I came across a recipe on Pinterest last week that looked delicious, and it was nearly perfect. I just made a few changes and I’m in love. If you’re a peanut butter freak, like myself, then you’ll want to take these to friends so you do not consume them all by yourself. Also, if you are one of those aforementioned peanut butter freaks, you’ll love {Read More}

While perusing Pinterest last week I came across a recipe for those incredibly fluffy sugar cookies with frosting that you see at the store. The site the recipe originated from, Annie’s Eats, hit the nail on the head when she said “Where those tasted slightly artificial, these taste buttery and delicious.” I had to photograph just how fluffy and amazing these things look straight out {Read More}

I love this cake. ingredients 1 cup of butter 1 cup of water 2 cups of sugar 2 cups flour 2 eggs 1/2 cup of sour cream 1 tsp. almond extract { see ingredients for icing below } Preheat your oven to 375° Bring 1 cup of butter (2 sticks) and 1 cup of water to a boil. Take off burner, stir in 2 cups {Read More}

I’ve long been a fan of plain ‘ol strawberry shortcake, but this recipe really brings it’s A game. It’s a little more involved, meaning you don’t by pound cake or those pre-made shortcakes (which I totally dig, by the way). Here’s the biscuit recipe: Turbinado Shortcakes from Country Living Then you just cut up some strawberries, mix in some sugar and let them sit in {Read More}

I first saw this on Jon & Kate Plus 8 a looooong time ago and only recently decided to try my hand at it. Kids love monkey bread! They especially love to help make monkey bread, and a mess while doing so… Well my kid, anyway There are a bazillion different monkey bread recipes out there, this is just my take on a very common {Read More}

This was so fun and easy to make! The cake was made the night before and was left over from an Easter bunny cake. I couldn’t stand throwing away anything that starts with C and ends with ake We used white chocolate pudding because it’s what we had handy. I also used a fruit cup instead of fresh fruit because it’s what we had in {Read More}

Chances are if you grew up in the South, and especially Texas, you’ve had some variation of this cake. It’s been called a chocolate sheath cake, simply a sheet cake, mud cake and the list goes on. We call it a Texas Sheath Cake, and delicious Ingredients: 2 cups sugar 2 cups flour 2 sticks butter 4 tablespoons cocoa 1 cup water 1/2 cup buttermilk {Read More}

A friend of mine used to make this all the time, only she’d make the low-cal version which substitutes these ingredients for their sugar-free counterparts. You’d also probably need to eliminate the candy bar topping if you’re calorie counting I’ll have to make this again soon and add my own picture, for now a google stock image will have to do. One of my favorite {Read More}