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Almond Cake Coffee Creamer Recipe

May 6, 2017 by Anna 4 Comments

Almond Cake Coffee Creamer Recipe - sweeten up your coffee with this quick and easy creamer that tastes like almond coffee cake. Enjoy in hot or iced drinks!

We are in the middle of a big kitchen remodel. Every day is filled with paint swatches, hundreds of knobs and drawer pull designs to choose from and constant vacuuming the mess we make.

I need my coffee now more than ever! If you visited my blog before, you may know that I am a huge coffee lover and always make my own coffee creamer. I do not remember the last time I bought it! It's simply to easy not to make it at home. Besides, I always have the ingredients on hand so why not!

This homemade coffee creamer version tastes just like a sweet and delicious almond coffee cake. Just what I love with a cup of joe on a relaxing afternoon.

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Funfetti Cheesecake Bars Recipe

February 13, 2017 by Anna 9 Comments

Funfetti Cheesecake Bars Recipe - sweet, creamy and thick cheesecake bars with sprinkles! So fun and festive and super easy to make!

FUNFETTI CHEESECAKE BARS

These cheesecake bars are the real deal! Thick, creamy and dressed up with funfetti! Perfect to celebrate any holiday, birthday or special occasion but also super easy to make any day just because.

I take my cheesecake and cheesecake bars seriously so when the idea to make these Funfetti Cheesecake Bars and share here on my blog, I remembered the most common request from you guys - can they be thicker. Well, sure they can! Still creamy, sweet with velvety texture but twice as thick. The right ratio of butter to graham cracker crumbs makes for a sturdy, non-crumbling crust. That is a serious cheesecake bars game!

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Cranberry Orange Sour Cream Bars Recipe

December 7, 2016 by Anna 23 Comments

Cranberry Orange Sour Cream Bars recipe - easy dessert idea for the holidays! These sour cream bars with orange and cranberry jam swirls baked on a cookie crust will look festive on any holiday table.

Cranberry Orange Sour Cream Bars stacked on plate.

The holiday season is here! It's the time to dress up the house with Christmas decorations, whip up a batch of hot cocoa, turn up the volume on our favorite holiday song playlist and make memories. Food is such a big part of the holidays, and today I am partnering with Daisy Sour Cream to bring you this fantastic dessert recipe that is festive, delicious and so easy - you can have your kiddos help you make it! These Cranberry Orange Sour Cream Bars are the perfect sweet treat for your holiday table.

Cranberry Orange Sour Cream Bars recipe - easy dessert idea for the holidays! These sour cream bars with orange and cranberry jam swirls baked on a cookie crust will look festive on any holiday table.

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Oatmeal Chocolate Chip M&M Cookies Recipe

November 11, 2016 by Anna 12 Comments

Oatmeal M&M Cookies - soft and chewy oatmeal cookies packed with gooey chocolate chips and colorful M&M's!

I like simple treats with oats. These cookies are a family favorite, just like my Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies or the Apple Oatmeal Cookies.

OATMEAL M&M COOKIES

If you browse Pinterest for just a few minutes, you start to see a pattern. There are holiday dinner recipe ideas all over it. And all I want is a plate full of cookies. Like these Oatmeal M&M Cookies. So while I dunk them in milk and enjoy every chocolate and candy-filled bite of them, I'll still be sitting here planning our festive holiday dinner and writing the never-ending shopping list.

These cookies are so easy to make because we are using melted butter for the dough so no mixer needed as we are not creaming or whipping the ingredients. Just mix it all together, chill for a couple of hours, scoop and bake.

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Apple Cranberry Slow Cooker Tea Recipe

October 30, 2016 by Anna 21 Comments

Apple Cranberry Slow Cooker Tea Recipe - warm and cozy tea with fresh cranberries and apples, cooked in slow cooker. Perfect for chilly fall and winter days!

This post is sponsored by Mirum Shopper.

As soon as the temperatures turn chilly, every afternoon I have a ritual of making a cup of tea. Recently, my 10 year old started to join me and she became a huge fan of tea. We love peppermint tea, orange tea and now this Cranberry Apple Tea. Best part - it's cooked in a slow cooker and kept warm all day. Just fill up your mug whenever you are ready!

