These Peanut Butter S’mores Cookie Sandwiches are peanut butter cookies (made with homemade peanut butter!) sandwiched around marshmallow fluff and dipped in chocolate. The perfect mix of salty, sweet, gooey, chewy, and all around delicious. I think one of the hardest things to realize and admit about baking is that not everything you bake is…
Skinny Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins
Skinny Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins are a delicious breakfast to enjoy leisurely or on the go. My birthday happened a couple weeks ago, and I got 4 cookbooks and a baking instruction DVD. Sooo… the next morning I had some serious reading material and inspiration. And old bananas. That lovely combination led to these skinny…
Rhubarb Frozen Yogurt
Rhubarb Frozen Yogurt recipe from the Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams cookbook is tangy, creamy, sweet, and full of natural rhubarb flavor. A perfect treat for those warm days in spring and early summer. My goal in life is to someday be as good at something as Jeni is at making ice cream. I don’t know…
Peanut Butter Oreo Cupcakes
Peanut Butter Oreo Cupcakes are chocolate cupcakes swirled with peanut butter and frosted with an Oreo buttercream. I cannot believe that in the almost two years of us doing this blog, we only have one Oreo recipe to show for it! I guess we don’t bake with Oreo that often, but we should because they…
Ritz Nutella Peanut Butter Brownies
Ritz Cracker Nutella Brownies are inspired by our favorite childhood after-school snack: Ritz crackers slathered with Nutella and peanut butter. These gooey Nutella brownies have a peanut butter Ritz cracker crust, salty-sweet Ritz cracker crumb mixed in, and the crowning glory is the Ritz cracker ganache. When I was a kid, one of my favorite…
Lemon Blueberry Cake with Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting
Happy spring! All this great weather is making me think it’s finally here. Officially. I had originally planned some decadent chocolate-y coconut almond cupcakes (very similar to these) to make for Easter, but then the weather turned nice and I wanted something more fruity and spring-y. So I made this Lemon Blueberry Cake with Coconut Cream…
Lemon Pistachio Ice Cream Sandwiches
Lemon Pistachio Ice Cream Sandwiches are a light, sweet spring dessert. Tender lemon whoopie pies sandwiched around a rich, flavorful pistachio ice cream. The bright sweetness of the lemon pairs beautifully with the earthy, smooth nuttiness of the pistachio ice cream. Do you ever go through phases in your food and what you eat? I…
Classic Croissants
A classic croissants recipe for beginners. Croissants seem intimidating and difficult, but this recipe makes them accessible. You don’t have to be a professional baker to master this recipe for classic croissants! I’ve found that there are many pros to having baking be one of your hobbies: You always have dessert around the house. So…