baking

5-Minute Rocky Road Fudge

Guys, it didn’t occur to me that when I started posting recipes that meant I was going to have to post my SECRET recipes.  This is painful, but this time of year I basically prepare for Christmas and those preparations involve my secret Christmas recipes.  This weekend I made some…

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Super-Fast York Peppermint Brownies

Adding York peppermint patties and Oreos to a plain brownie recipe or mix is an easy way to dress them up!

I’m straight-up shocked that I haven’t posted a brownie on here.  I mean, brownies are my go-to lazy baking item.  Plus, I don’t particularly like chocolate so I can have brownies in the house without being tempted to binge.  Now, mashed potatoes are another story altogether . . . I…

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Butterfinger Blondies

I had no Trick-or-Treaters this year.  Zero.  Zilch.  Nada.  Very disappointing.  And what made it more disappointing was that there were kids Trick-or-Treating on my street, but they were too lazy to walk up my long front stairs to come get the candy.  It’s like that every year, but at…

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It’s fruitcake time!

Do you like fruitcake?  Let me rephrase that.  Have you tried fruitcake?  Because it seems that about 99% of fruitcake haters have never taken a single bite of fruitcake.  And don’t get me started on people who hate it when you tell them it’s fruitcake but love it when you…

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Make this gluten-free pumpkin bread tonight!

Is there anything that screams FALL!!!! quite like pumpkin bread?  It’s warm, decadent, and oh-so-delicious.  And for some reason we call it bread instead of cake and convince ourselves that we aren’t eating cake. My brother came to town last night and the whole family was supposed to go over…

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