It shrinks, it crumbles, it gets soggy and/or tough. It's a baker's badge of honor and summer fruits' best friend. All-butter, with shortening, sour cream and sometimes vodka, too. Filled with fruit, cream, custard and meringue – not to mention a variety of savory options as well,...
And just like *that*, we’re almost half way through February. Is it just me or is 2015 moving at a million miles per hour?! To say things have been hectic around here is an understatement. Between my day job, Butterlust (Do you love the new design as...
WELCOME FRIENDS, TO THE BRAND NEW BUTTERLUST!! What do you think? Do you like it?! If not, maybe wait a few weeks (or never) to tell me because we're definitely still in the honeymoon phase over here. I'm 100%, completely, totally head-over-heels smitten with my newly baked...
Happy Wednesday, Friends! Life has been a little hectic and I'm about 24 hours late on this announcement (argh) so let's just get right to the point! I am beyond excited to tell y'all about a little somethin' I've been baking on the side! Drumroll, please...
I can finally say that my holiday hangover has, at long last, passed. The opposite of a traditional hangover cure -- cheesy tacos with an XL side of chips & guac, por favor -- I've chased this one away by scarfing down more fruits and vegetables in...
We're still okay with healthy, right? I mean, it's still January after all. That means most of us are still bear-hugging our Vitamixes and sporting yoga pants so we at least look like we slaved at the gym, right? So what if my tummy hurts from eating too...
I know this might be just a tad bit late as we're a quarter way through the month already (how?!), but I'm not one to let an opportunity to shout exclamations at you via the internet pass me by so...
Springerle cookies. They taste like Christmas memories. With every bite, I am taken back to a purer time, given fleeting glimpses into the holidays of my childhood. The cold, stark white winters of South Bend, Indiana. Long walks around the lake on the Notre Dame campus, feeding...
THERE'S LESS THAN ONE WEEK UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!! Can you even stand it?! I've got all kinds of prep left to do -- gift shopping and wrapping and baking and decorating, etc. etc. etc -- so I'm just stopping by to say Hi! and share my most...
Do you love the spicy bite of gingerbread men? Do you squeee!! at their cute little candy buttons and bowties, and dawww as you connect their tiny gingerman hands with dainty little gingerwoman hands because, they love each other (!!!)? Do you find yourself feeling guilty for biting off...