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Wheat Oat Seed Bread
A wholesome whole wheat bread filled with oats and five different types of seeds. The perfect base for a sandwich, toast, or on its own! Happy New Year! We made it through 2020. This morning, my husband went for a 13.5-mile run, just for fun. He’s crazy, but I’m also proud of how hard he has worked this last year to strengthen his body and reach this goal. While my husband is out running endless miles, I stay in the kitchen…
Tart Cranberry Cake
Tart, fresh cranberries nestled in a simple vanilla cake base and topped with a light, sweet cream frosting. It’s easy as cake! Fresh cranberries are on every endcap at the grocery store right now. Adding them to a two-layer cake sounded like a great idea. The fresh cranberries create a beautiful tart, red layer without the work of making a jam. This Tart Cranberry Cake is a bright, light tasting contrast to all of the…
Buttery Sugar Cookie
A quick, buttery sugar cookie designed for those who are short on time, but still want a colorful, tasty treat! These cookies were created in response to a need for a colorful sugar cookie without frosting. People loved our Frosted Sugar Cookies but they took extra time and space for the frosting layer. These Butter Sugar Cookies are simple to make and look beautiful, no matter where you take them. This little gem of a…
Chocolate Mint Delight Cookie
The superb combination of a moist chocolate cookie filled with two types of minty chips makes for a perfect end to any meal! I love to eat Andes mints, fancy mints, candy canes, peppermints, buttermints, and York Peppermint Patties. There are so many good mint candies and treats out there. I had tried to make cookies with mint in them before but they were, well… awful. Why is it so hard to get a good mint flavor? This recipe…
Cranberry Orange Shortbread Cookies
Cranberries and oranges are perfect partners for this sweet, tender shortbread duet guaranteed to make your mouth sing! This Cranberry Orange Shortbread was created during the cookie shop days. At the time, I was keeping all of my recipes secret. So when the local news station asked to do a Christmas special interview, where I would get to showcase one of my cookie recipes, I scrambled to create a new cookie that I could…
Soft & Chewy Snickerdoodle Cookies
These are light, soft, and chewy inside, with just the right cinnamon to sugar ratio. With so much to love, they are sure to become a family favorite. Snickerdoodles. The name itself kind of mocks you, doesn’t it? My theory is because this seemingly simple cookie can trip you up in the end. It’s like a baker’s test to make the perfect snickerdoodle. This cookie’s magic power is two-fold. It begins with the tried-and-tested…
Easy Chocolate Glaze
Easy, delicious, and GORGEOUS! Could a glaze this beautiful be this easy? Absolutely! This chocolate glaze is my favorite! It is not so sweet that it overwhelms, and complements the existing flavor of your treat nicely. My favorite thing about this glaze is that it balances your baked goods, rather than taking over and stealing the show. If placed in the fridge, the glaze will turn dull and matte, but bringing it back to…
Cream Cheese Whipped Cream
A faultless, stabilized multitasker. It’s a perfect filling and the most versatile “frosting” in my repertoire. The words “stabilized whipped cream” always sound a little scary to me. It brings to mind that waxy, flavorless topping in the cake cabinet at the grocery store. I like to use whipped cream as a topping, frosting, or layer in many desserts, but was frustrated with its inability to last longer than an hour or two…
Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
This recipe has been requested more than almost any other recipe in my repertoire. Today, I’ll let you in on my secret: a properly measured dose of cocoa and a whole lot of butter! When I began my search for a good chocolate frosting, I quickly learned just how many versions of chocolate frosting already existed. After trying a few of the different varieties, I decided to dig in deep to chocolate buttercream frosting…
Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
Don’t tell anyone, but I always lick the beaters when I make this creamy vanilla buttercream. Great for birthday cakes, wedding cakes, cupcakes, cinnamon rolls, and sugar cookies. I’m a huge believer that every kitchen tool you own should serve multiple purposes (or be used A LOT for its specific purpose). I don’t have anything in my kitchen that is only used for one thing because it wastes valuable space. I believe the…
Buttery and Soft Cinnamon Rolls
Buttery, cinnamony, and pillowy soft, these are what Weekend Brunch Dreams are made of. I admit it, I always eat too many of these the day I make them! But who wouldn’t? This recipe is truly special to me. My husband’s grandmother was a cinnamon roll expert and taught me how to make these many years ago. My husband landed a six-week internship in Washington, D.C. with a congressman. We stayed with his grandmother during this…
Black & White Chocolate Shortbread Cookie
This is my favorite chocolate shortbread of all time! Crisp and light shortbread with a beautiful dark and white chocolate coating. This is my favorite chocolate shortbread of all time. It is beautifully crisp and delicious. It was inspired by a chocolate shortbread recipe I found in a library cookbook 20 years ago. My children were in their library class and I was indulging in recipe studying during my few moments alone..