45 Recipes for Memorial Day
Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial intro to the summer season. Opened with picnics and parades, we welcome the warm days ahead while honoring…
Apple Pie Bars | I Remember
10 years ago today, I remember getting ready for work. I lived about a mile from my job as a municipal secretary then and we didn't start the day…
Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies
There was a time in my life when I believed that bacon didn't belong in desserts. I know, it's unimaginable. My first foray into bacon-laden sweets…
Bakery Style Chewy Brownies | Brownies to Heal The Soul
One step forward...two steps back. Or falling down two steps, anyway. Yup, I did that. From the exact same step, in the exact same manner, as I fell…
Be Joyous – Black Bottom Coconut Bars
It's been a heck of a last few days. New York last Friday was fantastic and I can't wait to return--although I can wait to consume mass quantities of…
Big Thank You Cookies
A Big storm requires a BIG thank you, especially when you rely entirely upon others to answer your call for help! 28 inches. That's the official…
Buried Bunny Brownies
Did you take my advice from Facebook last week and stock up on the discounted Easter candy? Let's hope so because I have a fun and super easy treat…
Butterballs
Yes, I'm late. Technically, it's Week 7. And there will be a Week 7 post later this week. But I have a really good excuse. No, the dog didn't eat my…
Buttery Jam Cookies
I don’t always adjust well to change. We remained in our former apartment for over 10 years, even though the allure of it faded 8 years ago. The…
Cake Batter Rice Crispy Treats
Crisped rice cereal: something perfectly okay to utilize in creating dessert treats but utterly useless as a source of breakfast satisfaction. As a…
Cake Batter Truffles
Ever since I visited Momofuku Milk Bar Midtown in New York City, I've been dreaming of their birthday cake truffles. Searching the internet…
Car Cookies
It's so hot, you can fry an egg on the sidewalk. Well, maybe. I know one thing that you can do, though: bake cookies on your dashboard. Intrigued? I…
Caramel Cinnamon Oatmeal Cookies
We're now less than 2 months away from Christmas. Hard to believe, isn't it? To take the sting out of that realization, here's another cookie recipe…
Cheesecake Cookie Sandwiches
This is the kind of recipe dreams are made of. For this adaptation so occupied my thoughts and haunted my dreams that I lost almost an entire night…
Chewy Cacao Nib-Cherry Oatmeal Cookies
Bulk savings stores seem to be a repository for the dried-up, worthless remains that nobody else wants. Can't sell these bath mats? Send them to…
Chocolate Cherry Rugelach
2012 is winding down, bringing us the last First on the First of the year. Thank you for joining us, whether you baked along, salivated over the…
Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
Sometimes you just need a cookie. The kind that brings back childhood. Not too fussy. Not too difficult to make. And universally loved. These are…
Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Jam Bars
Right now is the beginning of the best day ever - Chocolate Peanut Butter Day! Hosted by Carla of Chocolate Moosey and Miriam of Overtime Cook, more…
Chocolate Chip Toffee Macaroon Cookies for The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap
With Christmas only 1.5 weeks away, cookies are coming out of more and more ovens in preparation for the festivities that await us. It's an impulse,…
Chocolate Chipper Champs
With Christmas only 5 days away, it was time to don the aprons and take part in the annual family tradition of baking with my mom and sister. Given…
Chocolate Chunk Cookies
I have a friend who is an insatiable sweets addict. If he gets a whiff that anyone he knows is baking, he's all over it. He's a bit of a cookie…
Chocolate Cinnamon Bars
I have to admit, I had a hard time getting into the spirit of Christmas this week. Besides the obvious fact that we are currently surrounded by…
Chocolate Crackletops
Christmas is creeping ever so closer. Before you know it, it'll be here and you'll be declaring, "Where did the time go?" It's tricky like that.…
Chocolate Cranberry Shortbread Cookies
We all get stuck in ruts. In the winter, especially, I have a hard time getting out of my own way and my work suffers for it. I'm grateful for the…
Chocolate Malted Whopper Drops
I grew up well after the era of the malt shoppe. I can't say I've ever even seen one. We did have a sweet shoppe for a short while in town--a little…
Chocolate Mint Candies Cookies
I'll be the first to laugh and point out how Christmas merchandise is out earlier and earlier every year. In fact, I'm pretty sure I saw some on the…
Chocolate Pecan Pie Energy Bites