There is no dealing with hot boiling water here so I let my kiddos even do the prep. All they need to do, is place everything in the slow cooker and turn it on. We can even get it done in on a weekend morning, before we leave the house to do shopping, go for a walk, visit family and friends. Then we come home to a cozy, warm, fragrant sweet tea to fill up our mugs with.

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Raspberry Coconut Sour Cream Crumb Pie Recipe

September 26, 2016 by Anna 14 Comments

Raspberry Coconut Sour Cream Crumb Pie Recipe - sweet and creamy coconut filling with a tarty raspberry jam, all under a buttery crunchy crumb topping. This pie is easy and absolutely delicious!

Raspberry Coconut Sour Cream Crumb Pie slice on a plate.

This pie has my name written all over it. Everything from the easy crust ( and when I say easy, I mean so so easy! ), the sour cream filling to the crunchy crumb topping - it's all right up my alley. I can't even choose my favorite part of it!

I've had this idea for a pie for a while now and it's all because I was craving my sour cream crumb bars. I've made a pumpkin version, an apple caramel version and a strawberry pie version. It was time for a new flavor combo. And why not make it into a pie? After all, the pie season is upon us.

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Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

July 22, 2016 by Anna 31 Comments

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe - soft and chewy cookies with oats and chocolate chips. Thanks to melted butter, the dough is easy to stir up - no mixer needed!

OATMEAL CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

I bake cookies almost every week. Our favorites include Soft and Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies and Oatmeal M&M Chocolate Chip Cookies. Now these beauties joined the collection and everyone loves them! These are one of the best oatmeal cookies you will make. So easy to whip up the dough and bake into golden cookies with crispy edges and chewy center.

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Homemade Salted Caramel Frappuccino Recipe

April 24, 2016 by Anna 13 Comments

Homemade Salted Caramel Frappuccino Recipe - my favorite coffee shop drink in it's lighter, homemade version. So easy and absolutely delicious!

These past two days has been absolutely gorgeous here in Kansas. Sunny mornings, upper 70s, light breeze - perfection! Warm, sunny days have me craving iced coffee drinks with a tall whipped cream topping. And a drizzle of caramel. Yes, definitely a drizzle of caramel.

You may already know that I love making coffee creamers and coffee drinks in my own kitchen instead of standing in line of a coffee shop. It's easier, quicker and cheaper.

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Ice Cream Pebbles Marshmallow Cereal Bars Recipe

March 23, 2016 by Anna 8 Comments

Ice Cream Pebbles Marshmallow Cereal Bars Recipe - a 3-ingredient rice krispies style treat made with Rainbow Sherbet Pebbles cereal! So fun to make and eat!

It's becoming a tradition for us to make cereal treats for holidays. Kids love them, they are easy to make and so much fun to eat! Usually, I will make them out of Rice Krispies cereal - a classic. I add colorful marshmallows or Peeps to give the bars a certain hue (depending on the holiday). Few weeks ago, while looking for rice cereal (and having and Easter theme in mind), I stumbled upon Ice Cream Pebbles from Post. You guys, cereal that tastes like ICE CREAM! #mindblown

The name and colors got me and a box landed in my shopping cart. I shared about this discovery on INSTAGRAM and you guys loved it too!

Mint Cheesecake Bars Recipe

March 16, 2016 by Anna 8 Comments

Mint Cheesecake Bars Recipe - thick and creamy cheesecake bars with refreshing mint flavor and chocolatey Oreo crust. So easy, you will love each and every bite!

If you ever ask me, what is my favorite dessert to make for any holiday, I will always say cheesecake. My love for this dessert runs deep and it has been visible on the pages of this blog. So much so, that questions about cheesecake are the most popular I receive from you, the readers. It makes me so happy to get them and to know you love cheesecake as much as I do.

Cheesecake (in any form) is my family's favorite dessert. It is the first dessert I made for my Hubby when were were still dating. I always make it for his birthday. He will never pass on a good creamy slice of cheesecake, especially topped with caramel and chopped pecans. : )

Flourless Peanut Butter Blender Muffins Recipe

March 7, 2016 by Anna 13 Comments

Flourless Peanut Butter Blender Muffins Recipe - the best blender muffins ever! Soft, fluffy and delicious! Make these muffins in just minutes right in your blender!

