White Chocolate Mocha Bread Pudding
Based on the popular Starbuck's drink, this White Chocolate Mocha Bread Pudding is the perfect cozy dessert for the colder months. The recipe uses challah bread and a custard base to create a rich [...]
Easy Irish Cream Brownies
Irish cream brownies are one of the best Saint Patrick's Day desserts, usually made with Bailey's Irish Cream in both the brownie batter and in the frosting. These Easy Irish Cream Brownies pair a dark, [...]
Chocolate Peanut Butter Skillet Cookie with Spent Grain Flour
For this recipe, I partnered with Grain4Grain. A skillet cookie is one of my favorite desserts to enjoy in winter, made to be shared indoors with friends while it’s cold outside. This peanut butter [...]
Homemade Pumpkin Pie Pop Tarts
Though I have nothing against a real Pop-Tart, I like the idea of making gourmet versions of them at home. I'm always a bit dissatisfied with them, when the flaky crust is nothing like that [...]
Easy Pumpkin Muffins
Even before I started blogging, I considered baking pumpkin muffins to be an essential fall activity. Here is my favorite recipe for them. Soft and full of fall spices, these Easy Pumpkin Muffins are incredibly [...]
Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies
There isn't a lot of room to improve on a classic chocolate chip cookie, but these are trying. Coconut oil gives these Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies a slightly crunchy texture, and chocolate and toasted [...]
Pina Colada Cake Donuts
I love cocktail themed desserts, especially in summer. These pina colada cake donuts are the favorite beachside drink in donut form, full of pineapple, coconut, and rum flavor. Ingredients for Pina Colada Cake Donuts Oil and [...]
Hummingbird Pancakes with Whipped Cream Cheese
Hummingbird cake is made with pineapple, bananas, pecans, and cream cheese frosting, and it’s considered a classic cake in the southern United States. It was first published in Southern Living in 1978, although it is [...]
Lemon Blueberry Chess Squares
Chess squares are another version of chess pie, a classic dessert of the Southern US. Although I've lived here my whole life, I'd never actually made chess squares or even eaten them until some [...]
Sweet Potato Pie with Hazelnut Pecan Gingerbread Crumble
Here is what I have been working on for Thanksgiving week! I have become really interested in slab pies recently, so this started out as one, but since we are having small Thansgivings [...]