It’s May. And you have at least a month until swimsuit season. Which means you have plenty of time to bake this insane dessert. Fudgy brownies + peanut butter cups + salty peanuts + a little snap, crackle, and pop. I promise you won’t be able to eat just one. You’re welcome. Peanut Butter Cup [...]
There’s a cookie monster in our house. And his name is Sam. If he hears the words cook or bake or chocolate or cookies or brownies, he immediately drags a chair across the kitchen and hops on top. He knows where to find the measuring spoons, and he gets upset if I try to use [...]
When I baked my first peach pie over the summer, I declared that it was one of the best things to ever emerge from our oven. Well, that peach pie now has some serious competition. I turned once again to my trusty The New Best Recipe to feature a variety of apples harvested from the [...]
Sometimes it’s best not to mess with a good thing. A square of dark chocolate. A bubble bath. A handwritten letter. A sweet, crisp apple — especially when it’s being gobbled up by a shirtless baby in blue jeans. And other times you can’t help but enhance the simplicity of those good things. Strawberries covered [...]
Every mom needs the occasional night out. Whether it’s a solo trip to Starbucks and Target, an appointment at the hair salon, cocktails with girlfriends, or … Cupcake Wars! Last night one of the ladies in our local moms group hosted the first annual Cupcake Wars — a friendly competition among moms who like to [...]
When I was nine years old, I spent an afternoon with my Aunt Jane learning to bake pies. I was rewarded with bites of warm apples and buttery crust, as well as a badge for my Girl Scouts sash. I haven’t baked a pie since. Until last week. I had a bag of ripe white [...]
I typically gravitate towards chocolate when it comes to dessert. But sweltering summer days call for light and refreshing desserts. These lemon bars are just that. They’re a little sweet and a little tangy and when topped with local berries and dusted with powdered sugar, they’re the perfect punctuation to a summer meal. Light Lemon [...]
Memorial Day marks the unofficial start to summer. Though temperatures in Pennsylvania have been in the 90s for at least a week already. The heat was not at all conducive to weeding and mulching our new flower beds, but it was the perfect excuse to make a cool treat. This recipe is a Wiley family [...]
(Thank you all SO much for your sweet comments on yesterday’s post!) Want to know how confident I was that Nick would get into CMU? I baked this decadent and celebration-worthy dessert before he received confirmation of his acceptance. Thankfully, he got the good news at 3:30pm, just as I finished spreading peanut butter frosting [...]
My sister and I have a serious sweet tooth — I think we inherited it from our mother. And so when Laura was here last week, of course we had to bake something. I turned to one of my two favorite blogs for dessert inspiration: Two Peas & Their Pod (the other is Brown Eyed [...]