First of all, did you know that a single Peppermint Pattie has an 'ie', not a 'y'?  I promise: York tells me so.  Maybe you always knew that, but I didn't.  Mind blown! Anyway...these cookies are amazing and made with Peppermint Patties.  Which means that each cookie has a Peppermint Pattie in it. The first Continue Reading...

My husband says these taste like Cherry Bing Bars.  I take his word for it as I don't remember what those taste like.  What I do know: They taste like Cherry. They taste like Dark Chocolate. They're crispy and addicting! If that's what Cherry Bing Bars taste like, then sign me up! They're ridiculously easy Continue Reading...

This recipe was born out of a desire to have cheesecake, but I wasn't in the mood for a cherry topping like I normally am.  Nah, I was in the mood for chocolate! Now, I know that some people in this world actually make a chocolate cheesecake.  I would like to meet those people.  I Continue Reading...

We are a house divided. No, one of us doesn't cheer for Iowa and the other for the Huskers. That'd be understandable. No, instead one of us is an Apple fan and one of us goes for Cherry. It comes up almost every holiday - apple pie or cherry pie? It's something we're working through Continue Reading...

"Me like cookies!"  That's what Cookie Monster used to say when I was a little girl.  Does he still say that?  My kids don't watch Sesame Street, so I'm not sure.  I have heard that he does now teach that cookies are "sometimes" foods.  But probably not "sometimes I have 5 of them in a Continue Reading...

Hip! Hip! Hooray!  My baby turned 6 today!  (Well, he turned 6 on the day when I made this cake...that was a bit ago).  He's my son that has food restrictions, so I make most of our food from scratch.  For sure, I make most of his food from scratch.  It's a bummer, but things Continue Reading...