Not me converting Toll House loyalists into Fresh April Flours believers again 🤭

Sometimes all you need is a crispy-edged, soft-and-chewy-centered, not-the-ushe cookie recipe to convince you there’s more to life than what you’ve always done.

The best part of being a recipe creator isn’t eating my own creations, it’s sharing them with YOU and hearing that one of my recipes has landed a permanent spot in your rotation 🥰

These chocolate chip cookies do just that. In fact, take a peek at these reviews from the last few months:

“This is my new go to recipe. I’ve literally been making these cookies so much that I’ve started to double the recipe. My family loves them.” — Crystal ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“Always using this recipe my family loves this one!” — Zoe ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“The only chocolate chip cookie recipe I use! Delicious every time!!” — Melissa ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

👋🏼 hi! I’m Lynn, and I’ve been teaching people on the internet how to bake delicious things for 12 years.

I am known for my chocolate chip cookies that have crisp edges, gooey centers, and convert Toll House diehards left and right 🍪

Comment “recipe” below and I’ll send the link to these life-changing chocolate chip cookies directly to your DMs! 💌#freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/classic-chocolate-chip-cookies/

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Most people don’t realize that “very ripe banana” taste and texture can be replicated by roasting bananas in the oven 🤯

The truth is, just 10 minutes of roasting even super ripe bananas that still have GREEN on them can get you a loaf of soft, flavorful banana bread today instead of in a week, or worse… Not at all because you forgot about them 🥴

Here’s how to do it ⤵️

You’ll need:
🍌 3 medium size unripe bananas
🍌 3 Tablespoons (38g) brown sugar

What you’ll do:
1️⃣ Preheat the oven to 400ºF (204ºC). Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat (or leave unlined, if you don’t mind cleaning). Set aside.

2️⃣ Situate each banana so that the curved part is on a surface or cutting board and the ends are facing up. Slice each banana in half long ways, then lay the sliced bananas on the pan, exposed banana side up.

3️⃣ Sprinkle the bananas with the brown sugar and then turn each of them over so that the skins now face up and the exposed banana is on the prepared pan.

4️⃣ Roast the bananas for 10 minutes or until the skins are completely black and leaking juices from the sides.

5️⃣ Remove the bananas from the oven, carefully remove the skins, and place the roasted bananas and all of the juices and caramelized sugar into a small bowl.

6️⃣ Mash the bananas in the bowl using a fork and set them aside to cool while you make the rest of the banana bread.

⭐️ Your mashed bananas are now ready to use!

Looking for the BEST banana bread recipe? I’ve got you covered 😎

Comment the word “recipe” below and I’ll send the link to my very favorite banana bread recipe (which includes these instructions!) directly to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours (https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/freshaprilflours/) • https://freshaprilflours.com/banana-bread-with-unripe-bananas/

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🇫🇷 Visit France with me next year! 🇫🇷

🚩 And there are ONLY TWO SPOTS LEFT! 😬

Are you ready for an unforgettable trip of a lifetime with a group of fellow bakers and sweets lovers? 🤗 Because together, we’ll be exploring the coast and countryside of GORGEOUS Southern France! 🥰

🗓️ DATES: April 13-18, 2027
📍CITIES: Nice and Aix-en-Provence

What’s included:
🥐 6 days / 5 nights in a 4-star hotel
🥐 5 breakfasts, 2 dinners
🥐 A dedicated local expert guide for the whole trip
🥐 City & activity transfers
🥐 Access to a whole host of activities

What’s on the agenda:
🥐 A guided walking tour of Nice
🥐 A PRIVATE baking workshop (macarons & cream puffs)
🥐 An optional half day trip to Monaco/Monte Carlo/Èze
🥐 Wandering cobblestone streets
🥐 A visit to the beach
🥐 Seeing palaces and other historic buildings
🥐 Local markets
🥐 Artisan boutiques
🥐 Welcome and farewell dinners

If you want to snag one of the last spots, comment “interested” and I’ll send you a DM with more info! 💌 https://trovatrip.com/trip/europe/france/france-with-lynn-april-apr-2027

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They’re totally ‘ber month coded 🤩

These soft and fluffy pumpkin cinnamon rolls are made with pumpkin kneaded right into the dough and a pumpkin spiced cinnamon swirl through every bite 🤤

Top with a maple cinnamon version of my favorite cream cheese frosting or any of the other frostings linked in my post.