FLOURLESS BLENDER MUFFINS

My kiddos love muffins. They also know by now what a good muffin is. It has to be fluffy, soft and it's good if there is chocolate involved. 🙂 I agree! Domed tops are a sign of success when it comes to muffins. Every time I try a new muffin recipe, I always look for domed tops. The fact that these muffins have no white flour in them and use peanut butter in place of oil AND come out gorgeously - puts them right in my top 5 favorite muffin recipes ever.

Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate Recipe

December 9, 2015 by Anna 13 Comments

Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate Recipe - warm winter drink that tastes like peanut butter cups but saves on calories! With just 4 ingredients, it can't be easier!

PEANUT BUTTER HOT CHOCOLATE

I am back with yet another hot drink for the cold winter months that are ahead of us. This time it's peanut butter hot chocolate. As in tastes like peanut butter cups but is low-calorie. Quick, easy, sweet and delicious - perfect for movie nights, game nights, Sunday mornings and so much more! Great treat to sip on while wrapping presents, in my opinion. 🙂 If you are a peppermint mocha latte lover, I got you covered! Check out my Skinny Peppermint Mocha Latte recipe.

Leftover Mashed Potato Cheddar Ranch Cakes

November 20, 2015 by Anna 9 Comments

Leftover Mashed Potato Cakes are the best use for your leftover mashed potatoes. Crispy cakes filled with cheese and ranch seasoning. Just 5 ingredients and 20 minutes are all you need to make them!

Leftover Mashed Potato Cheddar Ranch Cakes - the best use for your leftover mashed potatoes. Crispy cakes filled with cheese and ranch seasoning. Just 5 ingredients and 20 minutes is all you need to make them!

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I wish I could just hand you a fork and a plate of these babies and tell you to dig in. You simply have to try them to know how fantastic they are! I love to make something so good and then give my Hubby or the kids a piece to try and see their reaction. The look a person has on their face when their taste buds are feasting on delicious food - priceless.

You may remember the slow cooker creamy mashed potatoes I shared recently. I ended up having some leftover and realized that mashed potatoes are the most often leftover Thanksgiving dish in our family. Sweet potato casserole is pretty much like a dessert but we call it a side dish, stuffing disappears along with the turkey, cranberry sauce I could eat by itself (LOVE it!) but mashed potatoes get the least love.

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Creamy Garlic Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes

November 18, 2015 by Anna 19 Comments

Creamy Garlic Slow Cooker Mashed Potatoes - save time and space and make the best mashed potatoes right in your crock pot! Creamy, garlicky and pure comfort food!

Holiday season is the busiest season of them all, not only for us food bloggers, but for everyone. It seems like there is so many errands to run, so many events to plan and attend, so many gifts to make and buy. The two days before the holiday, kitchen is filled with dishes everywhere and ingredients covering your countertops. This holiday season, I want you to have the shortcuts to make your favorite holiday dishes. See my Slow Cooker Sausage Stuffing and the Pumpkin French Toast Bake that you can make the night before or the super easy Roasted Carrots.

Mashed potatoes are right there with stuffing for me. Pure comfort food! I grew up on mashed potatoes and love them with a drizzle of melted butter and a sprinkle of fresh dill or green onions. So good!

Homemade Cinnamon Roll Coffee Creamer

November 13, 2015 by Anna 24 Comments

Homemade Cinnamon Roll Coffee Creamer - a 5-minute coffee creamer that requires only 5 ingredients and tastes exactly like your favorite cinnamon rolls! Your mornings deserve to be a little sweeter!

CINNAMON ROLL COFFEE CREAMER

Homemade coffee creamer (read that 5-minute coffee creamer) that tastes just like a cinnamon roll. Can I get a high five? Every Sunday, we take time to enjoy our coffee and I always try to make pastry to go with it. Last weekend, we had cinnamon rolls. The coffee and cinnamon roll combo was so good, it gave me an idea. How about a homemade coffee creamer that tastes just like a cinnamon roll. I could add a splash to my cup on any weekday and make my morning just a little bit sweeter.

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Cinnamon Sugar Donuts – fluffy baked donuts coated with cinnamon sugar. You need to try these!

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Cinnamon Sugar Donuts (Baked)

Cinnamon Sugar Donuts – fluffy baked donuts coated with cinnamon sugar. You need to try these!

