I used to work as a cookie decorator for one of those bakeries that makes cookie bouquets. I picked up a lot of decorating tricks there and one of my favorites is adding white food coloring to your frosting base. It didn’t make sense to me at first. Especially when we were using royal icing which was pretty white to … Read More
Cookie Dough Pretzel Bites
Cookie dough pretzel bites are spoonfuls of edible chocolate chip cookie dough smashed between salty pretzels and dipped in creamy dark chocolate. Basically the perfect desert. My grandmother always said it was important to mix your salty with your sweet. Seemed like strange nutritional advice, but in regards to dessert-Grandma knows what she’s talking about! These cookie dough pretzel bites … Read More
Edible Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
Soft edible chocolate chip cookie dough that’s made without eggs so it’s safe to eat straight out of the bowl. Raise your hand if your favorite part about making cookies is eating snitches of the dough? Yeah, me too. Back in the day, a friend of mine and I would team make a batch of cookie dough during a commercial … Read More
Soft Sour Cream Sugar Cookie Bars
Soft sour cream sugar cookie bars are all the flavor of Lofthouse style sugar cookies without all the hassle of chilling, rolling, and cutting. Pretty much everybody loves sugar cookies. What’s not to love? Soft fluffy cookies slathered with a dollop of creamy buttercream. The only problem? They take FOREVER to make. With the chilling and the rolling and the … Read More
5 Ingredient Red Velvet Cookies
These 5 ingredient red velvet cookies take less than a half hour to go from the bowl straight to your mouth! No mixer required! Ever since my friend introduced me to the wonderful world of cake mix cookies aka “cakies” I have been hooked. She used to make them for us back in college (maybe even high school? I’ve been … Read More
Tropical Overnight Oats with Coconut Milk and Chia
Tropical overnight oats are the perfect quick easy and healthy breakfast for those of us on the go! Whelp, it’s still very wintery here in the Midwest. And I still wish I was maybe somewhere warmer with a beach. So we’re going to channel tropical flavors again today to take our minds off the cold and snow. Plus, if you’re … Read More
Cinnamon Raisin Bread
Cinnamon raisin bread is studded with plump raisins and swirls of cinnamon and sugar. It’s perfect slathered with salted butter for a quick breakfast! What I love about cinnamon raisin bread is that it’s all the flavor of cinnamon rolls with less hassle. Plus, homemade bread is more fun to make, tastes better, and healthier for you than store bought … Read More
Homemade Oatmeal Scotchies
Classic chewy homemade oatmeal scotchies made soft with oatmeal and studded with butterscotch chips. I always thought oatmeal scotchies were like chocolate chip cookies with oatmeal added, but my sister corrected the error of my ways, telling me they are oatmeal cookies with butterscotch chips added. Since they are her favorite cookie, she probably knows what she’s talking about. They … Read More
How to choose the right beater for your Kitchen Aid Mixer
Learn how to choose the right beater for your Kitchen Aid Mixer. No more frustration or confusion about which beater is best for which project! Sign up below for a free printable cheat sheet on how to choose the right beater! My parents received five mixers as wedding gifts. They kept them all. They tucked them away in the kitchen … Read More
Tropical Homemade Granola
Tropical homemade granola is the perfect way to get a healthy breakfast and feel a little bit like you’re on the beach! Totally customizable with ingredients already in your pantry! I’m going to be honest, January kind of bogs me down. Here in the Midwest, it’s gray and cold and just kind of bleh. We’re coming down off our sugar … Read More