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

Desserts · pies

Happy Pi Day!

Happy Pi Day, friends, from the person who loves pie more than anybody else in the world! The holiday of my people. Pie loving people.  I suppose it’s for math people too, but I hate math, so really, I’m just using it as an excuse to eat pie. If you click on the “pie” section… Continue reading Happy Pi Day!

Beef · dinner · St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick’s Day Dinner: Corned Beef, Cabbage, and Roasted Potatoes and Carrots

This is St. Patrick’s Day dinner kicked up a notch.  I usually use a big pot with a lid on the stove top, but this time, I cooked my corned beef in a dutch oven- I am strongly anti-crock pot when it comes to meat  (I swear I can taste the crock-pot) but the biggest… Continue reading St. Patrick’s Day Dinner: Corned Beef, Cabbage, and Roasted Potatoes and Carrots

bars · Desserts · Easter

Easter Popcorn Marshmallow Bars

If I could offer you only one word to describe these bars, it would have to be a made up word: mallowy. These delicious bars are not just all kinds of super duper Easter cute, they are absolutely packed with marshmallows. If you’ve never tried mixing lightly salted popcorn with butter and marshmallows, then well,… Continue reading Easter Popcorn Marshmallow Bars

bars · brownies · candy · chocolate · Easter

Easter Egg Brownies

I feel like it would be unethical of me to post these brownies without a disclaimer that for every one of these brownies, you’d need to run like 6 miles at a 9.0 pace to burn it off. But.  Brownies. They are the reason I cannot give up sugar.  Ever. And oh, those little mini… Continue reading Easter Egg Brownies

Desserts · pies

Southern Boy Pecan Pie

You guys.  This is not yo’ grandmother’s pecan pie! For starters, there is no corn syrup in here.  No evil, poisonous corn syrup. 😉 Yes, I have watched Food Inc.   Let that sink in.  Corn syrup free.  Mrs. Butterworths syrup free.  Maple syrup free. It’s also, incidentally, the very best pecan pie you will… Continue reading Southern Boy Pecan Pie

Cakes and Cupcakes · Desserts

Homemade Lemon “Nothing Bundt Cake”

About a year and a half ago, when I was heavily pregnant with my third baby, I got the strangest craving for cake.  To most of you, that probably doesn’t really seem like a strange craving, but for me it was.  I’m not generally a cake person.  If I’m asked what I want for my… Continue reading Homemade Lemon “Nothing Bundt Cake”