Today’s recipe is a twist on Nutella Lava Cookies, only instead of adding toasted hazelnuts, you add a tiny bit of hazelnut extract and a topping of peanut butter and chocolate hazelnut spread....
Back in March I made an effort to try as many take-out cookies as possible. Following tips from friends, I bought cookies at coffee shops, bakeries, and even a few restaurants in an effort to determi...
If you’re in the habit of enhancing cake mix with pudding, sour cream and butter, you won’t be surprised to know that along with additions to make cake mix taste better, there are things you can do t...
This recipe is from my friend Marisa, who says it’s her family’s favorite “easy” cake. She usually makes it with chocolate chips, but this week she made it with butterscotch chips in honor of a certa...
Our family loves tortilla soup, and I make it about once a week with a lot of improvisation based on what’s around. Since I taste as I go, it always turns out well, but rarely is one batch of t...
I’ve been craving healthier cookies this week — not low fat, just cookies with a little less sugar and more whole grain. This batch did the trick. The bars aren’t super healthy give...
Wow, I forgot how busy things get during the last week of May. There are graduation parties, Memorial Day gatherings, a few friends with birthdays and for those traveling, last minute planning for su...
Here’s a handy tip: Start recycling empty peanut butter jars now so that in December, you can take them out, fill them with treats and give as little gifts. Unlike pickle jars, peanut butter jars are...
Yesterday I mentioned that I might make Mexican brownies for a teacher event. I did, and here they are! I dropped the brownies off this morning and couldn’t stick around for reviews, but I left...
Traditionally, these cookies are for Christmas, but don’t worry. I’m not making them that far ahead of time. This batch is for graduation festivities, particularly, our Teacher Appreciation fiesta. I...
Given my past experience with stevia, I’ve been reluctant to use it in baking. Its mass is not the same as sugar, which tends to throw off the composition of recipes. Plus I’ve never liked the aftert...
If there’s a blog dedicated to granola, don’t tell me about it because I’ll be compelled to try every recipe and will subsequently be buried in mounds and mounds of granola. Then again, maybe not. It...
If you like marble cake and want to make it completely from scratch, here’s a good recipe. I created it by combining two of my favorite scratch cake recipes, a homemade mocha frosting (used as ...
As if one new product discovery wasn’t enough, yesterday I found two more – JIF’s new chocolate hazelnut spread and McCormick’s new hazelnut extract. Talk about a banner week at the grocery store! I ...
I never latched on to the new Pretzel M&Ms…..something about the pretzels displacing the chocolate bothered me, even though I very much like pretzels with chocolate. But now there’s this. T...
Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms! My gift to you is a photo of the inside of a Cream Cheese Danish Muffin and a tip. If you’re craving a Danish, buy a Danish. If a stiff, slightly dry m...
Thanks for all the suggestions on what brands and what type of almond milk to buy. I’ve officially finished the first carton and am ready for more, but until then I’m still stuck in this ...
We’re not milk drinkers, but I buy it anyway for recipes and the occasional bowl of cereal. Inevitably, it goes sour and I end up having to throw out half a carton. That is, until now. Thanks to a do...
If the Oreo Stack Brownie wasn’t enough for you, here’s the latest version — a chocolate brownie filled with malted chocolate cheesecake and a topped with chocolate malt frosting. I...
Remember the Oreo Stack Brownie from last week? The one I tried to copy based solely on appearance and what someone said about the flavor and texture?. It was a nice try, but I’ve learned that ...
Our family is going to a Kentucky Derby party and I was asked to bring something for the kids. Bourbon was out, anything with mint seemed iffy, so I decided to use Todd’s suggestion of making somethi...
Happy Friday! To start the weekend, here’s a no-oil, no-butter recipe for Chocolate Chip Apple Bread from Dupont Teflon’s magazine, Carefree Cooking. It tasted great, and might taste even bette...
Time for the annual list of Cinco de Mayo treats! These are all tried, true and tested, and I hope you find something you like. To start the list, here is the famous Flan Cake. Keep reading for more ...
There are tons of methods you could use, but today I came up with two ways of combining Magic Cookie Bars (aka Seven Layer Bars) with brownies. First, the lazy version — brownies topped with a ...
This is a copycat version of a bar cookie I saw at Starbucks. Having had a fun day hanging out with Fuzz, shopping for camp stuff and perusing the shelves at Barnes and Noble, we stopped into Starbuc...
In contrast to the M&Ms bars from earlier this week, here’s a bar with a little more nutrition. Made with whole wheat flour, a touch of honey, light olive oil, toasted walnuts and two flavo...
It’s been a while since I posted a Top 10 list, so to make up for lost time, I’ve increased the count to 15. Here are 15 of my favorites from the past year. Speaking of which, can you bel...
Graduation is around the corner. And if you’re looking for recipes that use school colors, here’s the perfect bar cookie. Unfortunately, I didn’t consider these for graduation until after I’d b...
Still in crazy cupcake mode, I’ve been baking cupcakes, putting them in little containers from Plastic Container City, and passing them out to friends. The latest victims (Fuzz’s teachers...
This recipe was inspired by Mary’s quick bread, but rather than go the quick route, I decided to make the bread with yeast. I hadn’t made rye bread in ages, but based on how well this wen...
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