Chocolate Caramel Sugar Cookies is one of my very favorite cookie recipes, EVER. A simple chocolate cookie dough is wrapped around a Rolo chocolate candy then rolled into sugar and baked until puffy. When you bite into the cookie, there's a chewy caramel center. It's wonderful! I'm not sure I have to write much more. I think this picture does this recipe justice. But I have to write so let me tell all about these beauties! I fell in love with this cookie years ago when I was reading … [Read more...]
Snowball Cookies (Russian Tea Cakes)
It's cookie time! One of my favorite times of the year when it's acceptable to make cookies ALL THE TIME. These darling snowball cookies (aka Russian tea cakes) are the easiest cookie you will ever make! Pecans are mixed into a simple buttery cookie dough then baked and rolled in powdered sugar. They're the perfect cookie for winter! You know who loves these cookies? My mom. She couldn't stop eating them. She's not a "sweets" person so these cookies were perfect for her! As … [Read more...]
Pecan Pie
{Scroll down for recipe} The most decadent Pecan Pie made with an all butter pie crust to add even more richness to this dreamy pie! You can't have Thanksgiving without PECAN PIE, right? I mean it's the most sought after pie besides pumpkin pie...although I'm sure some would argue that pecan pie is more popular. I guess that all depends on what you like! I have to say...I'll take a piece of both! I am such a lover of this pie though. It's rich, creamy, so decadent and … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
{Scroll down for recipe} This recipe or Pumpkin Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is the perfect Fall dessert. Baking it in a bundt pan makes it beautiful and easy to transfer and the cream cheese frosting is so creamy and delicious you can't just have one piece! This recipe has been in the works for a while. It either came out too dry or too dense and we can't have that! But not to worry! I got it right, finally. I simply mirrored it after my lemon bundt cake. DUH. Why try to … [Read more...]
Grandma’s Brownies
These brownies are special because they are my Grandma's Brownies. There are no other brownies out there quite like hers. These are the thickest, most delicious brownies you will ever eat with a fudge type frosting on top. I've been told these are the best brownies...ever. I've been wanting to share this recipe for a long time and I am not quite sure why I haven't. This is my grandma's brownie recipe, with no alternations, just hers. I think part of me wanted to keep it just to us because … [Read more...]
Oatmeal Caramel Bars
A chewy caramel bar made with an oatmeal crust and sprinkled with chocolate chips and m&ms. These are to die for! I am never turning back from these Oatmeal Caramel Bars. They are my new go-to treat to make when friends and family come over. My mom made them when I went back to Iowa to visit and I fell so in love I had to have the recipe. And...I had to share it with you!! The dessert bars have a little of everything in them. First, the batter is a simple oatmeal cookie … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Streusel Muffins
Can it be Fall forever? I am so obsessed with all things Fall, especially these Pumpkin Muffins...I mean Pumpkin STREUSEL muffins. They are perfect and scream HELLO FALL. What is your favorite Fall indulgence? Is it cinnamon? apple? cider? sweat shirts? jeans? boots? pumpkin? I'm going to say ALL of it, but Pumpkin desserts are way up there on my favorites list. Although a muffin is not necessarily a dessert, it is definitely an indulgence...one I could indulge in every … [Read more...]
Kitchen Sink Cookies
Kitchen Sink Cookies are made with all of those ingredients you haven your cupboard but don't know what to do with. Chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, oats, walnuts and coconut all get added to a delicious thick cookie dough batter then baked until puffy and chewy. Umm YES to these cookies. I have been craving cookies on a daily basis lately - maybe because Fall is in the air? I'm not really sure but I wanted a huge puffy cookie filled with just about everything which is where these … [Read more...]
Pound Cake
I've tested quite a few pounds cakes and I have to say this one is my favorite. This is a traditional pound cake recipe with a few twists to make it light yet moist. I started out using my husband's Grandma's recipe which had wonderful flavor but it was a bit dry for my liking. I need moisture in my dessert. I am not a fan of dry desserts - I don't think many are but there is definitely a balance because you don't want desserts to be overly dense, either. This is the perfect pound … [Read more...]
Blueberry Crisp
Do you like a good fruit crisp as much as I do? I hope so because this Blueberry Crisp is delicious. A touch of cinnamon and vanilla give this dessert a warmth and flavor that is undeniably tasty. Plump blueberries are covered with an oatmeal topping and baked until bubbly and crispy. I adore this dessert! You can't go wrong with a fruit crisp. Am I right? I am just as obsessed with this apple crisp as I am with this blueberry crisp. Honestly? Any fruit that is mixed with sugar and topped … [Read more...]
Strawberry Cake {From Scratch}
I am thrilled to share this delicious homemade Strawberry Cake with you! Fresh strawberries are pureed then cooked down to create the most delicious strawberry sauce that is then mixed into a thick cake batter. The cake is topped with a fluffy buttercream frosting leaving you with a tasty, moist and velvety cake from scratch! Hello to the most beautiful cake there ever was. I am on a cake kick these days. I used to not be a cake person but I've become one. Maybe it's because I drink more … [Read more...]
Blueberry Donut Muffins
These Blueberry Donut Muffins that are doused with a vanilla glaze, sliced almonds and vanilla sprinkling sugar are to die for. These are such a a wonderful treat in my house and they don't last long! I used to work above a bakery that sold these amazing blueberry and cinnamon donut muffins. I quit working there so I quit having blueberry donut muffins. So sad. Until now! A few weeks ago I had some one-on-one time with Raya (my toddler). We hit a few parks then my favorite local … [Read more...]