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time9 mins

Total Time19 mins

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: baked donuts, cinnamon sugar donuts

Servings: donuts

Calories: 198kcal

Author: Anna

Ingredients

for the donuts:

1 cup all-purpose flour
¼ cup + 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
⅛ teaspoon salt
¼ cup + 2 Tablespoons buttermilk
1 large egg
1 Tablespoon vegetable or canola oil

for the coating:

2 Tablespoons unsalted butter melted
2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
1 Tablespoons ground cinnamon

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Instructions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
Spray donut pan with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
In a large measuring cup, whisk together buttermilk, egg and oil.
Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and whisk until combined. Do not overmix.
Place the batter in a ziploc bag and close. Snip one corner of the bag.
Pipe the batter out into the prepared pan, filling the donut cavities ⅔ full.
Bake the donuts for 8 to 9 minutes (for me the magic number was 9). The bottom of the donuts should be golden brown and the tops should be light.
Cool the donuts in the pan for 10 minutes. Transfer onto a cooling rack.
Cool completely before coating.
In a shallow dish, mix together sugar and cinnamon.
Place the melted butter in another shallow dish.
Dip each donut (the lighter side) in butter, then in cinnamon sugar. Place back on the rack to cool.

Notes

You can easily double the recipe. You will need ¾ cup of granulated sugar and ¾ cup of buttermilk.

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Lemon Raspberry Cheesecake Bars

May 12, 2015 by Anna 72 Comments

Lemon Raspberry Cheesecake Bars - creamy cheesecake bars with raspberry pie filling swirl. Sweet, creamy and delicious!

These cheesecake bars are the best of both worlds. I LOVE pie filling but don't bake pies. I already said how much I love cheesecake, but not always I want to whip up the whole round 9"-er. Bars are easier, take much less prep time and bake time and still can knock your socks off.

LEMON RASPBERRY CHEESECAKE BARS

These Lemon Raspberry Cheesecake Bars are so easy to make, much faster than making a whole cheesecake. The berry lemon combo fits perfectly for a Spring or Summer dessert theme. Use any cookies for the crust or go with a classic graham cracker, as I did.

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Mini Pancake Muffins

May 7, 2015 by Anna 29 Comments

Mini Pancake Muffins - soft and fluffy mini muffins that taste just like pancakes! So go ahead, bake the pancake batter with your favorite toppings for this fun on-the-go breakfast!

MINI PANCAKE MUFFINS

Pancakes are a must every Sunday in our house. We love my Fluffy Chocolate Chip Pancakes and the Peanut Butter Jelly Pancakes. Today, we are breaking the rules. We are making pancakes but in half the time and all of them at once! HA! How about that for a twist? But what a fun twist it is. My kids were speechless and right afterward giggling with excitement and impatiently awaiting the muffins to be done.

These Mini Pancake Muffins are pretty much pancakes baked in a mini muffin pan. The recipe makes 24 mini muffins so you can match and mix the toppings to your likings. We chose chopped strawberries, chocolate chips and shredded unsweetened coconut. You can make a variety with just one batch!

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Healthy Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

January 22, 2015 by Anna 13 Comments

Healthy Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins - made with whole wheat flour, coconut oil and Greek yogurt, these banana muffins are so good for you and so easy to make! Perfect use for ripe bananas!

Usually this time of year, I take to here, my little space on the internet to complain about the freezing cold weather. If you live in the Midwest, you know what I mean. The winters here can be horrible. But this year, I really can't complain. For the last week, we have been enjoying unusually warm temperatures here in Kansas. It's been around 60 degrees almost every day. And this week is supposed to be above average as well.

This past weekend it was so warm, that we went for a walk in the park and stopped by a large field to fly kites. Yes! We were flying kites in the middle of January! It sounds so crazy but it was so fun!

So, I am not complaining about the weather. But, because it's January and we all are trying to eat healthier and make better choices everyday, I am sharing a healthy recipe today.

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Homemade Butterfinger Bark - your favorite candy in a bark form! Only 3 ingredients needed to make this treat!

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White Chocolate Coconut Latte

November 21, 2014 by Anna 15 Comments

White Chocolate Coconut Latte - sweet and creamy hot latte that turns a cold, winter day into a sweet bliss! Stay warm at home and make this latte in minutes!

