Let your sweet tooth rejoice! These butterscotch coconut caramelitas are the ultimate in sugary sweet non-chocolate-y indulgences. I didn’t grow up in a house with cookies or cake or sweets in general, homemade or store bought. The one exception was an occasional batch of oatmeal scotchies (baked in bar form NOT drop cookie form). They […]
Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Krispies Treats
Before I start talking about salted caramel and marshmallows and um, one of my all-time favorite treats, I need to ask: Did you see my Ducks on Saturday? Spoiler alert. . .they lost. The end was a total nail-biter—I watched it with my hands over my eyes, peeking out from between my fingers, telling Cookie […]
Pumpkin Spice Rugelach
Pumpkin used to be one of those things I could take or leave. It’s always been just kind of meh for me. But somehow living in the land of perpetual sunshine has made me crave seasons—and seasonal flavors—like never before. I’ve been eyeing my Uggs longingly, waiting for boot and sweater weather and eagerly anticipating […]
Vanilla Bean Peanut Butter Crunch Cake
Vanilla Bean Peanut Butter Crunch Cake is the ultimate in delicious layer cakes. It’s full of peanut butter, white chocolate, and rice krispies, and yep, vanilla beans. It’s just full of bunches of my favorite ingredients. It’s also full of emotions: love mixed with sadness and grief over missing my sweet Goldilocks. But love is […]
Cookies ‘n Cream Snickerdoodles
How about a cookie to chase your Monday blues away? I made you (us) a lovely batch of Cookies ‘n Cream Snickerdoodles. And they are exactly what your evening needs. I know this because they are exactly what my evening needs. Earlier today I put Cookie on a time out for barking at the mail […]