Ahhhh, donuts. I’ve loved them all my life. When I was pregnant, I dreamt of donuts every day. That’s so bad, isn’t it? And now the craving hasn’t gone away entirely. I want chocolate donuts and these sugar cookies! But I’ve really been trying to be eat healthier snacks during the day. You can check…
Who knew a peanut butter cookie could mean so much? The story of this peanut butter cookie started innocently enough over a decade ago when a couple in their eighties walked into their local fire department in Munroe Falls, Ohio for a blood pressure check. “I am not really sure what happened, but within the…
Get the recipe for the The Best Valentine Sugar Cookies ever! It’s a tradition in my house to make heart shaped cut out sugar cookies for Valentine’s Day, and these Valentine sugar cookies are simply the best. I mean, we make this sugar cookie recipe for every holiday! We get our love for sugar cookies from…
I can’t believe that Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. Here’s a super simple Valentine treat to make with the kids – pink heart Rice Krispie treats. As you can see we like pink around here. Calla, my four year old, helped with the treats, especially adding the food coloring, hence the very vibrant…
Every Christmas as long as I can remember our go-to Christmas cookie is the yummy buttery sugar cookie. Our mom would be baking away and we would be watching and waiting to ice them. This was a wonderful family holiday tradition. I have been making this recipe on my own even since college and now…
Who wouldn’t love getting a box of homemade chocolate pecan turtles this holiday? I made these as a test run for Thanksgiving and they were delicious. It’s the perfect combination of sweet and salty, and fresh homemade caramel is hard to refuse. Our dad loves, I mean loves turtles, so he’ll be getting a big…
Can you think of anything better than getting homemade Nutella as a gift? Here’s a simple recipe for a chocolate hazelnut spread that will become a holiday staple. This is our tastiest installment of our new Handmade Gift Series. I used the recipe from America’s Test Kitchen DIY Cookbook. I altered it a little bit,…
It is finally Fall in the city. We had a glorious late summer and early fall but now the cool winds and fog (in the mornings) are upon us. This means time for tasty treats. I had been searching for the perfect ginger spice cookie recipe last year. I tried a few and stumbled upon…
Years ago I was on the search for the best banana bread recipe. So many of the recipes I tried had too much oil, butter or sugar. The bread ended up being greasy. I found this recipe in 2006 and I haven’t turned back since. The secret in this recipe is using low fat vanilla…
We’re back in Colorado now and the peaches right over the pass in Paonia are perfect. So we made the drive from Crested Butte over Kebler Pass to Orchard Valley to pick pounds of these gorgeous peaches. Calla loved telling all the people she met at the orchard that she just got back from Michigan…
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