The coffee lover in me is back at it again. This time with a white chocolate and coconut combo. You guys, it's fantastic!

There is something about white chocolate and coconut that makes you think about winter. It could be the color or the shape of the shredded coconut, but who cares. It's delicious and when mixed with a freshly brewed cup of coffee - it makes for a fantastic latte!

This combo is not only for cookies or bars! But before you throw in shredded coconut into your mug, let me stop you right there! Here is my secret weapon to making this dreamy drink:

Fluffy Gingerbread Pancakes

November 16, 2014 by Anna 4 Comments

Fluffy Gingerbread Pancakes - a winter breakfast idea that everyone will love! Fluffy pancakes with all the flavors of gingerbread!

Hello, Sunday! It's cold outside. Let's make a winter themed breakfast!

I hope you guys don't mind that I am sharing a Christmas recipe before Thanksgiving. I can't help it! I ended my pumpkin series with these scrumptious muffins and my mind is set on Christmas flavors. Bring on the peppermint, eggnog and gingerbread!

These pancakes are perfect for a chilly weekend this season. They are bound to put you in a holiday spirit with the first bite! They are packed with spices and flavors signature to gingerbread. Make a big stack of them on the weekend following Thanksgiving Day, turn on the holiday music and make a big mug of eggnog latte and pull out the boxes with Christmas decorations. Now that sounds like a fantastic way to spend a weekend!

Old-Fashioned Iced Oatmeal Cookies

November 6, 2014 by Anna 21 Comments

Old-Fashioned Iced Oatmeal Cookies - perfectly crunchy cookies that everyone loves! Dressed up with a sweet glaze!

So apparently, it's already November 6th. Which means there are 21 days left till Thanksgiving and 48 days till Christmas. How did this happen? Where is the time going?

I think I am still recovering from the time-change. It always takes me a couple of weeks to adjust to the shorter days.

If that's not enough, the weather turned seriously chilly here in Kansas and I've been wearing scarves everyday. I don't do well in cold.

So I baked cookies. Because cookies make everything better. These are not any fancy cookies, no special ingredients or techniques needed. They are good ol' fashioned oatmeal cookies iced with the simplest glaze ever.

Slow Cooker Baked Potato Soup

November 3, 2014 by Anna 15 Comments

Slow Cooker Baked Potato Soup - packed with flavor soup that takes minimal prep! So good, it's bound to become a family favorite!

Recently, my slow cooker has been getting quite the workout. It's on almost every day. Either it's a soup that we have for lunch or something cheesy and meaty for dinner. It's the season! The season for using your slow cooker to the max. Honestly, I use it very often during summer so I don't have to turn the oven on.

With all of the dinners that have been coming out of my slow cooker, I can't believe this is the first one I am sharing here, on the blog! I promise to share more!

This soup is one of our favorites! Especially for my Hubby, since there is bacon involved. Every time, I cook bacon he will come to the kitchen to see what's being made. He loves bacon!

Peanut Butter Chocolate Cheesecake Bars

October 24, 2014 by Anna 11 Comments

Peanut Butter Chocolate Cheesecake Bars - sweet and creamy cheesecake bars with light peanut butter flavor and chocolate crust. Super easy and fun treat when the cravings hit!

Do you ever have those days, when you wake up craving certain things? Like peanut butter and chocolate? I did the other day. I was craving a peanut butter and chocolate treat and a cup of coffee. Of course. I run on coffee. I need coffee. But the peanut butter-chocolate combo craving was so strong, I had to make it possible.

Since I had these Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars, I have been concocting new versions of the easy cheesecake bars in my head. I placed a package of cream cheese on the counter before going to bed, knowing I will be making cheesecake bars the next day. The craving I woke up with made it very easy to decide on flavors.

Peanut butter and chocolate.

Caramel Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies

October 14, 2014 by Anna 21 Comments

Caramel Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies - these giant cookies are soft and chewy and filled with chocolate and caramel. You have to try them!

These cookies are epic. EPIC. In size, flavor and texture.

You say "chocolate and caramel" and I am there. Done and done. No need to convince me. I know it's the best flavor combo ever!

