Are you looking for the best pumpkin dessert for Thanksgiving? I know that my family will freak if I don’t make pumpkin pie – they have already requested pies for our Thanksgiving dessert table. Really I do love everything pumpkin and have lists of pumpkin desserts that I am baking this fall. Pumpkin cookies, cakes, …
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Why is it when Mom brings that basket of rolls to the table, all of the kids get jazzed up? Nothing like a hot steamy roll with a pat of melting butter to start the dinner off right! These homemade dinner rolls are irresistible. Even if you are a beginner baker, you will be able …
When I worked in Beverly Hills as a medical assistant, my favorite place to eat when I really wanted comforting home-cooked food wasn’t a fancy restaurant. It was the Brighton Cafe. It was a hole in the wall, with the most delicious meatloaf I have ever eaten, stuffed into a baked potato, filled with avocado, …
When you need a quick dessert for the holidays that is super easy and so delicious! Try this Better than Pumpkin Pie Cake! The recipe uses a cake mix which makes it easier than pie~ I just had to! With a pumpkin pie base and yummy cake top! Buttery cake topping with crunchy nuts makes …
Today I am reviewing my fellow food blogger and friend’s cookbook, “Natural Pregnancy Cookbook” by Dr. Sonali Ruder, creator of the popular food blog The Foodie Physician. As I scroll through the recipes, I wish that I was pregnant, but seriously, I love this cookbook and I wish I had it when I was pregnant, …
This post is sponsored by Cabot Creamery and King Arthur Flour. All opinions are my own as always. There is just something wonderful about a homemade quiche for a brunch party or lunch. The great thing about quiche is that you can use any ingredients that you have in your pantry or refrigerator. Today I …
The only thing making me let go of summer is falling into the fall, with the idea of apple picking in the warm sunshine under grand sunflowers swaying in the wind. Fall brings us apples, pumpkins, gourds, squash, and the season for baking! Fall is the time for all desserts being apple and pumpkin…now let’s …
Let’s face it, something stuffed is better than flat, especially when it comes to food and desserts! I have been on a stuffed pancake (Ebelskiver) kick! I love my Ebelskiver pan and making the stuffed pancakes is so fun and festive. We had a brunch party and I made blueberry stuffed pancakes, and cherry and …
This cake! It’s like a giant Coconut Macaroon covered in chocolate. I really love coconut and chocolate. This is my favorite childhood cake. My Great Grandma, Martha Cook loved to bake this cake. We, as kids, loved to eat this cake. Vanilla Wafer Cake with a Chocolate Drizzle! If you love coconut, you will love …
Chocolate Mint Fudge Crumb Bars. A very indulgent dessert bar.
It’s one of my favorite seasons in Maine…apple picking season! I am always over-zealous when it comes to picking apples! My favorites are Honey Crisp, Gala, Macintosh, and Pink Lady apples. My mind starts racing trying to decide what to bake first…apple pie, apple pie bars, apple cake, apple sticky buns? Hiding the apples isn’t …
I love warm brownies out of the oven…..oh yeah, that ooey gooey chocolate dribbling down your chin… wait! You can make this in your slow cooker! Just set it and you can leave your house all day and come back to this amazing smell of warm brownie pudding wafting in your home! This is one …












