Today I'm sharing one of my all-time favorite family recipes. Banana Bars with cream cheese frosting. I can't count how many times I've eaten this at family gatherings or at my Aunt's house when I would spend the night. My weekly sleepovers at my Aunt's house are most likely the reason why I love to bake. She's always been amazing at baking cookies, but now she's into baking ...
Desserts
Easy Frosted Cupcakes with Kool-Aid
The first time I made cupcakes with Cherry flavored Kool-Aid frosting I was in college and we had all the guys over to play video games all night long. Playing video games for that long takes stamina so I had to make some delightfully sweet cupcakes. Even if our kitchen was the size of a shoebox and I had to use the dining room table (a small bistro patio set) for most of the ...
Quick and easy triple chocolate parfaits
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #TreatYourselfToSummer #CollectiveBias Phew! We had a long weekend, my cousin had basketball tournaments all weekend long and we were there to cheer her on and endured a whole lot of icky spring weather to get to the stands. It was worth it she won the championship ...
Double Chocolate Strawberry Muffins
AJ is on the road for 4 days out of the week, so when he finally gets home I love to surprise him with new treats. This last week I had fresh strawberries in the house, so I decided to make muffins. Instead of making my standard strawberry muffin recipe I decided to take it up a notch and make double chocolate strawberry muffins. It was perfect, because AJ is completely ...
Just Like Grandma’s Apple Pie Recipe
It's time to break out your favorite apple pie recipe, because apple pie is great for every occasion. Don't have one? I have you covered! This recipe uses my "Pinterest famous" four ingredient flaky pie crust, its so easy to make, but make sure you let the dough chill for at least an hour or two before using it for pie! We use an apple peeler corer slicer which quickly does ...
Cookie Butter Milkshake
After dinner one night my husband turned to me and said, "I have the greatest idea." Then he headed downstairs and I figured he was grabbing ice cream from our deep freezer. Then he grabbed the Cookie Butter. And we made the best milkshakes I have ever tasted! I can now say that you haven't truly experienced Cookie Butter until you've had it in a milkshake. If you ...
Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Dip
Chocolate Chips make everything better, who doesn't smile at the taste of a freshly baked chocolate chip cookie? I know if I'm baking something chocolate and I have spare chocolate chips in the cupboard, you better believe I'm putting some in the batter. I advise that you make this amazing, addicting, and simple recipe for... Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Dip. Oh, ...
Four Ingredient Flaky Pie Crust
It's officially Farmer's Market season here in Wisconsin. I love having fresh fruits and vegetables in the house. Fresh fruits means its also that time of the year where pies will be made. Unfortunately, we're not in a Disney movie with woodland creatures to help us make our fresh baked goodies. Don't fret though, I have a four ingredient pie crust recipe that will rock ...
Pumpkin Pecan Streusel Pie Bites
It's pie time! Pie is officially the unofficial Thanksgiving dessert, don't you think? I made a recipe that takes an already delicious Pumpkin Pecan Streusel Marie Callender's Pie and made it into the perfect bite sized portions. Covered with white chocolate of course. It's ridiculously simple. First, Just bake the pie according to instructions. After the pie is baked to ...
Geronimo! How to make a simple Doctor Who Pie.
The Trader Joe's Gods decided to put out an awesome cherry pie filling and I instantly had the perfect excuse to bake up a pie. This post contains affiliate links so you can make your own easy peezy Doctor Who pie. So Instead of making a boring pie I made two pie crusts, used one for the bottom of my pie and used the other to cut out super fun Doctor Who shapes. I started with ...
Whipped Buttercream Frosting
A few weeks ago I shared from scratch funfetti cupcakes, I teased you about the whipped buttercream frosting, but I'm ready to share that recipe with you. This recipe is exactly what it sounds like, a cross between whipped frosting, and good ol' buttercream frosting. This is the perfect frosting to enjoy in Summer months as it's really light, but still has that delicious ...