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...
Full Disclosure: Today's post is sponsored by Nestle Toll House, but the following flood of warm and fuzzy words about their new DelightFulls Filled Baking Morsels is all my own. I’m coming back at ya’ with another cookie recipe today. It feels a little out the...
*Sure signs that Christmas is near:* My tacky Christmas sweater has been taken down from its perch on the top shelf of my closet, and I’ll be wearing it proudly this evening at my company Holiday party, with a pair of reindeer antlers to compliment, of...
Every year, for as long as I can remember, in the weeks leading up to Christmas my parents and I gather together, pull several large, dusty boxes down from the attic, and trim our tree with the hodgepodge of ornaments and knick knacks that we...
Now that I’ve eaten my weight in dad’s special, butter-basted turkey, mom’s (ahem, Pepperidge Farm’s) herb stuffing and my sour cream pumpkin pie (minis this time), I can finally, without one speck of hey-one-holiday-at-a-time, lady guilt, write all mushy and excited-like about about CHRISTMAS!!! TWINKLE LIGHTS!...
Me + Pie. You might call us frenemies. I've always considered myself more of a cake girl. Until recently, I would eat pie once a year on Thanksgiving, and even then it was more an obligatory celebration of tradition (it's un-American not to eat pie...
Hi Friends! I hope you’re all having fabulous weeks – I’ve got some fun news! Today, I’m sharing these Honey Apple Cider Marshmallows over on the lovely & talented Jacquelyn’s beautiful blog, Lark & Linen. Jacquelyn has asked me to be a monthly desserts contributor (exciting!!)...
We all know that chocolate cake is made infinitely better by the addition of coffee, right? Please tell me you know/love/live by this rule. If you haven’t been adding espresso powder and/or subbing dark, strong coffee for liquids in your favorite chocolate cake recipe, LISTEN...
I had y'all worried, did't I? I almost let Halloween slip by without posting an appropriately themed recipe. Things just got busy, ya know? But if I had gone and let that happen, then what kind of food blogger would I be? The kind that let’s...
A few weeks ago, just days before my birthday (!!!), I received the most epic of epic packages in the mail. The kind of package that makes you first, do giddy little dances around your kitchen second, post dreamy pictures to your Instagram account, and...