Crispy Edge & Chewy Inside! These melted butter, no-chilling-required chocolate chip cookies were a huge hit at my house! Quick and easy to make for me and delicious for everyone to eat! They puff-up while baking, developing a cracked almost shiny top, then settle down into a chewy center. While cooling, the cookies develop a…
North Pole Pie {Peppermint Bark Mousse Pie}
Peppermint Bark Candy Meets Light Fluffy Cloud! This fun, festive holiday pie is what happens when peppermint bark candy meets a light and fluffy cloud! First you’ll taste fluffy whipped cream and crunchy peppermint bits, then white chocolate peppermint mousse studded with more peppermint bits. Next there’s fudgy chocolate ganache and a crunchy chocolate cookie…
Gram’s Classic Sugar Cookies with Icing
Butter, Sugar & Vanilla – the Classic Sugar Cookie! This is the classic sugar cookie recipe I make every year at holiday time! They smell and taste like butter, sugar and vanilla! The recipe comes from my “Gram” – Grandma Appolonia, when she used to make them – we called them Travel Cookies – you…
Royal Icing (Using Meringue Powder)
Royal Icing is like edible glue for cookie decorating and gingerbread houses! What is Royal Icing: Royal Icing is a very simple icing made of egg whites or meringue powder, powdered sugar and water. It is desirable for cookie decorators because it hardens quickly. You whip it with a whisk and it becomes voluminous and…
Easy Baked Veggie Frittata
An easy and delicious frittata that’s 100% baked in the oven. Classic frittatas usually are started on the stovetop and finished in the oven. This is my quick & easy take on the frittata. My Other Frittata Recipes: Check out my classic skillet Frittata – Fennel, Olive & Feta frittata here! Muffin Tin Sweet Potato…
Amazing Air Fryer Grilled Cheese
Super Crispy – No Flipping – Perfectly Melted – Amazing Grilled Cheese Sandwiches!! Air Fryer Grilled Cheese Sandwiches are the best! They come out so crispy on the outside, tender and melty on the inside! You don’t have to babysit and flip them and hope that the cheese will melt all the way through before…
Macaroni & Cheese with Cauliflower
1/2 macaroni, 1/2 cauliflower = gooey, cheesy deliciousness! Updated Classic! Enjoy as a family-size casserole or individual portions! This half-veggie version of macaroni and cheese became an instant favorite at our house! It’s definitely still gooey, cheesy, delicious comfort-food, but it’s made a little lighter by swapping out half the macaroni noodles with cauliflower! 3…
Easy Homemade Applesauce
There’s nothing quite like making homemade applesauce on a cool autumn day! This recipe is quick and easy! The applesauce is absolutely delicious and easy to customize to your liking: chunky, smooth, sweetened or unsweetened. Prep Apples: Coring and Chopping Apples: KNIFE: You can cut with a knife. I cut off the 2 “cheeks” of the…
Pumpkin Spice Crumb Cake
This cake fast became a family favorite! Pumpkin Spice Crumb Cake is delicious and easy to make as it uses 1 cake mix to make the cake and the streusel topping. With 7 simple ingredients you’ll bake up this fall favorite in no time! We use pumpkin and some pumpkin pie spice in the cake…
Orange Spice Honey Bread
Delicious moist quick bread loaf flavored with honey, warm spices and a touch or orange. Sprinkle in some raisins and chopped pecans if you like! Drizzle the delicious orange glaze over the top when the bread is still slightly warm! Goes great with a cup of tea or coffee!