Cranberries are all the rage this time of year. Cranberries are to December as Pumpkin is to September: they’re a big, freaking deal. I, personally, buy cranberries by the five-pound bag once a year. My Vanilla-Cranberry Muffins have a Spiced Sugar Topping. Unlike most cranberry recipes, they use fresh cranberries instead of dried. Vanilla-Cranberry muffins are…
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Sweet Cherry Rolls with Cream Cheese Icing
When I began culinary school in Baltimore, MD, I wanted to be a Master Chef. After going through my first few classes and working in a kitchen, that changed. I found myself drawn more and more to the pastry side of the house. Since graduating, I’ve found a happy balance between cooking and baking; but…
Nectarine-Almond Coffee Cake
Contrary to popular opinion, homeschool families don’t just fly by the seat of our pants. Most of us actually go through the same drama that our counterparts who have traditionally-schooled children do. Shocking, I know. Currently, I’m knee-deep in our next year’s curricula. I’m not even done purchasing all of it, either. Every year I…
Crème Brûlée Pie: A Marriage of Desserts
The Twinks’ birthday is fast approaching. Like every year, they will choose their own desserts to eat on their special day. Yes, every year, our twins get to choose their own birthday dessert. We’ve never made them share because they already have to share their born day. So far, this Crème Brûlée Pie is the…
Avocado Egg Baguettes
There are certain days where you know you’re going to need something comforting on deck. Today is one of those days and the sun hasn’t even risen yet. Whenever I know I’m going to be running for the better part of the day, I like to have ingredients on hand to make these Avocado Egg…
Maple Bourbon Chocolate Pecan Pie
Shoooooo, y’all!!! I almost messed up Thanksgiving! Your girl completely blew off the fact that, as a food blogger, I should be blogging about- say…FOOD?!?! ESPECIALLY on one of the foodiest holidays that exists. Instead, I was galavanting around my garage building stuff in a last-ditch effort to get my proverbial “ish” together. By the Monday before…
Cranberry-Orange Muffins with Streusel Topping
Have you ever done that thing where you open your eyes really wide in an attempt to keep from crying? Like if the air can hit the tears before they’re shed, it’ll dry them up and you’ll be good? Lately, I’ve been doing a lot of that. And the whole, waving your hand in front…
Easiest Cake Donut Recipe Ever
My cake donut recipe has a way of reminding me how frenetic I can be at times…okay, most times. So, National Donut Day just passed. I realized this was so about mid-morning the day of. It was then, at ten a.m., that I decided, “I need to participate like the excellent food blogger that I…
Bananas Foster French Toast
My husband gets mad at me sometimes. It’s typically because I’ve “hidden” some recipe in my “secret recipe box” to “punish” him. Why he thinks I need to punish him like that? Who knows? I have a credit card to do that with. But, he has his conspiracy theories, so I just leave it be….
Nutella and Almond Brioche: Cooking for Mom
Mother’s Day has snuck up on me faster than I’d like to admit, Friend. During a separation, your internal calendar tends to get a little out of whack. Holidays come and go in a flurry. So it is with this Mother’s Day. There are too many heartaches associated with Mother’s Day, for me, so I’ve…
