Last year I wrote a long drawn out essay detailing my accomplishments for 2012 and my goals for 2013. Looking back now it kind of seems silly to me. I’m not a braggart by nature and that post seemed pretty boastful to me. Sorry about that! 2013 was a good year and I’ll just leave…
Category: Desserts
Giant Dark Chocolate Cookies with Peanut Butter Chips
I know, more cookies. I never make cookies and now 2 recipes in 1 week on this blog! I think the cookie swap must have inspired me a little. These cookies are pretty much the best tasting cookies I’ve ever made! Sadly, they are also the ugliest! But that’s OK because flavor wins over aesthetics…
Loaded Peanut Butter Cookies
(with mini marshmallows, toffee bits, and mini chocolate chips) for The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap 2013 This time of year it’s not the grand gestures that stick out in my mind. It’s the little things. I didn’t know what the Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap was until this year when I was doing some…
Coffee and Hazelnut Doughnuts
I once took a college level creative writing class. It was during the time when Ben and I were still dating. The woman who taught the class wanted us to dig deep, contemplate, and talk about our feelings. It was one of those classes that if you showed up, wrote some stuff down, and acted…
Peanut Butter Frosted, Nut Crusted, Brownie Bars
Two things I haven’t been able to get out of my mind are: the crust from this: Creamy Pudding Cake and this: Two Ingredient Frosting. I decided to combine the two. I wanted to, but decided I couldn’t, just frost crust. I determined there needed to be a middle layer. Classic brownie would be the…
Chocolate Chip Pop Tart Pumpkin Bread
I am writing this from our car. We are taking a day trip to Salt Lake City. I like going on mini road trips. It reminds me that there is a world out there beyond my backyard and my Idaho Falls food blog. And, I am not looking at it on a computer screen. Also…