cookies · Desserts · valentine's day

The Easiest and Most Beautiful Way to Frost Sugar Cookies

Well, I have died and gone to sugar cookie heaven, for I have found an icing/glaze for sugar cookies that is not only beautiful, it tastes amazing and it firms up almost immediately so that you can stack the cookies on top of one another. Oh, and did I mention it is a million times… Continue reading The Easiest and Most Beautiful Way to Frost Sugar Cookies

Desserts · pies · valentine's day

Cherry Crunch Dessert – for Valentine’s Day

On Valentine’s day, your desserts should be red or pink, whether it’s New York cheesecake with a strawberry topping, Lofthouse style sugar cookies, hand pies, or one of my very favorite desserts: warm cherry crunch with vanilla ice cream. I found out long ago that the key to making an amazing cherry dessert is to… Continue reading Cherry Crunch Dessert – for Valentine’s Day

bars · brownies · Cakes and Cupcakes

Lunch Lady Brownies

Remember how great the school cafeteria food was when you were a kid?  I remember begging, begging my parents to let me buy lunch.  They were almost always like “No! You aren’t eating that crap!” but every once in a while their resistance would fade and in the face of their pleading 8 year old,… Continue reading Lunch Lady Brownies

Appetizers and Dips · Side Dishes & Salads · whole 30 paleo

Whole 30 Dump Ranch

Oh mylanta you guys.  I can’t believe I completed 45 days of Whole 30 in my life without making dump ranch. Big mistake.  Huge. I finally made dump ranch today, and doing this recipe with the exact ingredients written, I swear to the heavens that I absolutely can’t tell the difference between this and homemade… Continue reading Whole 30 Dump Ranch

Breakfast · Desserts

I Made Cronuts, yo!

In case you aren’t familiar with cronuts, I will define: they are a mythical dessert item in which a croissant and a donut fall in love and have a baby: The Cronut. Turns out, and this is not shocking, that cronuts are a very dangerous thing to have in your home.  Not physically dangerous, of… Continue reading I Made Cronuts, yo!

Biscuits / Muffins / Scones · Breads · Breakfast · valentine's day

Strawberry Coffee Cake Muffins!

I put the ! after my recipe title because honestly, who’d have thought? I am CONSTANTLY looking for ways to use my fresh strawberries that are starting to turn the corner to “now or never” and these muffins were so good. Plus, now I have an on-the-go breakfast for my kids for the next couple… Continue reading Strawberry Coffee Cake Muffins!

bars · cookies · Desserts · valentine's day

Valentine’s Day Peanut Butter Blondies

I basically live my life like a 7 year old.  From holiday to holiday.  It’s constantly in the back of my mind. “Which holiday is next?” I decorate for all of them.  I basically take down my Christmas decor and replace it with Valentine’s Day.  Which I replace with St. Patrick’s Day. Which I replace… Continue reading Valentine’s Day Peanut Butter Blondies