Note to self: Be careful of your hashtags and double entendres. Because regardless of what you intend, all it takes is a simple misinterpretation to get a completely different read on a situation, comment, or post. Let me back up to when I got a refresher course in being straightforward. Last summer, I had it…
Cookies
Chocolate Chip Cookie Cups with Whipped Salted Caramel Frosting!
IT’S SPRING BREAK! Except Memphis decided to be awesome and bring back winter for a week. It’s all 20s, 30s, 40s, and rain here. Yuck. But I’ve got a “new” cookie recipe for you. It’s inspired by Sally and Tieghan. I took some from here and some from there, and BOOM! new chocolate chip cookie…
Malted Cookies & Cream Cookies [and some confessions about comparison and 2017.]
Heyyyyy 2017. I’m sorry I’m a few days late, but hey, I got a snow day. Snow days=my favorites. Spoiler alert: They’re not my favorite because I love to play in the snow or sleep until 1 PM or watch movies all day long. They’re my favorite because I can get a lot done. I’m…
Mexican Double Chocolate Cookies
When I was growing up, my Mom and I would be cooking or baking, and without much warning, we’d jab spoons of (insert whatever we were making) and say, “Try this!” Sometimes we paused to ask what it was, and sometimes we just went ahead and opened our mouths. Fast forward to how this has…
Pretzel Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Do you gravitate more toward sweet or salty? Or are you stuck in your indecision like I am and demand both at the same time? I sure hope the second option applies to you because if it does, well have I got something for you. The first time I made these cookies was for my…
Cookie Dough Chocolate Cake: 2 Ways!
I like to have options. I like to be picky and get what I feel like, not be constrained to one thing. If I was a kid who had to wear a uniform to school, it would have been a rough K-12 life. Says the girl who ALWAYS picks her clothes out for work the…
Chai Snickerdoodles with Maple Cream Cheese Frosting
I grew up in New York state where snow days required massive dumpings of lake effect snow. I’m talking about measuring snow in feet, not inches. Now I live in Memphis where the threat of any wintry precipitation is enough to usher in a snow day, which is sometimes even announced the night before! It’s…
Rolo + Reese’s Cookies
Move over, milk. Coffee is hot on your trail. And look out, chocolate chip stand-bys. There’s a new girl in town. It’s been a little while since my last post. Excuses include a new semester at school, lack of inspiration, feeling inferior to pro food bloggers, a few kitchen fails, extra time , etc. But my hubby‘s recent…
Triple Chocolate Peppermint Ooey Gooey Bars & Cookies!
Double trouble sounds cliche. Here, The possibilities are endless. Or at least twofold. Option 1: Triple Chocolate Peppermint Ooey Gooey Bars Option 2: Triple Chocolate Peppermint Cookies …or you can double this recipe and make both! This recipe was born out of a desire to make one batch of cookie dough that could yield two…
Double Espresso Samoa Cookies
When I was thinking about posting a cookie recipe, I thought to myself, “But there are so many cookie recipes out there…What is going to make another one worth trying?” Cue a Friday night of stress/boredom baking and a desire to try something different. Enter Double Espresso Samoa Cookies. Listen, I like the classics like…