🧡 BONUS— recipe makes 6 rolls and includes instructions for making ahead to save time!

Comment the word “recipe” below and I’ll send the link to these pumpkin cinnamon rolls directly to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/pumpkin-cinnamon-rolls/

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This super easy pumpkin mousse was called “heaven in a cup” by one of my taste testers, and you’re going to love how easy, delicious, and “fancy” it can be 🎃

Roasted pumpkin (which brings 99.9% of the pumpkin flavor— the other 0.1% comes from spices) and a sweetened whipped cream base make this pumpkin pie-esque without the gluten nor all that work 😮‍💨

Comment the word “recipe” and I’ll send the link to this pumpkin mousse directly to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/pumpkin-mousse/

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This may be my new favorite twist on a classic 🥰

And here’s the thing every cinnamon roll girlie needs to know— not every batch of cinnamon rolls needs to yield 12.

In fact, just about ALL of the cinnamon roll recipes on my site are small batch, which yields just 6. And doubling it If needed? Super simple math, and I have information in each post about what that looks like ☺️

Seriously, once you taste that chai-spiced cream cheese frosting, you’ll never go back to plain cinnamon again 🫖

Comment the word “recipe” below and I’ll send the link to these chai cinnamon rolls right to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/chai-cinnamon-rolls/

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One of my best pumpkin recipe creations ever 🥰

And because I can’t bear to let you keep going to the drive thru when I know making it at home is easier AND actually yummier…

Comment the word “recipe” below and I’ll send the link to my homemade pumpkin cream cold brew right to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/pumpkin-cream-cold-brew/

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🧐 “I always use measuring cups and I’ve never had a problem.”
🧐 “I never weigh my flour and my _________ always turn out perfect.”

These may be totally true statements. And I believe you. I really honestly do.

But I also know that there is a better, easier, more accurate, and correct (yep, I said it) way to measure ingredients for accurate and repeatable results.

Accuracy and repeatability may not matter to you!

Here’s why it matters for me:

MY JOB is to teach people how to bake. I write recipes and share them on my website and the idea is that those recipes are repeatable with the SAME EXACT RESULTS by my readers in their own kitchens.

If I tell you that my cookie dough calls for 2 cups of all purpose flour, I’m telling you that I tested and perfected them with 240 grams of all purpose flour and I expect you to make them with that same exact measurement.

There’s no question of whether or not I spooned and leveled with my measuring cup, whether I dug down to the bottom of my flour container or I skimmed from the top, if I perhaps poured directly from the bag into the measuring cup…

There is NO QUESTION. None. Zero. It’s 240 grams PERIOD. Not taking questions.

Whenever someone says the recipe that they made from my site “didn’t turn out” or their cookies didn’t spread, or their cake was too dense, my first question is “did you weigh your flour?”

More often than not, the answer is no. If the answer is yes, we move onto the temperature of the butter, which is another controversial opinion I share that gets people riled up 😤

Listen. At the end of the day, you are going to continue measuring the way that you do and always have, and that’s fine. But if you are a user of my recipes and want to achieve the same exact results that I do and that are expected from the recipe, you’re going to have to make this change.

I promise I’m not trying to make your life miserable. I’m trying to make you a better and consistent baker. And if that upsets you, I’m not your people (and that’s ok) 🙌 #bakingfromscratch #baking ...

The best chocolate chip cookie recipe you’ve ever had? Challenge accepted 😎

Back in 2014, I developed what has come to be the ONLY chocolate chip cookie I ever make (and, to be honest, THOUSANDS of my readers across the globe agree).

While there are a few ingredients/ratios that make them so popular, I firmly believe that my specific combination of chocolate chips is what keeps people coming back: standard size milk and mini semi-sweet.

It’s a total game changer.

