It’s my favorite time of the year! I absolutely love the month of December for a lot of reasons, but one of the biggest reasons is the coziness that this season brings. Between the Christmas lights and the smell of freshly baked cookies, no other month competes on the cozy factor. Oh and don’t even […]
I have probably used 20 different chocolate chip cookie recipes in my life. Different sugars, variations of butter, dark chocolate chips, semi sweet chocolate chips, you name it, I’ve probably tried it. There is no dessert I make more because there is no dessert I love more. If I had to eat one dessert for […]
During this time of year, it’s a family tradition to get together and do some holiday baking, from cookies to fudge, we usually cover it all. We spend an entire day just baking up some sweet holiday treats and enjoying each others company during the holiday season. There may be a few glasses of wine […]
This is Chad and my first year living together for the holidays. We have celebrated together every year for the last 6 years, but this is the first one where we actually have our own place to celebrate in. So, even though we had two family Thanksgivings to go to on Thursday, we still wanted […]
I’m not a huge pie person, but when you have a bunch of orchard apples that need to be used before they go bad, the obvious solution is an apple pie. And I have to admit, this apple pie recipe may have converted me into a pie person. Apple and cinnamon are in close contention […]
It was my birthday the other day, and I wanted to make something sweet to celebrate! I knew I would have cake at my family gathering, so I decided to make my favorite oatmeal cookies! Also, since I knew I would be eating poorly for a few days of celebration, I altered the recipe to […]
If there is one thing that I struggle to resist when it’s sitting in front of me, it’s chocolate chip cookies. So, usually I don’t resist. To make myself feel a little, tiny bit better about eating five cookies, I decided to make a healthier recipe. Black bean cookies. While it sounds gross and confusing, […]