Disclosure: I received free products from Divine Chocolate, a sponsor of Choctoberfest 2015, to use in developing recipes for this week. All opinions…
Chocolate Wafer Cookies
I know I'll never be wafer thin. You know, like those waifish models you want to shove a cheesecake down their throats. Floating around in their…
Chunky Awesome Oatmeal Cookies
After fighting a stomach bug for the last couple of days, I needed something simple to hop back on the baking wagon with. These cookies were just the…
Cocoa Brownies with Browned Butter
My daughter's 8th birthday coincided with the last week of school. She decided to combine her birthday celebration with the party on the last day of…
Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies
Coconut...let me count the ways I love you. Your creamy tenderness, your crispy crunch, your tropical dreams and wondrous ways... oh, how I love…
Coconut Kiss Spritz Cookies
Disclosure: OXO provided me with a spritz cookie set in order to develop the recipe for this post. OXO will donate $100 to Cookies for Kids' Cancer…
Coconut Lime Sugar Cookies
The days are getting shorter, the darkness much longer, and the nip in the air is hard to ignore. Winter is nearly here. And while my family lives…
Coconut Nut Balls
Life is flying by these days at an impressive rate. Just when I think I may be able to catch up, grasp the moment and wring everything possible out…
Congo Bars
A question of utmost importance came up recently, nagging and nagging for an answer. I couldn't get it out of my mind. Somebody must know the…
Creamsicle Oatmeal Lace Cookies
When Kate and I discussed the initial #FirstOnTheFirst challenge for 2013, we decided to select something easy. Something that people probably…
Crisp Salted Oatmeal White Chocolate Cookies
One night several years ago, my husband decided to indulge my craving for chocolate chip cookies and and took it upon himself to make some. He does…
Crumb Cake Cookies for a Crummy Day
Another day of darkness is upon us. Summer rapidly shed her robes for Fall this year and here we are, dreary, dreary days with temps in the 60s with…
Dark and White Chocolate Chunk Cookies with Ginger for The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap!
When news spread of The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap last month, I was excited. It's not too often that you get to actually *taste* the product of…
Double Chocolate Cookies with Dried Cranberries
I bake a lot of cookies at this time of year. Most of them are traditional favorites, requested year after year. For some reason, though, not…
Fudge Brownies with White Chocolate, Toffee, and Pecans
I don't ring in the new year with resolutions. Why save them up for one day a year? Instead, I'm constantly re-inventing myself, trying to figure out…
Ginger Spice Cookies
How can we be at the 4th week of the 12 Weeks of Christmas Cookies & Sweets already? I guess it's true what they say: time flies when you're…
Gingerbread Spice Biscotti
I'm finally settling in to my winter break, now that grades were posted yesterday. While I already had all my English grades over the weekend, my…
Hershey’s Kisses Candy Cane Blossoms
How can it be that 12 weeks have passed already and we're almost at Christmas? September feels like just yesterday, yet here we are at the end of our…
Homemade Oreo Cookies
Every time I take the kids grocery shopping with me, we inevitably arrive at the same conversation. "Mom! Can we get these cookies?" My response…
Key Lime Pie Magic Cookie Bars
Magic Cookie Bars grace just about every holiday table, desirable not only because they're very quick and easy to assemble, but also because the…
Kitchen Sink Chocolate Chip Cookies
Sometimes you feel like a nut. Maybe a walnut or a pecan. And chocolate chips. Come to think of it, peanut butter chips sound good, too! In fact,…
Maple Blondies Have More Fun
I bet you never knew that a simple cookie could, in fact, be a savior. Calgon in a cookie, if you will. And probably a much better option than…
Maple Bourbon Bacon Blondies
Disclosure: I was compensated for this post by Jones Dairy Farm. All opinions remain my own. Thank you for supporting the brands that help make this…
Maple Pecan Pie Bars
Did you know that companies can't make the claim that something is "maple" in Vermont without adhering to certain Vermont laws? This came to light…
Milk Chocolate Blueberry Craisin Bars
Dried fruit is an amazing thing. All the goodness of fruit packed into a potent, portable parcel. As I was browsing BJ's one afternoon--sans…
Nutella Cocoa Krispie Treats
Simplicity is sexy. It's not just the alliteration that I love there... Think about it: some of the best things you've experienced in life…
Oatmeal Cranberry White Chocolate Cookies – Or, Make Your Dessert AND Eat It, Too!
