Pumpkin! I went looking for this pumpkin chocolate chip blondie bars recipe as I had a little bit of canned pumpkin left and wanted to put it to good use. I wanted something pumpkin-y, but not over the top. Nothing that left you feeling “Man, I just had some pumpkin pie”.  But something that left Read more

Easy pumpkin spice snickerdoodle cookie recipe perfect for fall. I think people can be broken up into 2 groups: Those who ADORE pumpkin spice things. Those who HATE pumpkin spice things. There’s almost no middle ground.  Well, I’m in that middle group if there can be one.  I am “She who appreciates pumpkin spice, but Read more

When I think of Peanut Butter cookies, I think of a big chocolate Hershey’s Kiss in the middle of them.  And I think of Christmas as that’s the only time of year that I’ve ever really made them.  But it doesn’t have to be just a Christmas cookie!  In fact, I saw Dove chocolates in Read more

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 Read more

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 Read more

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 Read more

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 Read more

Homemade chocolate and caramel Rolo cookies – perfect for anytime! “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 Read more

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 Read more