Chocolate chip cookies can be pretty amazing by themselves. But stuff them with caramel and you are entering a whole new world. It's like hiding the best present ever inside an already yummy treat. Pass me the plate!

Easy Pizza Bread

October 2, 2014 by Anna 11 Comments

Easy Pizza Bread - perfect solution for those days when you are craving pizza but don't want the fuss!

It's October, friends! Did you pick up pumpkins for your jack-o-lanterns? We did yesterday! It was so much fun! This year the youngest one was able to pick out his own which was a big deal for our little guy. Now the kids are deciding on the designs. We are heading into a very busy time for us. We have a big family celebration coming up (can't wait to share all about it soon!!) and I am in need of easy lunches and dinners.

Enter Easy Pizza Bread.

There is "easy" in the title. And pizza. And bread. So pretty much a win win win idea. Because who doesn't like pizza or bread or easy, am I right?

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Caramel Apple Dip

September 22, 2014 by Anna 26 Comments

Caramel Apple Dip - this 2-ingredient dip will quickly become your guilty pleasure. It's easy and addicting! Whip it up in just minutes and enjoy with apple slices!

CARAMEL APPLE DIP

Do you remember the Microwave Caramel Sauce I shared a few days ago? I said I made a few batches while testing the recipe. To save myself from spooning the glorious caramel right into my mouth, I was trying to find ways to use it in other recipes.

So I drizzled it over this cake and these bars that I made again to shoot new photos. By the way, they are still one of my favorite bars! Have you made them yet? The caramel sauce is perfect to mix in with a cheesecake dip and serve with apple slices. So good!

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Raspberry Lemon Muffins

August 24, 2014 by Anna 27 Comments

Raspberry Lemon Muffins - fantastic muffins bursting with flavors from raspberries and lemon! Slightly tart and so refreshing!

I make muffins every week. Our favorites include Bakery Style Blueberry Muffins and Glazed Lemon Muffins.

LEMON RASPBERRY MUFFINS

Sweet muffins with beautiful raspberries and refreshing lemon. Now that's a way to go from summer to fall. Keep the summer flavors and enjoy these muffins as a snack or add to a lunchbox this back-to-school time. I have my fool-proof Glazed Lemon Muffin recipe here on the blog. Anytime I make muffins, I go back to that recipe. It has never failed me and the muffins come out perfectly domed - that's a must in muffins for me. No flat tops here!

Zucchini Cornbread Muffins

July 28, 2014 by Anna 14 Comments

Zucchini Cornbread Muffins - fun and easy way to sneak in veggies into your diet! Our favorite cornbread muffin with the addition of zucchini is perfect this time of year!

Just like pumpkin in the fall, the zucchini recipes are taking over the internet! I see folks complaining about abundance and not enough ways to eat it.

I gave up growing anything in our garden two years ago, after the tomatoes were eaten by rabbits (which totally made them so not cool in my book, but my kids are still excited to see bunnies in our yard) and the peppers were devoured by squirrels. I hope they liked it. And no, I don't feel bad if they had to run looking for a water source afterwards.

So that means that I am one of not too many people that don't have zucchini overtaking their gardens. Nothing is overtaking my garden, actually. Besides weeds maybe, but that's because I do not like yard work and simply choose to ignore them.

So, Zucchini Cornbread Muffins.

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Rice Krispies Pirate Treasure Chest

March 27, 2014 by Anna 31 Comments

Rice Krispies Pirate Treasure Chest - easy step by step instructions to make a pirate chest our of rice krispies treats, filled with popcorn and fruit leather map. Really easy food craft for a pirate theme birthday party!

Side shot of a pirate treasure chest made out of rice krispies treats.

RICE KRISPIES PIRATE TREASURE CHEST

Now that we have a boy, my Hubby is happy to be done with castle cakes and ready to go all in into boy themed cakes and treats. He designs them, I bake and together we assemble the pieces. When I told him that I need to make a party treat in either fairy or pirate theme - he voted for the pirate theme. With both hands. Can you tell he was excited? 🙂 Both of my boys love pirates!

After a little brainstorming, we came up with the idea of using rice krispies treats for two reasons: I have been making RKT's for the last two weeks and they are so easy to cut and stack and eventually build something from them.

