Chocolate flavored peanut butter is the key to these blondies! Â Blondies are the best….the brown sugar we use in them, is what makes them so rich and soft. Â Swoon. Â So why not add chocolate flavored peanut butter to my blondie recipe and some patriotic M&M’s? Â Ummm. Â Yeah! Â A super easy recipe, that is fool proof for those of you out there that may doubt your baking skills, or anyone needing a quick and easy dessert recipe. Continue Reading…
A sugar cookie, with the addition of lemon juice, lemon zest and lemon extract added for a lemony tang, and then rolled in sugar before baking. Continue Reading…
No churn coffee ice cream, made using a stand mixer and just three ingredients! Â No ice cream maker required for this ice cream, which you can whip up in mere minutes. Â When I first saw recipes for no churn ice cream on blogs and Pinterest, with just a few ingredients, I was intrigued. Â Would it really work or just be mush? Â Would it REALLY taste like ice cream?? Â The answer???? Continue Reading…
Maple Oreo Stuffed Cookies. Â Whhhhhaaaatttt?!?! Â Ok. Â Before you think I have gone totally crazy, these maple cookies are stuffed with a SPECIAL variety of Oreo cookie. Â And it is probably the BEST Oreo cookie variety yet! Â So I figured, why not stuff homemade maple brown sugar cookie dough with Oreo’s, and then bake it into massive-sized cookies? Â Yup. Â Brace yourself…these cookies are not for the faint of heart. Continue Reading…
Pumpkin Corn Cakes are a simple three ingredient recipe, that can be made for breakfast, as a side dish with dinner, or even a snack! Â The inspiration for this recipe came after recently visiting one of the California Missions with James and Ethan, for Ethan’s 4th grade California Mission project. Â This is an old recipe y’all. Â A recipe the padres and Native Americans would have made to go with a typical meal back in the 1800’s. Continue Reading…
What do you get when you cross a chocolate chip cookie with chunks of toffee? Oh the BEST cookie ever.  Because toffee. Continue Reading…
Today I am sharing with you some easy ideas on how to decorate some desserts in a police theme. Â I was asked to make some of the desserts for our Modesto Police Officer’s Daddy-Daughter Policeman’s Ball, so I was super excited to come up with ideas on how to make my desserts police-themed. Â I used some of my tried-and-true, kid friendly recipes…because first and foremost is taste! Â I kept the decorating super easy, because I am not much of a decorator, but these desserts turned out super cute. Â Read on to see how I made these lovely treats!! Continue Reading…
These S’Mores Cookie Peanut Butter Oat Bars are no bake and taste like a granola bar with a cookie crust! Â I used S’Mores Girl Scout cookies to make these bars, but I will give you other cookie options, if you don’t have extra boxes of Girl Scout cookies laying around like I do (please tell me I am not the only one who buys WAY too many Girl Scout cookies every year?!). Â These bars are a quick, fun dessert that would be perfect to have on hand for a snack! Continue Reading…
French Bread Pizza is a super easy weeknight dinner, that is cheap to make and can be made in under 30-minutes start to finish! Continue Reading…
The classic peanut butter blossom cookie recipe, made with a soft peanut butter cookie dough and topped with a chocolate candy. Use a Hershey Kiss on top, or make it more sophisticated by adding  any high end chocolate square or candy instead. Continue Reading…
