Caramelitas My husband is the hunkiest man I know. He is a great cook. He hunts for our children during hide and seek with the kind of enthusiasm and glee usually reserved for 5 year olds. He watches The Bachelor with me and engages in conversation about why so and so should and shouldn’t be… Continue reading Caramelitas
Iced Pumpkin Shortbread The title of this recipe is “Iced Pumpkin Shortbread” although I’m not sure it is an entirely accurate description of what this is. The texture is more like a Starbucks Cranberry bliss bar than a shortbread. The edges are crumbly and hard like shortbread, I guess. I couldn’t really think of a… Continue reading Iced Pumpkin Shortbread
Ask a group of women what their favorite Girl Scout cookie is, and chances are, at least 8 out of 10 of them are going to answer with… Samoas. Continuing on with the Girl Scouts of Western Washington cookie recipe contest, I give you Samoas Nanaimo Bars. If you have never had a Nanaimo bar,… Continue reading Samoas Nanaimo Bars
If it’s wrong to use an entire pound of butter in one 9×13 pan of bars, I don’t want to be right. I am on a diet, but I will send these to work with my husband tomorrow. Oh, joy, I will be a hero. Oh salted caramel butter bars, why do I love thee?… Continue reading Salted Caramel Butter Bars
As the name implies, these really are the PERFECT lemon bars. They are the perfect balance of lemony sweet and tart. They are perfectly easy to make, and perfectly beautiful. We really are talking 5 minutes of prep, people. I think a lot of people are scared of lemon bars, thus the reason that… Continue reading Perfect Lemon Bars
This recipe is magically quick and easy. It is so simple that it doesn’t even require any leaveners, like baking soda or powder. It is thrown together in 5 minutes, baked to soft, chewy perfection in 30 minutes, and the result is a fudgy, sweet bar that tastes exactly like a Mrs. Field’s sugar cookie… Continue reading M&M Sugar Cookie Bars
Monkey Squares… named, I am assuming, for the bananas they are absolutely packed with. I had five bananas that were right on the edge of use it or lose it, so I turned to my trusty Pinterest board to find a recipe. I have pinned so many banana bread recipes, but one I have been… Continue reading Monkey Squares with Brown Butter Icing
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