toffee + chocolate saltines The sad truth is that I haven’t made any Christmas cookies yet this year. Blasphemous, I know, but I honestly don’t know where the month has gone. I’m heading back to my parents’ house on Thursday and know my mom will be wanting to do a little baking. Since I haven’t […]
It’s hard to beat a classic on Thanksgiving. In my humble opinion, no dessert tastes better than a pumpkin pie. Last week, I did a little holiday guest post on Forever21’s blog; click over there to see the recipe. I must say, I’m not much of a baker, but I tweaked a classic recipe and […]
I went a little crazy at the grocery store this past weekend, which is what happens when you go right before dinner. I bought a ton of fruit, forgetting that I’d be going out of town this weekend and that Eric would be out of town for the first half of this week. I decided […]
it’s even better frozen Making a no-bake pie was the easiest thing I did all weekend. I wanted to bring a pie to dinner on Saturday night and I had these grand visions of showing up with a homemade blueberry pie, fresh out of the oven. As Saturday drew nearer and nearer, I realized that […]
I received a KitchenAid mixer for my bridal shower and had been anxious to put it to work. Suffice to say, it didn’t disappoint; it makes mixing so easy! I’ve never been a huge baking fan, but perhaps the tides will turn now that I have this helpful contraption on hand. All of the sudden […]
When I got home from work last night, some sad bananas I had bought the week before caught my eye. Although I like them, I’m generally not inclined to reach for one as a snack and Eric was in Vegas all weekend so they just sat…untouched (his favorite, along with grapes). Knowing that he wouldn’t […]
stacks of biscotti Did you know that biscotti means “twice-baked cake” in Italian? Neither did I until I was looking up recipes for it last week (recipe here). In fact, it came as a huge shock to me that I would need to bake something twice that I almost didn’t go through with it. I […]
I’m by no means an expert baker, but sometimes you’ve just got to appease the crowds (i.e. Eric). My fiancé doesn’t just have one sweet tooth, he’s got a whole mouthful. As I perused through one of my best friend’s blogs, I saw the words ‘olive oil’ + ‘lemon’ side by side and knew I […]
