Dessert

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake

December 14, 2013

Evidently, I need to listen to my boys more often because they think of AMAZING flavor combinations! If there is one recipe you choose to try of ours this year, this would be it.

Cheddar Apple Pie Cookies

October 25, 2013

I’ve been a very neglectful friend I know and I am so sorry. Hopefully these little beauties will make up for my absence the past couple of weeks.

Baby Boy Joy & Fortune Cookies

August 26, 2013

Guess what!

Southern Boys…Bake Jenny’s Double Stuffed Oreo Cookies ~ Picky Palate Cookbook Giveaway

May 14, 2013

Mother’s Day this past weekend was sweet in so many ways. Usually the guys “surprise me” with breakfast in bed but this year my siblings and I went to our favorite breakfast house with mom. To have all nine of us together sleepy eyed and snuggled into a corner booth is a memory that will warm […]

Sweet Potato Chocolate Chip Cupcakes with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

November 19, 2012

Are you guys ready for Thanksgiving? Do you have your menus planned and printed in triplicate or are you off the hook for the most part, as I am? My dad has yet to relinquish the apron strings on Thanksgiving so generally all I have to do is make a dessert and of course my […]

Nutella Churros {Fried Dough Love}

July 20, 2012

Are you a doughhead? You know, someone who loves all the myriad flavors, sweet and savory that soft dough can shelter. Even stirring it and kneading it brings you joy, basking in the heady aroma as it bakes. What about fried dough, does it push you over the edge from simple joy to ripples of […]

Blueberry Lemonade Granita

July 6, 2012

It’s hot! I’m talking Dog Days of Summer hot! Even the early morning air has gone from cool to tepid to thick. No more deep refreshing breaths when you walk outside. There is only about an inch of breathable space enclosing you in a slick, sticky cocoon. Everything is dripping these days us, the dog […]

Chocolate Cream Pie With Banana Whipped Cream

June 20, 2012

As most of you know, I am a wee bit intimidated by pie. So much so that I avoided baking this beauty until nearly midnight last evening. Silly I know but I’m getting there guys. As of today, this will make pie number 3 and I have to say this pie may be the one […]

Mini Reese’s Cup Brownies with Graham Cracker Crust ~ {Truvia Baking Blend}

May 24, 2012

Back in April while I was suffering from ostrichitis, a bag of sweetness arrived at my door. I’ve been meaning to play around in the kitchen with it for a while now but as you all can imagine it took a little longer than I realized to shake the sand from my brain.

Neapolitan Cheesecake

May 16, 2012

What do you get when you combine a fun surprise visit, a craving for ice cream and a pushy surfer? Why a fun cheesecake of course…duh! Ok, that’s not fair how could you guys guess that without a little background info.