Muesli “Breakfast” Cookies are chewy, sweet, coconut filled treats that are most definitely not just for breakfast. I recommend reaching for one of these cookies any time you are looking for a sweet and salty treat. Filled with whole grain oats, sunflower seeds, dried cranberries, raisins, toasted coconut, almond pieces, and pumpkin seeds; there is a whole lot of awesome flavor happening in each cookie. I’ve partnered with Nature...
Sweet peaches in a light sauce made with a sprinkling of brown sugar, cinnamon, and a splash of bourbon are the perfect way to brighten your holiday dessert table. These Slow-Cooker Bourbon Peaches were inspired by a craving for vanilla ice cream with summer peaches. However, in the middle of fall and winter, that’s a difficult craving to satisfy! For years now, my sister has been making and sharing her peach rum sauce with me. I finally had...
Cream Cheese Mints bring back a flood of childhood memories for me. I remember sneaking to the dessert table more than a few times during my cousin’s wedding reception and discovering these amazing little mints. The mints I sneaked at my cousin Helene’s wedding were sweet minty delights that melted in my mouth. I was completely obsessed at first bite. I’d never had them before and they were irresistible! After discovering Cream Cheese...
Like many of our favorite desserts, these No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Crunch Bars start with chocolate and peanut butter. Chocolate + Peanut Butter + plenty of crunch = pure happiness in a homemade “candy bar” that you make in about 5 minutes! I am so excited to share these No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Crunch Bars with you today and I’m more than a little excited to be sharing a super quick 30-second video too! I’ve made...
Crunchy, chewy, sweet pecans are sprinkled throughout these rich and buttery Pecan Praline Blondies. From the chewy blondie base to the crisp topping, this is a dessert that I simply couldn’t resist. I’m so excited to share these blondies with you today! This recipe is one that I found in my friend Erin’s cookbook, The Sweet Side of Ancient Grains. The desserts she shares on her blog, Texanerin, always make me drool and I knew as...
A sprinkling of coconut adds something extra special to this blueberry banana bread. I’ve made this recipe three times now and I’m just now getting around to sharing it with you. Why the wait? It kept disappearing before I could get a picture of it. (That tends to happen when I bake at night because we can never resist the warm fragrant bread!) Determined to share this on the blog with all of you, I strategized before baking Blueberry...
Creamy lemony cheesecake mousse with a chewy ginger and lemon crust proved to be completely and totally irresistible. Adding a pile of fresh berries on top took these treats right over the top and I could not get enough of this dessert. I wound up making this dessert three different times last week because I kept craving them!I adore lemon desserts. Lemon is my first pick almost every time I’m given the choice, so you know that when I...
Buttery nut-filled cookies, coated with a layer of powdered sugar, these cookies transport me back to my grandmother’s kitchen every time I make them. Sugar Butter Balls have been one of my family’s favorite holiday cookies ever since I was a child.Whenever we visited Grandmother’s house, I knew she’d be in the kitchen first thing in the morning, no matter how early I woke up. She’d have a plan for every meal, every snack, and...
Peppermint Bark Cake Balls If you’re a fan of peppermint bark, these cake balls are going to rock your holiday dessert trays. Rich bites of creamy chocolate peppermint cake balls are dipped in peppermint white chocolate and then sprinkled with crushed candy canes. These Peppermint Bark Cake Balls were the happy result when my craving for chocolate cake met my annual holiday indulgence in peppermint bark. Let’s just get this out of the...
Cinnamon Toast and I go way back. I remember coming home from school as a kid and toasting bread, slathering it generously with butter and then pouring cinnamon sugar over every inch of surface space. When I say that I love cinnamon toast, I truly mean that I LOVE cinnamon toast. It’s one of those simple pleasures that never fails to delight, no matter how old you get. Cinnamon Toast To this day, I’ll never pass up a slice of toast spread...
