‘baking’

Hannah’s birthday was last Saturday, and I can hardly believe that she is 28 years old already.  Like, what?!   So in honor of her birthday I made these mini lemon bundt cakes – so cute! Also cute – baby Hannah at age 3!  This was at my Mom’s house and I remember she was walking by and leaning against my Mom’s refrigerator and said “take...

This blueberry cherry rhubarb crisp dessert – so easy, so delicious and really works with any fruit you have on hand.  I had blueberries, cherries and rhubarb – the perfect combo if you ask me!   I don’t have a cherry pitter though, so I use a straw to push the seed out – work beautifully, although you will stain your hands and make a mess,...

These banana brownie muffins were a happy accident! I had some bananas to use up, so made these chocolate oatmeal banana muffins – except they taste like a cross between a brownie and a muffin for some reason, but I am loving it.  So I am calling these Banana Brownie Muffins 😀   ************** I went to WW on Saturday after two weeks away due...

I puffy heart anything red velvet.  And I know it’s just chocolate, but I love the color of it.  When Safe + Fair sent this to me, I first made it for a birthday at my office and they were so good!  Only they are 11 points for one brownie – mind you, about 280 calories for those 11 points, but obviously high in sugar....

By adding a tablespoon of sugar to my original skinny pizza dough makes this the best dough for sweet treats - these skinny Alouette blueberry vanilla cream cheese danishes are only 3 smart points!

Copycat Starbucks Vanilla Bean Scones Recipe This copycat Starbucks Vanilla Bean scones recipe will be your go to recipe when making scones. My daughter and her husband are obsessed with Starbucks and typically go at least once, if not twice a day.   They love the vanilla bean scones. Hannah texted me and said “Iowa Girl Eats has a good looking recipe.” I’ve “known” Kristin for...

I’m not mad about still having about 10 pounds of apples.  The only thing I was mad about this weekend was our temperatures – in the mid 80s!  That didn’t prevent me from heating my stove to 425 degrees to make these oatmeal crunch apple scones.  I have to give credit to my girl Jessica from How Sweet Eats for the inspiration on this one. ...

UPDATE!  I had to update the photography for these Homemade Snickers Bars since my daughter Hannah was able to take some photos during the day – you can see how much better these cut once they were cold from the fridge – thanks for your photography skills Hannah!   You can find the detailed recipe here. . . . Morning!  This is going to be...

You guys are going to love this braided apple pie – so good! It was nice to have a semi-long weekend.  While I had Thursday and Friday off, I worked Saturday and Sunday at The Chopping Block.   We had a nice Thanksgiving, having my Mom and Jacob’s family over – I think it’s the first time in a very long time that he’s had his...