To some, January is a month of making resolutions. Seeking a renewal in spirit in the pursuit of denial, they deprive, deprive, deprive for the…
Oatmeal Creme Pies
I'm sure most of you are familiar with the movie Julie & Julia, based upon the lives of Julie Powell, an ordinary woman who challenged herself to…
Olive Toffee Brownies–A Kitchen Play Progressive Party
This month's Kitchen PLAY Wild Card Progressive Party features Lindsay Olives. 5 courses have already been served--you can find them here--but the…
Oreo Brownies
I am, at heart, a night person. I work best when everyone is asleep and I have the house to myself and I've had a whole day of awareness behind me,…
Peanut Butter & Bacon Cookies
It's pretty widely known that Elvis Presley was quite fond of unusual food combinations, peanut butter and banana sandwiches being one often…
Peanut Butter and Jelly Rugelach
It's easy to get caught up in the search for the latest and greatest of everything. Why wouldn't we? We're in the 21st Century--we have so much…
Peanut Butter Blondies with Chocolate Ganache and Local Theater
I spent my weekend immersed in theater. A joy I have denied myself for much of the last 2 decades, even though I not only once enjoyed being a part…
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies Prelude
By the time you read this, I will be en route to New York City. Twice within a week?, you say. I'm basking in my good fortune. As I mentioned in my…
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies…Again
In life, there are certain answers that are indisputable, leaving no room for interpretation. 2+2 will always equal 4, for example. Others are open…
Peanut Butter Cup Brownies
Disclosure: OXO provided me with a brownie baking set in order to develop the recipe for this post. OXO will donate $100 to Cookies for Kids’…
Pecan Shortbread Bites
These delightful pecan shortbread bites are just the right size for a little bit of indulgence any time of day. The world blurs, spinning out of…
Peeps Cereal Squares
So much food at Walt Disney World. So much inspiration surrounding me. I didn't have the time to eat my way through the parks as much as I had…
Peeps Nests
What would Easter be without the familiar sandy-sugar-crusted, sticky-sweet Peeps? Well, just about any holiday these days. Peeps are no longer…
Pumpkin Spice Chocolate Blossoms
Pumpkin Spice Hershey Kisses. I don't recall hearing of them before this Fall, though I can't imagine they're entirely new this year either. The Big…
Raspberry Magic Bars
Everyone needs a quick dessert she can whip up at a moment's notice. Something that shows you made an effort even if you're short on time. Magic…
Red Velvet Brownies with Cream Cheese Frosting
Happy Valentine's Day! I know, it's a made-up, Hallmark holiday. I know, if you care about someone, you should show it every day. But I can't help…
Reese’s Studded Chocolate Cookies
New England is notorious for ever-changing weather. But this is starting to get to me. After an epic snowfall during the middle of last week,…
Rocky Road Brownies
The road to self-improvement is a rocky one, full of ruts and potholes, mudslides and blockages. Oftentimes, you wonder if you'll arrive at your…
S’Mores Brownies
It's just not summer without s'mores. And while it's technically not summer yet, Memorial Day weekend has always been the unofficial gateway to the…
Salted Chocolate-Caramel Bars: Bake A Difference
Disclosure: OXO provided me with a baking set in order to prepare Dorie Greenspan's recipe for Salted Chocolate-Caramel Bars for this post, which is…
Sand Dollar Cookies: A Perfect Beach Treat
Summer is the season of picnics and parties. It seems every weekend has at least one on the calendar and it's booked up FAST--long before summer even…
Snickerdoodle Blondies
Everyone needs a magical dessert that comes together in no time yet wows the recipients. Something she can put together in a half-asleep state and…
Spicy Brownies
Disclosure: I received free products from Imperial Sugar, a sponsor of Choctoberfest 2015, to use in developing recipes for this week. All opinions…
Spicy Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chocolate chip cookies are a classic cookie--most people have baked and/or consumed them at some point in their lives. They're unifying like that, a…
Spicy Thai Potato and Chocolate Chips Cookies
While we're smack-dab in the middle of the debate on whether or not GMO products should be labeled, along comes Kettle Brand Potato Chips, proudly…
Spritz Cookies
I've been making Christmas cookies for at least twenty years now. Ouch. Should I have admitted that? There are a few that are annual traditions, like…
Strawberry Macarons with Prosecco and Orange Flower Water Buttercream
I have a confession to make: This isn't the first time I've made macarons. It's not the second time either. I'm such a fraud! I had no problem…
Super Slutty Brownies
Recipes are rarely written in real-time. Browsing through your foodgawker favorites or plethora of Pins, you decide which will make the cut based…
Supernatural Brownies
To be a mom, you need to have superhuman powers. How else can you manage to get it all done in the mere 24 hours a day we're given? To be a mom who…
Toasted Almond and Molasses Cookies with Kahlúa Buttercream
Christmas time is cookie time in my family. Not only is it a tradition to gather in my mom's kitchen and bake together, but we do it with a…
Triple Chocolate Cookies & Food Blogger Cookbook Swap
Remember the Food Blogger Prop Swap last year? It was a fabulous way to send along some love to our fellow food bloggers and get to know each other a…
Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies
Quiet. Too quiet. While I enjoy the lack of noise, something that's a rare occurrence around here, sometimes, it's just too much. Like last…