When it gets warm out, there is nothing better than a nice cold lemonade. So when it comes to the first signs of spring, the first thing I always want to bake is something lemony. After the weirdest few weeks of weather, it is finally supposed to be nice out (and then go straight back…
Sweets
Mixed Berry Crumb Bars
Growing up, we had a really great bakery a few towns over that made some delicious raspberry crumb bars. I wanted to bake up something inspired by them that were super easy and delicious. These bars use the same dough for the base and the crumb topping, which makes whipping them up a breeze! The…
Peanut Butter Shortbread Cookies
Peanut butter is one of my all time favorite foods. I still eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches way more often than is acceptable for an adult and I often just eat peanut butter by the spoonful. So in an effort to eat peanut butter in a more “adult-like” manner, I wanted to create a…
Blood Orange Cake
We are currently in prime blood orange season so it’s the perfect time to cook up something delicious with them! Plus they are so pretty – like realllllly pretty. And if you use enough juice (which this recipe definitely does) you get a beautiful pink hue to your dessert! If you’ve never had a blood…
Mocha Cupcakes
Jared is addicted to coffee and I am unhealthy obsessed with chocolate. Enter these mocha cupcakes, which have a chocolatey cake (with hints of coffee and cinnamon), a coffee soak, mocha frosting, and a coffee bean topper to really hammer it home. For these cupcakes, I use a swiss meringue buttercream instead of a traditional…
Peanut Butter Oreo Cream Puffs
These cream puffs are life changing. I would say that I was partial to this recipe because well, it’s mine, and peanut butter and Oreos are two of my favorite things. But Jared brought these into work one day and his colleagues said that they were just as good as I thought they were. So…
Perfect Choux Pastry
Choux pastry is a light, eggy, slightly sweet pastry that becomes hollow when it cooks. It is the base for desserts like cream puffs and eclairs. Everyone always talks about how difficult choux pastry is to master because so many things can go wrong. So this post is dedicated to making perfect choux pastry that…
Bread Pudding
Jared’s favorite dessert is bread pudding. If it’s on a dessert menu, he will be ordering it. So if I’m really wanting to do something nice, I like to make him a good traditional bread pudding. And of course you can’t have bread pudding without a sauce. You can always make a caramel or creme…
