cakes.  At all.  People often ask me if they can hire me to make a cake, and I always turn them down. I do not have the patience or the creativity to assemble or decorate them.  Bundt cake?  A cake in a 9×13 pan that you just dump some… Continue reading Best Vanilla Buttercream for Cakes

cookies · Desserts

Perfect Snickerdoodles

I know, I know.  Everybody has a recipe for Snickerdoodles and everybody thinks that their recipe is perfect.  My old favorite recipe for Snickerdoodles did not have cream of tartar, and you wouldn’t believe all the haters who sent me messages to let me know that my snickerdoodle was not really a snickerdoodle because it… Continue reading Perfect Snickerdoodles