If you love pumpkin pie, but are intimidated to make a whole pie yourself, then these pumpkin pie hand pies are the perfect dessert for you to make this holiday season. They are made with a store-bought pie crust and a simple filling and get baked with a cinnamon sugar coating until they are golden brown and delicious. They are a great make ahead dessert and everyone always goes crazy for them. Try out these little pumpkin pie hand pies for your Thanksgiving dessert menu and watch them disappear in minutes!
Pop tarts are a childhood favorite that are pure nostalgia in my opinion. My favorite was a brown sugar pop tart straight from the toaster and smeared with a little butter on top. I created these pumpkin brown sugar pop tart bars to bring back those same nostalgic flavors with a seasonal twist! These pop tart bars are everything you love about your favorite childhood breakfast, but even better! You are going to love making these pumpkin brown sugar pop tart bars all season long.
Labor Day is here and it’s the perfect excuse to make all of the yummy food your heart desires! I’ve rounded up some of my favorite recipes that you can make this weekend to host friends and family and entertain in style! I’ve got you covered from main dishes, sides, appetizers, desserts, and cocktails so that you don’t have to think about a thing. Labor Day has never been more delicious!
If pop tarts and toaster strudels had a baby, these cinnamon peach strudels would be it, and man are they delicious! I had some overly ripe peaches and nectarines that my family had decided would rot in the fridge because they were too soft and I decided to rescue them by making these tasty peach strudels! They are easy and so perfect for summer whether you eat them plain or warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Do yourself a favor and make these delicious cinnamon peach strudels with a vanilla peach glaze the next time you grab some peaches.
It’s that time of year when I start breaking out my cans of pumpkin and making all of the pumpkin flavored things. These salted brown butter pumpkin rice krispie treats are one of my new favorite pumpkin recipes that are perfect for fall. They are the perfect sweet treat for the season and are super simple to make as well. They are perfectly chewy, with a hint of pumpkin and spice in the background made extra tasty with brown butter which really takes these rice krispie treats to the next level.
This post is sponsored by Winter Sweetz, but all opinions are 100% my own.
Citrus season is truly one of my favorites gifts of the season and grapefruit has to be my absolute favorite citrus of them all when they are at their peak ripeness. I partnered with my friends at Winter Sweetz, to create a delicious way to use those perfectly ripe and beautiful grapefruits. I created this glazed grapefruit bundt cake that is infused with not only grapefruit juice, but also the zest giving it the ultimate grapefruit flavor throughout each bite. This glazed grapefruit bundt cake is not only a beauty, but is also equally as tasty to serve up too.
The smell of a freshly baked cobbler in the oven is one of my favorite smells. Cobblers are such a great summertime dessert when berries and stone fruits are in season. I love cobblers because they are so easy to make and truly can be made with whatever fruits you have on hand. Easy summertime desserts are the only kind of desserts I want to make and cobblers are just that! This recipe for easy blackberry cobbler is sure to become a summer favorite!
Carrot cake is one of those classic Springtime desserts that everyone loves. Which is why I took all of the carrot cake goodness and created a delicious carrot cake bread that is super easy to make all season long. What makes this recipe great is that there are no layers to make perfectly and the icing is a simple glaze. This recipe is a no fail carrot cake y’all and I’m here for it. Serve this bread up for breakfast or dessert and I guarantee everyone will go crazy for it. This recipe for carrot cake bread with cream cheese glaze is one that you are definitely going to making over and over again.
One of my favorite gift ideas to give during the holiday season is homemade goodies. There are so many options of sweet treats to make, but buckeyes are a classic homemade sweet treat that my mom has made during the holidays for as long as I can remember. I added my own twist on this recipe by adding a little flaky salt on top to balance out the richness of the buckeyes to make them even more irresistible. This recipe for salted buckeyes is one that you are going to want to make every single year.
This post is sponsored by Zwilling, but all opinions are 100% my own.
