Dessert Recipes

It’s time for Pecan Pie Truffles! It’s a holiday with the family which means I’ve been a baking fool the past few days. Normally, I would wait until I return home to share some of the recipes with you, but this one couldn’t wait. The family is going crazy on how delicious these little balls …

Today I’m sharing my recipe for Christmas Candy Cane Kiss Cookies. Try saying that five times fast. Every year around Christmas I take a week to bake all kinds of delicious treats for my family, friends, and neighbors. This year I decided to make some extra festive sugar cookies complete with a delicious peppermint candy …

Unless you been living in a cave, you know that cake pops have been hugely popular in the last couple years. Kids love ’em. Adults love ’em. Basically, who doesn’t like a cake pop?!? Well, today for “Foodie Friday” I am changing up the cake pop game and taking out the cake and putting in …

These delicious bars will channel your grandmother’s amazing cooking with the freshly baked aromas and ooey-gooey chocolatey middles. With the perfect blend of chocolate and butterscotch, these bars are easy to make, pack well for lunches, and are the perfect dessert. Ingredients- 2 cups flour 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1 cup packed dark brown sugar …

Back in the day I was a nanny for two sweet girls. Most days after school we found ourselves in the kitchen mixing up a treat. With the winter weather brewing outside there was nothing better than a warm oven, tasty dough, and some good ol’ kitchen conversation about homework, boys, and the upcoming Christmas …

Today for “Foodie Friday” we are showing you how to make a delicious Chocolate Chip Calzone just like Claim Jumper Restaurant makes.The only thing we changed with the calzone is that we didn’t include white chocolate chips with the semi-sweet chips. Claim Jumper does this and it is delicious so you can make it either …

This is my family’s recipe for the BEST homemade sugar cookies and frosting. It’s a family tradition for all of us to get together around Christmas time to make and decorate these. My husband loves these cookies so much that he gobbles down a dozen in one sitting. Since he loves them so much we …

We just returned from a whirlwind trip to Disney World to cover the Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party. My family and I had a fabulous time and we would highly recommend going if you have a chance. Since we just spent 3 days at Disney World, we will have a few posts all about our …

Lots of baking going on right now for the holidays! There are holiday snacks, crafts, and parties galore this month. Today I wanted to show you one kid-friendly dessert that is so easy to make, that your kids can help. Yep, this is another craft time meets snack time with these easy to make Snowman …

Galactagogues. Try to say that fast a few times! If you are a nursing mama, galactagogues will soon be your best friend. Galactagogues are foods, herbs, and medications considered to be milk-inducing. Today I’ll be focusing on just the foods that boost milk supply. By incorporating them in to your daily diet, you just may see …

Since I love holidays and food it will come to no surprise to you that Thanksgiving is my favorite. Our family Thanksgiving always includes the same delicious foods that I look forward to eating all year. Since I’m still somewhat new to having my own family and hence contributing my own food to Thanksgiving, I’ve …

Everyone talks about pumpkin chocolate chip cookies but I’ve never tried them before. To be honest, they never sounded that appealing to me. Since I was getting pretty curious about this recipe and because no one else in my family had ever tried them before, I decided to do a test run before Thanksgiving to …