If you're a cookie lover, the title alone should get your attention. Oreo Cheesecake Cookies? Bite through a crunchy chocolate and cream outer layer and you are rewarded with a soft, chewy, slightly cheesecake flavored filling. Oh, and there's chocolate chips, too. … [Read more...]
Crockpot Express Pumpkin Puree
Ditch the can and make your own Crockpot Express pumpkin puree for fall baking! I have a confession. I've never cooked a pumpkin before. In my mind, pumpkin comes from a can. *gasp* :) It just always seemed like so much work and not worth the extra time. However, with Crockpot … [Read more...]
Rhodes Rolls Monkey Bread
Made with frozen dinner roll dough, Rhodes Rolls Monkey Bread really is the best. The fluffy chunks of bread are covered in cinnamon and sugar and baked in a gooey, butter sauce that makes this perfect for breakfast or dessert! I made this Rhodes Rolls Monkey Bread for … [Read more...]
Caramel Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies
Caramel Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies are cookie perfection. These jumbo cookies are just begging to be enjoyed with a glass of milk on a cool fall evening! If you've been around here for any length of time, you already know how much I love chocolate chip cookies. When all is … [Read more...]
Mystery Pie: vintage recipes
Also known as Ritz Cracker Pie or Soda Cracker Pie, this simple Mystery Pie yields a crispy shell and nutty, rich filling. When I'm feeling stuck in a rut in the kitchen I like to flip through old church cookbooks. Often I'll see a recipe for something that I grew up with and … [Read more...]
Crockpot Express Banana Bread
Use up those overripe bananas without heating up the whole house! Crockpot Express Banana Bread is ready in about half the time of a normal loaf, and tastes great. Who knew you could bake in a Crockpot Express? I suppose, it's not technically baking, but the results are the … [Read more...]
Candy Bar Stuffed Cookies
Candy Bar Stuffed Cookies will literally take you five minutes to prep and ten minutes to bake. They are perfect for cookie exchanges or baking with the kids! Christmas is less than a week away and we're in the final rush of gift buying, partying, light-seeing and house … [Read more...]
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bars
This no bake recipe for everyone's favorite guilty pleasure (cookie dough) is safe to eat and easy to make! Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bars are almost as good as the real thing! The other day I shared a photo of my Mini Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie on Instagram and suddenly I … [Read more...]
Homemade English Muffins
Start your day with these easy Homemade English Muffins made with mason jar rings and cooked on a griddle. Just add fresh jam and butter! When I first started blogging, the whole idea behind my site was finding things on Pinterest and "testing" them to see if they actually … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Bread with Chocolate Ganache
Welcome fall with a mild pumpkin bread made from scratch and covered with a glossy, rich chocolate ganache! Yay! It's my first pumpkin recipe of the season! :) It was my turn again to bring the snacks in Sunday School last week. You know I will take any excuse to bake and I … [Read more...]
Cherry Banana Bread
What do you do when you want to take plain old banana bread up a notch? Add fresh cherries and chocolate and then pour a sweet glaze all over the top, that's what. Cherry Banana Bread is good enough to be dessert! Behold. I have made what is quite possibly the BEST banana bread … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Snickerdoodles
Cookies are my weakness. I never met a one I didn't like. Pumpkin Snickerdoodles are a little bit of fall and I think I need to make them again this weekend. You know, just to update the photos and stuff... ;) Yesterday was a gloomy, rainy and cold day. Perfect for baking. … [Read more...]