Apples are in season and there is nothing I love more than baking them up into a delicious dessert. Not only does your house smell amazing, but it can be really simple too. I partnered with my friends at Zwilling to create this delicious and easy recipe for apple crisp that you are going to love. This recipe for easy apple crisp is also great for getting the whole family involved and your kids will love helping you prep the ingredients!
If you are finding yourself knee deep in summer fruit like cherries and peaches and can’t eat them fast enough before they all go bad, then I have a solution for you. A summer crumble is the best way to use up any fruit that you have on hand and it is always a crowd pleaser. I tend to get excited and overbuy all of the fruit in the summer and end up with a handful of fruit that ripens too quickly on me. Instead of letting it go to waste, I like to make a yummy dessert out of them instead. This recipe for a cherry peach crumble is truly summer in a bowl, especially topped off with a little vanilla ice cream.
Honey is a pantry staple at our house and while it’s delicious on toast, in oatmeal, yogurt bowls and even dressings, I am slightly obsessed with honey in ice cream. My husband recently worked in Scotland for a few months and he couldn’t stop talking about an ice cream he had there with real bits of honeycomb in it. I knew I had to try a version myself and I am so glad that I did. Homemade ice cream is one of my favorite things to make all summer long and this recipe did not disappoint. This recipe for real deal honeycomb ice cream is for all of my honey lovers out there.
If you are a pecan pie lover, then you are going to flip over this square version that just so happens to be easier to make and extra tasty thanks to a few special ingredients. This recipe has a brown sugar shortbread crust plus a dark chocolate toffee pecan pie filling that is salty and sweet and everything you could want in a dessert. Dark chocolate toffee pecan bars will quickly become your new go-to dessert year after year.
Is there anything better than the smell of fresh cookies wafting through the house on any given day? It immediately gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling and a sense of comfort. There is just something about a homemade cookie that just gives me all of the cozy vibes. While I don’t consider myself an avid baker, I do have a few tricks up my sleeve when it comes to basic baking like cookies, banana breads, muffins, etc. You won’t find me doing anything elaborate in the baking department, but what I do bake is usually pretty darn tasty. For me, a cookie that is irresistible is one that has a little sweet and salty aspect to it. Whether that means it is sprinkled with a little sea salt on top, or has some savory element mixed into the cookie, I just find it to be the perfect cookie combo. That’s why I created these 6-ingredient peanut butter pretzel chocolate chip cookies that combine everything I adore about cookies into one recipe.
When it comes to making ice cream at home, I am a huge fan. I love that I get to control the ingredients and that there are so many possibilities for flavor combinations. I am typically a chocolate in my ice cream kind of girl, but I think this recipe made with blueberries might have just convinced me otherwise. I took everything I love about a blueberry crumble in the summertime and turned it into an ice cream that is out of this world. I added the slightest hint of lavender and it just pairs perfectly with the blueberries for a subtle background flavor and gets combined with little bites of crumble pieces that are spread throughout each bite of ice cream. The combination is truly amazing. This recipe for blueberry lavender crumble ice cream is going to quickly become a new favorite summer ice cream flavor, I can almost guarantee!
Ice cream is quite possibly the one food I cannot live without. I am almost 100% sure I could survive on just ice cream alone if I had too. I seem to have an bottomless pit for a stomach when I am eating ice cream and honestly have been known to eat an entire pint in one sitting, no problem. And while I love the convenience of store bought ice cream, I am here to convince you that making your own ice cream at home is actually quite simple and definitely delicious. I have a super simple recipe for all of my ice cream bases that requires no egg tempering and is a no fail recipe for you, no matter your skill level in the kitchen. I love making homemade ice cream in the summertime and while there are endless possibilities for flavor combinations, there are a few ice creams that hold a special place in my heart, and one of those is cookies and cream. This recipe for classic cookies and cream ice cream is going to make all of your ice cream dreams come true.
