This decadent, creamy homemade salted caramel sauce is easy to make (only about 15 minutes) and takes only 5 ingredients. Perfect poured over ice cream or drizzled over apples! One of the great benefits of making things from scratch is that they taste SO MUCH BETTER than store bought. While I can appreciate a store bought caramel sauce because really, … Read More
Cherry Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
These cherry chocolate oatmeal cookies have not one, but two secret ingredients! Pure maple syrup to cut down on the amount of refined sugar necessary and shredded coconut to add moisture and chewiness! I kind of consider these my pantry dump cookies. A little bit of everything in the pantry mixed together creates one heck of a cookie. It seems … Read More
Easy Lemon Pie
This easy lemon pie takes less than 5 ingredients and only 15 minutes in the oven. Add some whipped cream and fresh raspberries for the perfect lemony pie! Don’t get me wrong. I love me some regular lemon meringue pie and don’t get me started on these cuties but honestly these days, my ambition waffles between wanting to make a … Read More
How To Make Half A Cake Mix
Did you know you don’t have to use a whole cake mix when making a cake? I didn’t for years! Totally blew my mind when I realized I could make a smaller cake or fewer cupcakes. Here I’ll show you how to use half a cake mix to make a smaller cake or cupcakes! I frequently use cake mix when … Read More
How To Freeze Cookie Dough
Learn how to freeze cookie dough quickly and easily. You won’t even need to thaw it to bake up your next fresh batch of cookies, whether you want one or 10! I don’t know about you but I like to stress bake and cookies are one of my favorite things to make. However, without any game nights or dinners to … Read More
3 Ingredient Super Easy Iced Coffee
Originally published back in 2013 but now when so many of us are making our own coffee at home, I thought it deserved a reboot. Still my favorite iced coffee recipe. This 3 ingredient super easy iced coffee is the perfect thing when you’re in a hurry for your caffeine fix in the morning. You can save money and avoid … Read More
12 Easy Steps to a Greener Kitchen
Taking care of the earth is everyone’s responsibility but it’s hard to always know what to do. These 12 easy steps to a greener kitchen will get you started. They range from easy to a little more difficult but hopefully you can implement one or two into your routine. With everything that’s been happening in the world lately, it’s made … Read More
Lemon Sugar Cookies
Soft, chewy lemon sugar cookies are perfect with a tall glass of milk or an afternoon cup of coffee. There is something so relaxing for me about making cookies. Especially cookies that only require a bowl and a spoon. There’s something meditative about measuring the ingredients, pouring them in the bowl, and stirring them together until they become something different … Read More
10 Easy Cookies To Make With Kids
Baking with kids is a great way to hang out, create art, learn some math and science and just plain have fun. These are some of my favorite easy cookies to make with kids. Right now we are spending quite a bit more time inside and with our families. Baking is a good way to spend time together, relieve stress … Read More
Marbled Sugar Cookies
Marbled sugar cookies are one of the easiest and most fun decorating methods out there. An entire batch of cookies can be frosted in minutes and each cookie looks unique! How to make marbled sugar cookies: Step 1: Obviously you already need baked and cooled sugar cookies. You can find my favorite sugar cookie below but this technique would also … Read More