Of course, I’d LOVE for you to try ⭐️MY⭐️ full recipe, but even if you’re firmly in the camp of your own tried-and-true recipe, I would love to hear what you think if you try, at the very least, my chip combo 🥰

Comment the word “recipe” below and I’ll send the link to my chocolate chip cookies right to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/classic-chocolate-chip-cookies/

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I’ll be honest: tiramisu itself isn’t something I typically order off a dessert menu. But I love everything it’s about— the coffee-soaked layers, the sweetened mascarpone, the espresso flavor running through the whole thing... 🤤

So when I set out to make a tiramisu brownie during my Brownie of The Month series in 2020, my goal was simple: keep all of that delicious tiramisu business going on, without losing the brownie as the hero 🦸

This recipe doesn’t get NEAR enough attention, and that changes today! ⭐️

The recipe has changed a bit to include MORE coffee flavor than ever before, and once I get myself together (still adjusting to the school year and moving 😮‍💨), there will be a video on the post as well.

Chocolate + coffee lovers, you won’t want to miss this one!! ☕️

Comment the word “recipe” below and I’ll send the link to this recipe directly to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/tiramisu-brownies/

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Proof that “incredible” doesn’t have to be “difficult.”

This chocolate layer cake has been a part of my life since before I was even baking cakes for hire. It was one of the first scratch recipes I tested and kept in my go-to lineup, and it is THE cake that taught me that scratch baking doesn’t have to feel hard! 🙌

It is:
🤎 reliable
🤎 so soft
🤎 so chocolatey
🤎 delish with any frosting you pick
🤎 hard to screw up (honestly)

👀 Just check out this review from Lisa:
➡️ “This recipe needs to have a warning that you’ll want to eat the whole cake! HOLY MOLY! The cake alone is divine, but adding the chocolate buttercream takes it to a whole new level. I will never make another chocolate cake recipe again. Thank you for sharing!!!”

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Comment “recipe” below and I’ll DM you the link to this chocolate layer cake right to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/chocolate-layer-cake/

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I’m all for pumpkin baking season, and there’s not a whole lot better, in my opinion, than these buttery baked pumpkin donuts 🎃🍩

This recipe makes about 10 soft and moist pumpkin donuts. They’re made with canned pumpkin puree and covered in a spiced sugar coating for melt-in-your mouth texture in every bite.

Melanie said: “This is one of the BEST pumpkin recipes I’ve ever made! So moist and soft! I made a bunch for a football party and every single person went back for a second donut! Great recipe!” — ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Comment the word “recipe” below and I’ll send the link to my baked pumpkin donuts right to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/pumpkin-donuts/

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Apple season snuck up again and honestly, I can’t wait to get them back into my kitchen! 🍎

Because for me, that means this gooey, jammy pull-apart bread will be on deck very soon!

Baking seasons change quickly, so take this as your reminder that my homemade apple butter recipe makes a LOT, and you can use it or freeze it to make it last all year long 😏

Comment the word “recipe” below and I’ll send the link to my apple butter pull-apart bread (and homemade apple butter!) right to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/apple-butter-pull-apart-bread/

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The best part of being a recipe creator isn’t eating my own creations, it’s sharing them with YOU and hearing that one of my recipes has landed a permanent spot in your rotation 🥰

These chocolate chip cookies do just that. In fact, take a peek at these reviews from the last few months:

“This is my new go to recipe. I’ve literally been making these cookies so much that I’ve started to double the recipe. My family loves them.” — Crystal ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“Always using this recipe my family loves this one!” — Zoe ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“The only chocolate chip cookie recipe I use! Delicious every time!!” — Melissa ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

👋🏼 hi! I’m Lynn, and I’ve been teaching people on the internet how to bake delicious things for 12 years.

I am known for my chocolate chip cookies that have crisp edges, gooey centers, and convert Toll House diehards left and right 🍪

Comment “recipe” below and I’ll send the link to these life-changing chocolate chip cookies directly to your DMs! 💌#freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/classic-chocolate-chip-cookies/

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When I tell you these cookies are the GOAT 🐐

Of all of the 250+ cookie recipes on my site, this is one I keep coming back to again and again (aside from my famous chocolate chip cookies, duh!)— and so will you! 🥰

This sandwich cookie features chewy Biscoff-infused cookies and a dreamy butterscotch marshmallow buttercream that come together for a sweet and tender cookie that is guaranteed to disappear fast 💨

