Make homemade apple pie filling with all of autumn’s bounty of apples! Fill your home with the smells of apple pie all year long! I spent all weekend testing apple recipes and I can’t wait to share them with you. I got so excited, actually, that I managed to injure myself and had to go …
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This adult Mexican chocolate milkshake recipe is a delicious blend of chocolate, cinnamon, chipotle chile powder and Cafe Patron! I had been holding on to this boozy Mexican chocolate milkshake recipe for a rainy day – this is the perfect drink to forget the rain. Milkshakes are relatively easy to make. You need a blender …
These chocolate cupcakes with blueberry buttercream frosting have become my new favorite dessert. These cupcakes are the sweeter and more fun cousin to my favorite blueberry chocolate chip scones. When I get a craving, it’s usually for a cupcake. Lately, I have been posting tons of appetizers on this site and I saved my latest …
This plum blueberry ginger granita is the perfect way to end a barbecue. Make this sweet treat the day before so you can just enjoy the party! Summer in Chicago is also barbecue season! We spend so much time in the fall, winter and spring cooped up that once the weather looks a little warm, …
Delicious carrot cake cupcakes, filled and topped with sweet bourbon cream cheese frosting! Made with a sample of Rodelle vanilla extract and a huge dose of love. I have been on a baking kick lately, if you haven’t noticed. Between mini banana bread loaves and quite a few cupcakes (here and here), my oven has been …
Chocolate caramel chip marshmallow cupcakes is quite a mouthful but every bit of that goodness is packed into these delicious cupcakes. Many thanks to Nestle Toll House for sponsoring today’s story and encouraging me to use new DelightFulls Filled Baking Morsels in my recipes! I am a huge fan of chocolate chip cookies. If you …
White chocolate covered blueberries are easy to make and perfect for dessert or a quick snack. These white chocolate covered blueberries are fantastic, and easy to make. Sometimes the easy recipes are the best recipes. But before I get to this easy recipe, I wanted to talk about something really quick. Cooking. More specifically, beginning …
S’mores chocolate covered strawberries are the perfect dessert for Valentine’s Day or treat for any day. Easy to make your own at home! Valentine’s Day is right around the corner! Mr. B and I don’t really celebrate the holiday, but we do celebrate dessert often. And these s’mores chocolate covered strawberries are so easy to …
Blueberry lemon bars – my version of the classic lemon bar recipe, using my homemade blueberry lemon curd. On New Year’s Day I shared one of my newest recipes for blueberry lemon curd. It is delicious and I had a hard time resisting the call of the curd. It is yummy enough that I seriously …
Butterscotch spice cookies are a great alternative to traditional holiday cookies like gingersnaps. They still have the spice but are softer and delicious! After my crazy pomegranate cake last week, Mr. B’s sweet tooth had a hankering for cookies. I thought he would eat the bag of Halloween candy that is still sitting on the …
Looking for a holiday cake? Try this vanilla bean bundt cake with a sweet pomegranate glaze! I am participating in the Food Blogger Cookie Swap again and sent out my cookies last week. The big recipe reveal is coming up on the 15th so keep an eye out – I can’t wait to share with …
The flavors in this quick bread recipe are perfect for fall! Make this apple almond cranberry quick bread for chilly autumn mornings or to bring to Thanksgiving dinner! I just realized that we are only 3 weeks away from Thanksgiving. Yes, it is time for you and I to both freak out. For the holidays, …
This mandarin orange beef stir fry recipe is not only delicious, it is also dairy free! Try it out for dinner tonight! Last year, Mr. B and I had to go on a dairy-free diet for 2 months – doctors orders. It was not easy for us cheese lovin’ freaks. Mostly we just ate vegetables …
This spice cake has an apple curd filling and is topped with cinnamon marscapone frosting. It is perfect for fall and Thanksgiving – just the right amount of sweetness paired with just the right amount of spice. It’s a cake! !!! This is the very first cake recipe I am sharing on this blog, and …
Take your favorite brownie recipe (or mine!) and make these s’mores brownies! You won’t be able to eat just one! Lately, I have found myself with an over abundance of a few ingredients. First, it was a ridiculous amount of mushrooms. Now, it’s cups and cups of crumbled graham crackers. The same day Mr. …
Before summer is over, try this Honey Vanilla Bean ice cream with Raspberry Swirls! Perfect for the dog days of summer! Back in July, I had a birthday. “What?!?!” you say. “This is the first I’m hearing about it.” Yeah, yeah – I let this one slip by. Not that I am against turning 32, …
If you find yourself with a cup of cherries, make these easy baked cherry vanilla bean doughnuts! You won’t be able to eat only one. Do you like doughnuts? Cause I sure do! I overbought cherries (again!) so I decided to make doughnuts out of them. There’s nothing like doughnuts to make a bad day …
A delightful chocolate chip cookie experiment. What’s better: chocolate chip cookies or duck fat chocolate chip cookies? I had a little Maple Leaf Farms duck fat leftover after making my cornbread recipe, so I decided to do a little duck fat experiment this week. I put on my apron and oven mitts (the kitchen equivalent …
Try this buttermilk duck fat cornbread the next time you make chili! Duck fat is a great addition to this rendition of a classic comfort food. The duck strikes again. And that is a totally awesome thing when it’s duck fat and you’re going to do some baking. One of the items in my box …
Make a raspberry lemon granita for your next party at home or Fourth of July BBQ – its the perfect ice cream dessert alternative. It’s a heat wave! I know I talk about the weather all of the time, but the weather is all around us and it often dictates what kind of cooking I …
These chocolate coffee cupcakes with a whiskey buttercream frosting and candied bacon are perfect for Father’s day! Hello cupcake, bacon and dad lovers! Father’s Day is fast approaching and it’s time to treat our dads to some baked goodies. I love making baked goods for every holiday and I feel like sometimes dads get the …