Enter Pirate Treasure Chest. You may also like our Halloween treat: Pumpkin Spice Rice Krispies Treats made with pumpkin marshmallows or my holiday fave: Peppermint Rice Krispies Treats. So good!

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Brown Butter Rice Krispies Treats Recipe

March 20, 2014 by Anna 25 Comments

Brown Butter Rice Krispies Treats - one little change and you will never go back! The best rice krispies recipe you ever made!

BROWN BUTTER RICE KRISPIES TREATS

I know what you are thinking. These look like plain ol' boring rice krispies treats. Oh, but they are not! One change takes plain rice krispies treats to a whole new level. I am talking about brown butter. It makes everything better! If you haven't tried it in desserts yet - you are missing out! Brown butter adds a nutty flavor to baked goods and savory dishes. Try tossing your pasta in it - so so so good!!! As soon as you try this recipe - you will never go back! I know I won't! I even used it to make super cute pirate treasure chests for our son's birthday party!

The Most Popular Recipes of 2013

December 31, 2013 by Anna

The Most Popular Recipes of 2013! It was one delicious year!

There is a new year knocking on our doors! I can't wait to see what it brings for us! But before we settle into the new year, let's take a stroll down memory lane and see what we did this passing year.

Cherry Delight Recipe

December 7, 2013 by Anna 30 Comments

Cherry Delight - a dessert that's always a hit at parties and get-togethers. No-bake cheesecake layer topped with cherry pie filling makes this an irresistible treat!

If you love creamy no-bake desserts, you should try my No-Bake Pumpkin Pie. Serve it for the holidays, along with cookies, like my Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies.

CHERRY DELIGHT

I am so excited to finally share this recipe on the blog! It is a family recipe and a dessert we always look forward to during holidays. It's super easy to make, requires no baking (although I did bake the crust to set it even more) and looks so festive! My Husband's Grandmother used to make this dessert for holidays. I never had a chance to meet her but I always think of her when this treat appears on the holiday table. My brother-in-law took over the tradition of making the Cherry Delight.

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Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix

November 30, 2013 by Anna 36 Comments

Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix recipe - a handful of ingredients mixed in a blender make this homemade hot chocolate mix irresistible! Our whole family loves it!

Use it to make my Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate for a real treat!

HOMEMADE HOT CHOCOLATE MIX

Forget the store-bought packets and make this quick and easy hot chocolate mix right in your kitchen! The homemade mix is so much better and quite fun to make. After the success of my Homemade Pumpkin Spice Coffee Creamer, I wanted to make a hot cocoa mix for the whole family. All you need to make this sweet mix is milk powder or coffee creamer, powdered sugar, chocolate chips, cocoa and salt. Store it in a tall jar and use when the craving for a hot mug of cocoa strikes.

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White Chocolate Cranberry Crumb Bars Recipe

November 24, 2013 by Anna

Festive crumb bars for the holidays: White Chocolate Cranberry Crumb Bars! So so good, you have to try them!

I have been super anxious to share this recipe with you! They are my favorite bars of late! White chocolate and cranberry jam sandwiched together between my very favorite crumb bars crust and topping. They are so easy to make and so festive that I think they would be a great addition to your Thanksgiving or Christmas dessert platter.

Thanksgiving Desserts Round Up

November 18, 2013 by Anna

Thanksgiving is only 10 days away! Is your menu ready? Are you hosting or being hosted? Either way, dessert needs to make an appearance. For some (ahem... me) it's the most looked forward to dish of the day. 🙂

Caramel Apple Crumb Bars Recipe

October 19, 2013 by Anna 11 Comments

One of the easiest apple desserts to make this fall: Caramel Apple Crumb Bars. Delicious brown sugar crust and topping and creamy apple filling.

We love these crumb bars during fall, as much as we love my Cherry Pie Crumb Bars during summer.

CARAMEL APPLE CRUMB BARS

I made another version of my favorite bars: sour cream crumb bars. My crumb bars are one of the easiest recipes on my site and so easily adaptable to any season and any flavors. You name it, I can make it into these crumb bars. My favorites are Strawberry Pie Crumb Bars and the popular Pumpkin Spice Crumb Bars.

This time, I added homemade apple butter, shredded apple and drizzled the finished product with sweet caramel glaze. Best idea ever!