You know those recipes that are so simple that they are almost not even a recipe at all? Those are actually my favorite types of recipes because even though they are ridiculously simple, they are usually the ones people love the most. I especially love these no recipe, recipes when it comes to dessert. Icebox cakes are one of those recipes that could not be any easier to make but are always a hit with the crowd. I love that you can make them with a variety of flavors simply based on what you have on hand in your fridge and the result is always going to be delicious. My easy summer fruit icebox cake is a dessert recipe that you are going to want to make over and over and your whole family will love.
Skillet cakes are my jam. You basically throw all ingredients into a pan, into the oven and viola…magic happens. There is no layering or dividing the batter, just mix and dump into the skillet! You already know that any recipe that I end up baking is guaranteed to be simple enough for even the most inexperienced baker. We recently went blackberry picking and came home with a huge bucket full of delicious blackberries. While we ate most of them like candy, I saved a few to make this delicious skillet cake that could easily be turned into a breakfast cake with coffee or could be topped with a little ice cream for a summer time dessert. My blackberry cornmeal skillet cake is everything you want in a summer dessert and you are going to love baking it up all season long.
Zucchini season is in full swing and I don’t know about you but every week I find myself with several zucchini staring at me in the fridge. I love buying a few extra zucchini each week because they are great to freeze to throw into smoothies and they are great for baking! Chocolate and zucchini are actually quite a common pair when it comes to baking and it’s a great way to add some veggies into a sweet treat that the whole family can enjoy. I created an olive oil chocolate zucchini snack cake that is perfect to make when you want a little treat when that afternoon snack attack hits!
Baking for me is not something that I do on a regular basis, but it’s something that I get in the mood for and when that mood strikes, I love the process of baking. It’s therapeutic in it’s exact measuring and mixing and there is nothing better than the smell of baked goods wafting throughout your house to bring you an immense amount of comfort and joy. Cookies are one of my husband’s favorite sweet treats, and while I don’t make them often, when I do, they have to be the best. What makes a good cookie to you? For me its all about those crispy edges and chewy centers that really make or break what I consider a great cookie. I have been perfecting my chocolate chip toffee cookies for a couple of years now and finally created the perfect cookie and am finally ready to share them with you. My chocolate chip toffee cookies are hands down my favorite cookie and if there is one thing you bake this week, let it be these cookies.
It is hard to believe that we are a few weeks away from Christmas and baking season is officially upon us! For me it’s the most magical time of the year and I hate that this season seems to already be passing so quickly. Anyone else want December to last just a little bit longer? Every holiday season, my baking bug returns almost instantly as the tree gets decorated and the house feels extra cozy. While I love baking the traditional recipes, I am all about finding recipes that are slightly better for me that I can bring to all of the holiday festivities that come about this time of year. Gingerbread is one of those quintessential holiday flavors that is my go-to whenever I decide to bake. It smells the house up with warming spices that just say merry Christmas. My healthier gingerbread blondies are chewy and delicious and your family and friends will love them this holiday season!
Is it really Halloween in two weeks? I have no idea where October is slipping off to. Life has been so crazy with work and personal stuff that the weeks are passing by at a scary pace! I can’t believe we are almost into full blown holiday season mode. With the holidays, comes lots of baking right? Well for me anyway it does. I just so happen to have a few recipes that I make over and over again, and one of them is my sheet pan pumpkin bars! They are always a crowd pleaser and couldn’t be any easier to make! I will most definitely be making a batch of these for Halloween this year as well as for the rest of the holiday season! My sheet pan pumpkin bars are sure to become one of your new favorite dessert recipes!
One of my favorite things to make in the summertime is ice cream. There are endless possibilities for flavors and I have created a simple recipe that anyone can do right at home with their own ice cream maker. S’mores are one of those nostalgic desserts that bring me back to summertime and my childhood after a long day of play. Isn’t it funny how food can bring up memories like that? It’s one of my favorite things about creating recipes. There is something so amazing about a gooey marshmallow sandwiched between melty chocolate and graham crackers that is just the best! I took that same delicious combo and created a homemade s’mores ice cream that should be the official ice cream of summer and I can’t wait for you to try it out!
