The following image is food porn for women. A FIELD OF CHOCOLATE! I haven’t made anything super chocolate-y in a while! These bars are SO easy. They took a half hour to make – start to finish. A lot of…
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Lemon Bars
Today is a disgusting, dreary, cloudy, rainy day. What better pick-me-up than to make cheery, yellow, happy lemon bars? The recipe is simple and I had all of the ingredients I needed (I love it when that happens).
Omi’s Cut-Out Cookies
I call my grandma “Omi”. And I have “inherited” her recipe book. Her Christmas cookies were legendary and I’m pretty excited to have all of her recipes in my gritty little hands. My grandma is still alive, but Alzheimer’s has…
Pop Overs
Allow me to present one of the most delicious and easy-to-make treats imaginable: Pop overs! They are not sweet and are usually served as a breakfast food or as a dinner roll of sorts — just eat them with a…
Best Chocolate Cake Ever
I must say, this cake really is the BEST chocolate cake EVER. Here is the recipe: Chocolate Cake 1 box Devil’s Food chocolate cake mix 1 package Jello instant chocolate pudding (don’t get the sugar-free or fat-free version!) 1 cup…
Potato Chip Cookies
If you’re like me, you sometimes feel conflicted between your sweet tooth and salt tooth (is salt tooth the right term? who knows). On the days that you have this taste bud struggle, make a batch of these cookies. They…
Peanut Butter Kisses
After a much needed baking break, I’m baaaack. My marathon week of baking for Valentine’s Day wore me out. ;) But I thought I’d make a batch of peanut butter kiss cookies today. The recipe is super easy and if…
Valentine’s Day Cupcakes – Valentine’s Week Day 6
Here’s the last Valentine’s day creation of the week. Just plain old cupcakes decorated like crazy! All of the cupcakes are red velvet, but I used two different recipes. The darker cupcakes are red velvet cake mix from the store….
Mini Cherry Cheesecakes
XOXO Cupcakes – Valentine’s Week Day 4
These are a perfect example of an idea going awry. I was originally going to top these cupcakes with brownie bits cut with a heart cookie cutter. That was a disaster — the brownies fell apart and looked nothing like…
Razz-Ma-Tazz Bars
Conversation Heart Cupcakes – Valentine’s Week Day 2
This idea and recipe came from Bakerella and the modified cake mix recipe she used was from the Bundt Classics Recipe Book. Rich Chocolate Cake 1 (18.25 oz.) pkg. dark chocolate cake mix 1 (3.4 oz.) pkg. instant chocolate pudding…
