Tart cranberries, sweet spiced cake, this Cranberry Spice Cake is an absolutely perfect cake that takes very little effort to make. There’s no icing, no topping, nothing else is required. This is one of the easiest cakes you will ever make! The Winter Spice Cranberry Cake is inspired by our much beloved Cranberry Christmas Cake. That cake has become one of the most popular recipes on this website, definitely a reader favorite. I’ve...
If the perfect slice of cinnamon toast met Pecan Sandies, these Cinnamon Pecan Shortbread Bars would be the result. This is a tender shortbread, filled with pecans, and then generously topped with cinnamon sugar. I brought a double batch of these shortbread bars along on our camping trip last weekend and they kept beautifully for four days at room temperature. They were a perfect snack with a cup of coffee or tea in the afternoon. ...
Your favorite trail mix has been transformed into the ultimate candy bar in this Fruit and Nut Chocolate Bark with swirled layers of white and dark chocolate, studded with dried fruits, and crunchy nuts. Salty, sweet, crunchy, chewy, and CHOCOLATE are all covered in this beautiful and easily adaptable holiday treat. Chocolate Bark Recipes One of my favorite things about chocolate bark is the versatility of it. Need a last-minute...
This cake. Hershey’s Chocolate Cake is truly the most versatile and easiest perfect one-bowl chocolate cake recipe I have ever made. As long as I can remember, I’ve seen the well-known chocolate cake recipe on the side of the Hershey’s cocoa box and I’ve made it countless times. On a whim, I decided to try making a gluten-free version of the Hershey’s Cake a few years ago. WOW. It turned out beautifully the very first time...
Savory ham and cheddar cheese are layered into these fluffy biscuits. Served on their own or with a plate of scrambled eggs or alongside a bowl of soup, these biscuits disappear almost as quickly as I can make them. I’ve been making these Ham and Cheese biscuits for about four years now and they are frequently found tucked into our freezer. While they’re delicious on their own, they also make a terrific egg...
Strawberry. Pretzel. Salad. It’s not a salad and it sure isn’t my mama’s typical Sunday dinner jello either. I first tasted this bit of heaven at my Aunt Judy’s house several years ago. It really was quite the experience. The pretzel crust adds a salty-sweet layer to this dessert that balances it so very nicely. I remember my cousin Lisa saying something along the lines of “you just have to taste it” and “I’ll choose this over...
Sweet bits of pineapple and spicy jalapeño combine to make this pineapple salsa one of our favorite condiments and snacks. If you’ve been reading this blog for very long you already know that there are not a lot of things I label “the best”. This salsa is well qualified for that title. There is a Mexican restaurant in my city that serves a pineapple salsa that I have enjoyed for a while now. I have no idea why it took me so long to try...
Juicy bites of pineapple, mixed with chewy oats and sweet coconut to give this Pineapple Baked Oatmeal a fun tropical twist. When the idea for this oatmeal first popped into my mind, I couldn’t wait to try it. My boys went crazy over this breakfast last week and begged for it again just a couple of days later. As it turned out, I liked it every bit as much as the kids did! I love the convenience of making oatmeal for breakfast; whether...
Fresh peaches are tossed with cinnamon sugar and then baked inside a buttery, flaky crust to make this easy Peach Galette. This was the first galette I made (almost ten years ago now) and I loved it from the first bite. A galette is lighter than a pie, not at all heavy with fruit or overly sweet with sugar. I love this method of baking fruit. I followed Deborah Madison’s recipe for an all-butter crust and it was perfect. The outer crust was...
Fresh strawberries are tossed with sugar and cinnamon before being layered under a sweet biscuit crust to make this Strawberry Cobbler. If you’re a fan of classic strawberry shortcake, this berry-filled dessert is going to thrill you. This cobbler is loaded with strawberries and then topped with a generous cinnamon sugar crust that is both buttery and flaky while never becoming soggy, even after a day or two in the refrigerator. I like...
