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Cookies, Cooking

COOKIE BUTTER STUFFED SNICKERDOODLES

Hello friends! I’m back with more cookie-butter treats! I truly cannot imagine life before I tasted this divine spread dreamed up obviously by cookie angels, and I decided to go all “cookie-ception” on the blog and stuff the cookie butter into cookies. Snickerdoodles, to be more specific. Now you […]

Casserole, Chicken, Cooking

Chicken Broccoli Casserole

I think I got this recipe from one of my roommates in college, but my husband was never a fan of it because it had mayonnaise in it. He refuses to eat anything with mayonnaise even if it’s mixed with a lot of other foods […]

Cooking, Desserts

Banana Cream Puffs

Cream Puffs have always been a super special treat for me. That started when I was a little girl and my Mom and I would go shopping and stop at a bakery/lunch counter type of store. Recently, I was visiting her and I asked her […]

Casserole, Cooking, Desserts

OVERNIGHT CINNAMON FRENCH TOAST BAKE

Entertaining around the holidays can mean your meals for two suddenly turn into meals for 20. But now you can take the stress out of breakfast with a morning meal perfect for palates of all ages. Best of all, it’s prepared a day in advance […]

Cake, Cooking, Desserts

CINNAMON APPLE CAKE

Christmas season means finding fruit cake for sale in all the stores. Lots of fruit cake. Actually, any more than zero is too much for me. I don’t like fruit cake. It doesn’t look enticing to me at all. Today is Foodie Extravaganza day and […]

Cooking, Pizza

5-MINUTE WHOLE-GRAIN NO RISE PIZZA DOUGH

I’ve been searching for a quick yet tasty pizza crust recipe for quite some time and tried several of them. Most were fairly simple and tasted good even if made with whole-grain flour but you’d still have to wait for the dough to rise for […]

Cookies, Cooking

Molasses Cookies

I’m about to let you in on a family secret and give you this cookie recipe. I shared these cookies with my sister and my dad. They both had the same independent reaction: “Are these just regular molasses cookies?” Yes. The answer is yes. They, […]

Brownies, Cooking, Desserts

Lemon Brownies

Mine would have to be anything citrus.  Growing up in Arizona you know it’s springtime when you can smell sweet orange blossoms in the air.  It’s a scent than can’t be faked or reproduced, but tickles my nostrils in all the right ways and leaves […]

Cake, Cooking

OLD FASHIONED COCONUT CAKE

It’s the 20th and that means it’s Cake Slice Baker’s time again. If you don’t know us, we are a group of bakers who made a cake each month from a selected cookbook. This year it as been Maida Heatter’s Cakes, but this is the last […]

Cooking, Dinner

ROSEMARY ROASTED MUSHROOMS WITH SPINACH

After a hectic work day, and an afternoon and evening packed with the boys’ activities, often the quickest route to a healthy dinner is a salad. This one was inspired by a gorgeous Wild Mushroom Stroganoff I had at Great Sage, a local vegan restaurant in […]

Cookies, Cooking

M&M Chocolate Fudge Peanut Butter Cup Cookies

We are three weeks into our school year here in Arizona.  And well, I have to say the first 2 weeks, were pretty rough for my little Kindergartener.  Full Day Kindergarten is a LONG day.  There were lots and lots of tears, and anxiety about […]

Bread, Cooking

The Best Homemade White Bread

There is something about dark grey skies that make me crave baking in my kitchen.  Lucky for me, yesterday just happened to be one of those days.  I couldn’t wait until nap time to break out my baking companion Dottie, and my  canisters of flour […]

Cake, Cooking

Banana Split Cake

Today I made this fun looking Banana Split Cake to share with you guys. I love banana bread! Recently I made this Banana Split Brioche French Toast Stack so it just seemed natural to me to make a bread out of it, too. One thing […]