Cinnamon, sugar, butter — and the puffy-soft/slightly crispy texture is what makes this classic cookie one of my favorites. The key is just the right ratio of ingredients, and using baking soda and cream of tartar for leavening. Snickerdoodles Here’s a bonus – this is recipe is supremely easy to throw together — no need…
Category: Baked goods
Hot Cross Buns
This is my take on traditional Hot Cross Buns — flavor-filled, spiced sweet dough buns with the sign on the cross frosted on top to remember Good Friday. My take on these buns is the selection of spices and dried fruits — fresh orange zest, cardamom, and cinnamon perfume the dough while dried sweetened cranberries…
Mermaid Barbie Cake
My daughter was home for a week of Spring break, and we had a pang of nostalgia. She wouldn’t be home for her birthday, so we had to make a Barbie cake while she was here for break. The inspiration for this year’s cake was the sea, and our Mermaid Barbie Cake was the result….
Chocolate Walnut Cookie
This is perhaps my favorite drop cookie. It’s just the right balance of cocoa, butter, sweet, and crunch. I love it for an afternoon treat with coffee. The base recipe is the same as in my Soft Homemade Oreo, but the addition of lots of walnuts creates a very different cookie. This is a straight…
Chicken, Potatoes & Carrots – One Pan Meal
This One Pan Meal takes little prep time, and in 45 minutes bakes together in the oven, the juices from the chicken flavoring the potatoes. In less than an hour from start to finish, you have a full meal ready to go, and tasty leftovers if you double up on ingredients. Getting it to all…
Soft Homemade Oreos
Soft cocoa cookies are put together with a thick layer of fluffy vanilla frosting. Here is an updated version of my Chocolate Sandwich Cookie recipe — but with a sweeter, super-easy-to-make, All-American frosting instead of Swiss Meringue Buttercream. These are sweet, scrumptious, and I think all together better than anything you can buy. When you…
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