In fact, reader Paula had this to say this summer: “I have been making oatmeal sandwich cookies for years. I’m kind of famous for them, but these are over the top! The cookies are everything you want in a cookie, but the icing is out of this world!” ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Comment the word “recipe” below and I’ll send the link to these sandwich cookies directly to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/biscoff-butterscotch-marshmallow-sandwich-cookies/

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If pie scares you, allow me to introduce you to a galette! And since we’re right on the cusp of apple season, this one is going to be your alternative to apple pie OR the recipe that gets your apple pie feet wet 🥧

Welcome to September’s Bake Along recipe 🎉 #fafbakealong

What is the Bake Along?
1️⃣ bake the assigned recipe (or alternate)
2️⃣ snap a pic
3️⃣ include a video for one bonus entry
4️⃣ leave a review (as a mega favor 💙)
5️⃣ get entered to win $100 to YOUR CHOICE of merchant

It’s that simple 🙌

September’s recipe is APPLE GALETTE 🍎 and the alternate is HOMEMADE APPLE BUTTER 🍏

Want in on the fun this month? Comment the words “bake along” below and I’ll send the link to the Bake Along page right to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/bake-along/

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Happy September! Have you opened your first can of pumpkin yet? 🎃

Whether you’re whipping up a classic loaf of pumpkin bread or practicing for your Thanksgiving pumpkin pie, may your kitchen be filled with the aromas of cinnamon and nutmeg and your spatulas briefly be tinted orange 🧡

Comment the word “recipe” below and I’ll send the link to this pumpkin bread (with or without chocolate chips!) directly to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/chocolate-chip-pumpkin-quick-bread/

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Just a dessert idea to take the decision off of your plate! 🍽️
 
Everyone has their go-to cheesecake, and this one is mine. This decadent and creamy cheesecake is flavored with roasted bananas and topped with vanilla pudding, whipped cream, and crushed Nilla wafers 😋

After years of turning classic cheesecake into fun flavors, this one reigns supreme more often than not. It’s a little hidden gem in my recipe collection, because it requires a little more elbow grease than most, BUT it’s so so worth it 🤩

In fact, Moragn wrote:
“This was incredible, the banana flavor was just right and the vanilla wafer crust was such a nice change up from traditional graham cracker crust! It was also a very easy recipe to follow. I made the cheesecake one day and let it chill overnight, then did my pudding and whip cream the following day. An absolute 100/10!”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Comment the word “recipe” below and I’ll send the link to this banana pudding cheesecake directly to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/banana-pudding-cheesecake/

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Sad to see summer go? I get it ☀️

Bring that summer feeling to your kitchen ANY TIME with this classic Key lime pie 🍋‍🟩

“My, oh my! This was delicious! So smooth and creamy and super easy to make and follow the directions.” — Helen ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This pie has a silky custard filling, sits in a buttery homemade graham cracker crust, and comes together in just a few simple steps. And I heard it you top it with fresh whipped cream, it tastes like a trip to Key West 😜

Ok, not really, but we can dream, right? 😆

If you’re feeling really ambitious, you can make this pie à la the version my husband and I had in Key West in 2011– with a meringue top! 😱

Whichever way you do it, don’t miss this iconic classic 🍋‍🟩

Comment the word “recipe” below and I’ll send the link to this Key lime pie directly to your DMs! 💌 #freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/key-lime-pie/

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The best part of being a recipe creator isn’t eating my own creations, it’s sharing them with YOU and hearing that one of my recipes has landed a permanent spot in your rotation 🥰

These chocolate chip cookies do just that. In fact, take a peek at these reviews that came in just this month:

“This is my new go to recipe. I’ve literally been making these cookies so much that I’ve started to double the recipe. My family loves them.” — Crystal ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“Always using this recipe my family loves this one!” — Zoe ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“The only chocolate chip cookie recipe I use! Delicious every time!!” — Melissa ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

👋🏼 hi! I’m Lynn, and I’ve been teaching people on the internet how to bake delicious things for 12 years.

I am known for my chocolate chip cookies that have crisp edges, gooey centers, and convert Toll House diehards left and right 🍪

Comment “recipe” below and I’ll send the link to these life-changing chocolate chip cookies directly to your DMs! 💌#freshaprilflours • https://freshaprilflours.com/classic-chocolate-chip-cookies/

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