A snow day on a Saturday…which lets make this clear, all of my snow days are on Saturdays and Sundays. Oh! how I was not aware of my love of snow days when I picked a profession that A) doesn’t recognize snow as a reason to not work and B) a profession that in case of aContinue reading “Oatmeal Raisin Pie”
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Cranberry Orange Scones with Orange Glaze
There was a coffee shop in Toledo that had these lemon blueberry scones that I often day dream about when I am reaching for my afternoon coffee and craving a bit of sugar = the ultimate cure for the mid-day slump that would be better cured with a cat nap…but since curling up in a fetal position underContinue reading “Cranberry Orange Scones with Orange Glaze”
chewy chocolate toffee cookies
I just don’t feel like there is enough time in the day. Mornings quickly are turning to evenings which are succumbing to earlier and earlier bedtimes because I seemingly can not keep my eyes open long after 930pm, that is, unless you offer me popcorn and another episode of Downton…but even then, I sometimes struggle toContinue reading “chewy chocolate toffee cookies”
Peppermint Infused Vodka // Peppermint Vodka Hot Cocoa
Can we discuss the fact that while backing out of my garage yesterday morning, and onto my driveway that was covered in snow and snow drifts that were up to my bum (I’m short, this isn’t an amazing feat by any means)…that I may have careened slighty into my yard…but who knows, my driveway could justContinue reading “Peppermint Infused Vodka // Peppermint Vodka Hot Cocoa”
Toffee Candy with chocolate, pecans, and sea salt
Can I hibernate? Like big ol bear style with fur and caves and brown fat. I want the whole shin dig, brown fat and all. Especially the eating in preparation for said winter hibernation. Bring it on. I am down for some total bear getting ready for a long winter inside a cold cave eatingContinue reading “Toffee Candy with chocolate, pecans, and sea salt”
Molasses Cookies
im baking cookies and then some more cookies and then perhaps some scones and brownies? brownies are always a good idea im gonna cover the kitchen and most likely myself and Stan in flour. there will be sugar on the floor. of the brown and white variety and butter on the fridge door handle. vanillaContinue reading “Molasses Cookies”
peanut butter chocolate chip banana bread
AHHH!!!! I have done gone and did it again. ok, ok, ok…the improper English and the horrid grammar is pretty par for me and my blog. Or is it my blog and I? I don’t know. I have never known. No matter the amount of teaching done by countless English teachers in my educationContinue reading “peanut butter chocolate chip banana bread”
Pumpkin Pie Biscotti
Holy October. Or mid-October. Or, Holy, I just ate an entire fun sized bag of Halloween candy-ober and now I am sick to my stomach-ober. Wish the stomachache was fun-sized. I am not sure I know what to say…and whatever I do say, I am going to sound like our mothers. Soooo… Well…. HolyContinue reading “Pumpkin Pie Biscotti”
Brown Butter Peach Raspberry Bars
It is September (oy!) and I have already pumped out a few pumpkin desserts. It doesn’t seem right. A pumpkin freakazoid, I am not. I am not one of those chicks just waiting for Starbucks to roll out their limited edition Pumpkin Spice latte (it is like Disney releasing Beauty and the Beast or TheContinue reading “Brown Butter Peach Raspberry Bars”
Yogurt Cake w/ Peach Blueberry Compote
Yo! I have a cake for you today. And if you bake this cake…you will have cake tomorrow. It goes along the lines of the proverb … give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day, but teach a man to fish… Proverbs don’t just pop into everyone’s brains randomly?Continue reading “Yogurt Cake w/ Peach Blueberry Compote”
Fork Vs Spoon 