It’s the time of the year where you can’t seem to walk out of a grocery store without running into a table full of girl scout cookies that are begging to come home with you. I have a hard time resisting myself, which is why I started making a homemade version of my favorite Samoas cookies to curb my craving without an ounce of guilt! I love making homemade sweet treats like this at home to keep in the fridge for my afternoon sweet tooth attacks! Having homemade treats prevent me from eating something I will regret later and the best part is they taste amazing too! My four ingredients samoas bars are going to be the key to you staying strong this girl scout cookie season and you are going to love how easy they are to whip up!
December is just a few days away and I am in full on holiday mindset already! There is something that happens to my brain right after Thanksgiving and I suddenly just want to bake holiday treats, watch Christmas movies, and sit by the tree sipping hot cocoa all day everyday! I know that this is very unrealistic and work has to be done, along with mom duties, and other responsibilities, but I always have to try extra hard to be focused in the month of December! Can you relate? Well either way, I have a must make holiday treat for you that you are going to want to make all holiday season long! My peppermint dark chocolate s’mores bars are super easy to make, are so festive, and delicious that I know you are going to love them so much!
love the process of baking, but I’d be lying if I said that’s where my natural abilities are. The exact measuring, preciseness, and all that comes with baking is sometimes too much for me! Whenever I bake something you can be sure of a couple of things; that it is really tasty, and that ANYONE can do it too! With Thanksgiving less than a week away, I knew that I wanted to share this tasty pie with you that is so simple I promise you can do it too while still wowing your guests for the holidays! My spiced purple sweet potato pie with a ginger graham crust is a great twist on a classic sweet potato pie and is out of this world in the flavor department!
Are you over pumpkin recipes yet? I feel like I’m just getting started so I hope that you are on the same pumpkin loving page as me! I seriously cannot believe that Halloween is next week and then October will be over! This year is passing at a incredibly fast pace and while I am totally ready to put up my Christmas tree (ha), I also don’t want to rush these last months of the year! It finally feels somewhat like fall here in Texas, which at least makes me feel like it could be Halloween next week, and I am definitely embracing a little chill in the air! The weather has had me in a baking mood all week long and since the hubby’s favorite sweet treat is a cupcake, I made some scrumptious pumpkin cupcakes that needed to be shared with you! My pumpkin cupcakes with spiced cream cheese frosting are going to be on repeat in your kitchen all season long!
My best friend lives in New York and there is this cookie place called Schmakary’s that has this oatmeal scotchie that is just to die for! Every time we visit, I have to go get one, and you will have to do the same when you go! It’s perfectly chewy, and the best combination of flavors and because I love butterscotch, there have been few cookies to ever top it for me! I don’t know why it has taken me so long to try and recreate a healthier version at home, but the good news is, I finally did it! My healthier oatmeal scotchies are perfect for after school treats, or just to have around when you sweet tooth comes knocking!
It has been raining since Sunday and the sun finallllyyyyyy came out yesterday evening for the first day of summer! Summertime means it's officially ice cream season, even though I kind of feel like ice cream should be enjoyed all year long! Who's with me? Speaking of ice cream, when we were in Hawaii we ate at an amazing gelato spot (two nights in a row) and had a seriously delicious toasted coconut flavor that I haven't been able to get out of my head since we returned! Naturally, I had to recreate this flavor at home and the result was amazing! My chocolate coated toasted coconut ice cream might have just earned a spot as my most favorite ice cream I've ever made!
This post is sponsored by Tony Chachere’s, but all opinions are 100% my own.
It’s officially Carnival season, which is my second favorite time of the year because Carnival season also means King Cake season! I partnered with my friends at Tony Chachere’s to create this delicious short cut pecan praline cream cheese king cake that is made with crescent rolls so that you can enjoy a delicious king cake with way less effort and time. This shortcut king cake has a delicious cream cheese pecan praline filling and tastes just like it was made from scratch! You are going to love making this shortcut king cake version every single year!