Tag Archive: baking

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (cookie edition)

Around here, we love us some Star Wars. For Clooney’s birthday, he wanted to have a Force Awakens party, so I worked up these cookies as favors.      

Holy Grail Cookies

Edison recently participated in a local production of Spamalot. I made these cookies for the cast party.

Oops, I did it again — another look at lemon cake.

As I have mentioned before, I’m kind of into the lemon thing, and if you’re new here, I hope you will scroll down to the search box, type in “lemon” and have a… Continue reading

Signature Sunday – Lemon Cake Biscotti

I’m always looking for new ways to make biscotti, and lately I have had a craving for lemon cake, so I thought it might be interesting to try to combine the two. The… Continue reading

Super-Easy Pumpkin Cake Mix Cupcakes

It’s that time of year, friends. The leaves are falling, there’s a chill in the air, and everywhere you look, there’s something flavored with pumpkin. Pumpkin lattes, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin soup, pumpkin pasta,… Continue reading

Brownie Reese’s Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars – A Real Mouthful

I often get suggestions from friends and others for pins to try on the blog. This one for Brownie Reese’s Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars seemed easy enough, so I decided to give it… Continue reading

Signature Sunday – Cinnamon Bun Biscotti

I’ve been making biscotti for several years. The original recipe came from my great-aunt, Ida, through my aunt Fran, but I’ve kind of played with it since then, adding various ingredients and changing… Continue reading

Signature Sunday – Super Moist Banana Bread Cupcakes With Cinnamon Cream Cheese Icing

A while back, I had made those Banana Bread Brownie Bars, and they were so good that I have made them a number of times since. But the batter  makes a lot of… Continue reading

Cake Mix White Chocolate Chip Cookies. Too easy, Too Delicious.

I had some white chocolate chips sitting in the pantry, so I went looking on the boards for something to do with them. I had this idea about a chocolate cookie, with the… Continue reading

Italian Easter Cookies – Attempting to Channel My Grandmother

When I was a kid, my grandmother used to bake a lot, and she would always let us “help” her, though that mostly just involved licking the spoons and beaters clean. She used… Continue reading