Category: Dessert

Sweet & Salty Peanut Butter Cookies

When you are short on time, but want a cookie that tastes like you spent all afternoon in the kitchen, these Sweet & Salty Peanut Butter Cookies are sure to be a hit!  These cookies start with the convenience of a cookie mix, and are made your own with the addition of crushed…

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Crispy & Chewy Sugar Cookies

When I first made these cookies, I have to admit, I had more than my fair share fresh off of the cookie sheet.  Crispy & Chewy Sugar Cookies are crispy on the outside but delightfully chewy on the inside.  Absolutely addictive.  Make them when you have the opportunity to share, or you might…

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Chocolate Frosting, and Mustache Cake!

My husband’s birthday was this past Sunday, and I wanted to make it extra special for him. He has been working on growing a handlebar mustache for several months now, so I knew he would appreciate me recognizing his efforts with his birthday cake!  I present to you, The Mustache Cake.  Happy Birthday,…

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Popcorn Snack Bars

Popcorn is a favorite snack in our household.  We have an air popper which produces healthy, hot popcorn in a matter of minutes.  The kids love watching the popcorn spill out of the popper into the bowl.  Most of the time, we just add a little melted butter and some salt.  However, there…

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Coffee Bread

This coffee bread recipe comes from a special cookbook, the “Mary Martha Cookbook”.  The cookbook was a technically a gift from my mother-in-law, but really it was planned to be a gift from my husband’s Nana Wilma who lost her battle with breast cancer.  This was a treasured cookbook to my husband’s Nana,…

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Thick and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

Chocolate chip cookies are the quintessential “cookie” for a lot of people.  Others love soft and chewy peanut butter cookies.  Then, you have people who love brownies.  But what if you love the flavors of chocolate chip cookies, and the texture of brownies? My friends: you are in for a treat.  These thick…

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Caramel Apple Oat Squares

I love fall.  Caramel with apples is one of my favorite fall combinations.  This dish in particular combines caramel and apples, with a “crisp” twist!  It makes a big pan, so it’s great to take to a fall gathering and share with family and friends.  It also uses the convenience of canned apple…

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Apple Pie with Crumb Topping

My husband likes to stop and visit with people.  Here recently, he stopped by a vineyard a little less than 15 miles from us.  Before they planted a vineyard, they planted a whole bunch of apple trees.  And the generous old man who started the vineyard thought it would be fun to take…

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S’more Cookie Bars

While these S’more Cookie Bars are not near as fun to make as traditional s’mores made over a campfire, they taste just as great!  Plus, even though they are still gooey with marshmallows and chocolate, they are much easier to eat in a bar cookie form.  If you love all things s’more (like…

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Caramel Corn

This is one of the most addicting sweet and salty snacks.  Ever.  And don’t say that I didn’t warn you!  Once you start snacking on this delicious caramel corn, you will find it terribly difficult to stop.

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