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Pumpkin Spice Overdose Cake

Pumpkin Spice Overdose Cake is for the PSL lover that doesn’t think they can possibly get enough pumpkin no matter how many pumpkin spice products they buy. It’s three decadent layers of pumpkin flavor inside and out: pumpkin cake, pumpkin ganache, pumpkin salted caramel, pumpkin frosting, and pumpkin whipped cream. I have a mixed relationship…

Harvest Sweet Potato Sandwich with Apple Butter and Goat Cheese

While I was living at home (before I moved back to Minnesota), I worked at a farm-to-table restaurant. My official title was Dairy Barista, a title as perfect for me as if I had chosen it myself. The restaurant was attached to a dairy farm, so they specialized in all things dairy, including the BEST…

Pumpkin Whoopie Pies with Whipped Cinnamon Filling

I first made these pumpkin whoopie pies five years ago (!!). I was a sophomore in college at the time, and my friends and I went through two batches in less than three weeks. That’s saying something, when you consider that a) I almost never re-bake things and b) we had access to a full…

Easy Stovetop Vegetarian White Bean Chili

After making the Tempeh Cauliflower Rice Burrito Bowls last week, I still had a couple ears of Sogn Valley sweet corn left. With corn that tasty, I wanted to put it to good use. It was chilly last week and this weekend (though that’s hard to believe now, when we’re experiencing a wave of Indian…

Tempeh Cauliflower Rice Burrito Bowls

How was your Labor Day weekend? Mine was really good! We had b-e-a-utiful weather here in Minneapolis. It was the perfect transition weather between summer and fall: bright blue skies, warm sun, and a crispness to the air that signals summer is coming to an end. My highlight was spending an afternoon on Lake Minnetonka…

Paleo Millionaire’s Shortbread Bars

Audrey and I told you we were back, back, BACK to the blog and we kept up a good run for a few weeks, but then guess what happened. I moved (for the third time in three years) and Audrey went to college. And our blog momentum? Skidded. to. a. halt. Oops. Though to be…

Cookie Dough Pie (3 Ingredients)

Cookie Dough Pie does not actually have cookie dough in it. It’s the simplest dessert ever. 3 ingredients. A world of deliciousness. Cookies. Milk. Cool Whip. Dip the cookie in milk, layer them with Cool Whip. It sounds weird, I know, but it is so so SO good. And, so simple, even a three year…

Coconut Carrot Sheet Cake with Strawberry Mascarpone Frosting

When I heard that there was going to be a Hawaiian themed dessert competition at my work, this Coconut Carrot Cake recipe by Half Baked Harvest immediately came to mind. When she published it this past March, I was enamored. Partly by her beautiful photos (seriously, I think she takes some of the most luscious…

Butterfinger Brownie Ice Cream

I hate icebreaker games. And icebreaker questions. Literally no one has befriended someone based on an icebreaker game. They are awkward and forced and make the ice thicker. I could go on for a long time. But the point is to bring up my least favorite icebreaker question: what is your favorite flavor of ice…

Best Ice Cream in California

If you were following along on Instagram, you probably noticed that I (Molly) spent the last week and a half eating my way through the best ice cream in California. I spent 11 days traveling up and down the California coast, spending a total of five days in L.A., three days in San Francisco, one…