Well folks, another year has come and gone, and I have to say 2016 was good to me! Not only was it the best year ever for my blog, I had lots of personal highlights as well, including completing my family with my 3rd child. We had so many reader favorites this year. Here are… Continue reading Top Ten Most Popular Recipes of 2015
I was recently approached by Brach’s Candy Company and asked to develop a recipe using some of their holiday candies. Since I use their delicious candies every year around the holidays (starting with their Candy Corn at Halloween) of course, I said “yes!” I was delighted to discover that they make a bag of pre-crushed… Continue reading Festive White Peppermint Fudge
I remember back in the day when I thought I didn’t like coconut. Boy, am I glad I’m past that, because I am obsessed- obsessed with coconut macaroons. They are my ultimate throw-together-in-5-minutes dessert when I want to make something yummy but have very little time. To spruce these babies up for the holidays, I… Continue reading Coconut Macaroon Thumbprints
My obsession with Christmas is pretty much 100% my mom’s fault. Christmas has just always been so much fun and so magical for me. She went to great lengths to keep me believing in Santa Claus until she finally had to tell me the truth the summer before I started 7th grade after I got… Continue reading Betty Crocker’s Candy Cane Cookies
Many people mistakenly believe that they shouldn’t eat anything for breakfast on Thanksgiving morning. That they should “save room” in their stomach for the delicious feast they are going to eat later. I believe this is a mistake. Just like you stretch your muscles before a run, (not that I’d know anything about that)… Continue reading Simple Cinnamon Raisin Scones
Raise your hand if you went to high school for a couple of years in the late nineties and signed everybody’s yearbook with “Have a kick ass summer!” That’s how this pumpkin bread is. Totally kick-ass. No, this blog hasn’t turned into Thug Kitchen, I’m just seriously so in love with this bread that I… Continue reading Kick-Ass Pumpkin Bread
This year, I was asked to participate in a wonderful event called Depressed Cake Shop. If you haven’t heard of it before, it is basically a pop-up bakery that shows up in lots of cities, with delicious baked goods, gray on the outside and colored on the inside, all to encourage conversation and raise money… Continue reading Event: Depressed Cake Shop
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