Desserts & Sweets

For the last Desserts for Dudes post this year, I'm rolling out the cupcakes. Cupcakes are not traditionally considered "dude food" around here. Too dainty,[...]

Last year if you would have told me that I'd write two blog posts on running, I would have laughed (and laughed, and laughed some more). What I always said[...]

I'm going to be totally honest with you. Gluten-free scares me. To be more precise, it intimidates the HECK out of me. Rice flour, tapioca starch, xanthan[...]

You remember my Uncle Mike , right? Well, every time he visited when we were growing up, my mom would make Pecan Chewies. So, when Uncle Mike came for a visit[...]

Here's the dill, pickle. Cake decorating is not one of my gifts. Case in point, this R2D2 cake . So, when I had the chance to try the Cricut Cake Mini , I[...]

Quite frankly, I'm surprised that there are any cookies to show you today. I kind of inhaled a good portion of the cookie dough before baking it. {I think I'm[...]

My dad instilled in me a great love for popcorn. He'll pass up sweets, cookies, cakes in favor of a big ol' bowl of salty, crunchy popcorn. Don't even mention[...]

You didn't give up sweets for Lent, did you? If you did, may I suggest putting this on your list to make AS SOON AS Lent is over?!? Did you know that Oreo is[...]

You could call these Orange Creamsicle Cookies...but they're a little fancier than Creamsicles. They have little flecks of vanilla bean...because vanilla bean[...]

Promise me you'll make this? Like tomorrow? Or maybe for New Year's Eve? Just promise, ok? If you don't do alcohol, you are excused, but the REST of you...you[...]

As much as I love chocolate, I’m not a big fan of “the chocolate cookie.” I’ll take a regular chocolate chip cookie over a[...]

Remember Biscoffs? Those little "airline cookies?" We talked about them here . Well, I wondered if maybe, just maybe, I could use the Biscoff Spread and make[...]

You know how you can read someone's blog and exchange emails and all of a sudden, you feel like the person is one of your very best friends? That's how I feel[...]

My favorite story about banana splits involves my dad and Uncle Mike . It seems years and years and YEARS ago, they decided to have an eating contest. They[...]

Cookbooks: I read them like novels. I even get teary. I love reading how recipes came about and the family stories that go along with them. I want to introduce[...]