Let Me Tell You About These Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies If you ever visited my kitchen on a rainy Saturday (or even a Tuesday, honestly), there’s a good shot you’d catch me elbow-deep in cookie dough, humming whatever tune is stuck in my head that week. Raspberry thumbprint cookies are my go-to, partly because I need …
The Cookie That’s Practically a Love Letter Okay, I have to tell you: making these Valentine’s Day M&M Cookies isn’t just about the cookies (though, seriously, they’re the star). For me, it started years ago when I tried to impress my then-brand-new boyfriend with heart-shaped everything. He ate so many of these that he was …
Hey, You Need Frosting—Like, Right Now? So, picture this: it’s 9pm, someone just texts that they’re on their way over (with cake), and I suddenly remember that store-bought frosting is…not my favorite, to put it nicely. I mean, it’s sweet, sure—but not, you know, the good kind. That’s actually how I started making this super …
Okay, friend, let’s talk Red Velvet Cookies. The first time I made these, it was on a weirdly hot November afternoon (yes, really, in November!), and I ended up with red fingerprints all over my kitchen cupboards. But hey, that’s how you know you’re having fun, right? Anyway, these cookies are now what I bake …
Trust Me, These Pistachio Pudding Cookies Will Win You Over So, the first time I tried making pistachio pudding cookies was during a random, lazy Sunday baking spree—it was raining, the kids were bouncing off the walls, and frankly, I just needed something green-ish and cheerful (funny how that color cheers up a dreary day, …
Let Me Tell You ‘Bout the Time I Made These Alright, so here’s the thing: I started making chocolate-covered strawberries once accidentally, when I had leftover melted chocolate from a disastrous attempt at homemade truffles (don’t even ask). I was staring at the sad puddle in my bowl, spotted a box of slightly-too-ripe strawberries on …
Let Me Tell You About Double Chocolate Banana Bread… Sometimes you just need a loaf of something seriously chocolatey to make a rainy Sunday feel like a cozy adventure. I still remember the first time I made this Double Chocolate Banana Bread: I was, no joke, trying to use up those sad bananas lurking in …
If you’re looking for something fancy to wow your folks that doesn’t involve wrestling with puff pastry or three hours of baking, pull up a chair. I’m about to give you the lowdown on French Silk Pie, a dessert I swear gets more ‘oohs’ than my birthday cake ever did. First French Silk Pie I …
Alright, let me just say—I was not always a lemon pie person. Actually, the first time I made this easy lemon pie with graham cracker crust it was because I’d messed up a birthday cake (long, sad story involving too much baking powder), and I needed something foolproof. Turns out, not only is this recipe …
Alright, honest confession time before I even get going: if you’d told me a year ago, while I was shoving a not-so-small corner of fudgy brownie into my mouth, that I’d be obsessed with a zero sugar version made with Greek yogurt…well, I’d have probably laughed, choked a little, and reached for my coffee (which, …