With a gooey center and signature crackly top like a brownie and a crisp exterior like a cookie, this brownie cookie is the best of both dessert worlds! Sometimes when you try to replicate a recipe and have nothing to start with except your memory… You don’t end up with what you wanted. And other…
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Classic Banana Bread
Spiced with a touch of cinnamon and studded with nuts, not much beats this classic quick bread! It is high time I share this recipe with you, friends. HIGH TIME. It’s been in my kitchen for years, baked dozens of times, but I have yet to share it with you, at least in its simplest…
Morning Glory Muffins
Hearty whole wheat muffins packed with fruits, vegetables, nuts, and flaxseed to fill you up at breakfast time. What do you immediately think of when I say “healthier muffin?” Is it something like a bran/fiber muffin, tasting much like cardboard, with a dense and dry texture? Yeah. Me too. So I’m here today to scratch…
Banana Nut Muffins
Crunchy brown sugared muffin tops lead the way to moist and tender banana centers, studded with plenty of toasty pecans! It’s APRIL! The best month! Not just because it happens to be my married last name, but because we’re finally past those first awful months of the year, spring has sprung, FAF celebrates a birthday…
Honey Walnut Cookie Sticks (Sfratti)
Traditional Italian cookies made from a spiced honey walnut filling and wrapped in homemade pie crust. You made it! We made it! Everyone made it through 12 days of Christmas Cookies! How did we do? Did you make any of them? All of them? Is your cookie jar full of fresh cookies or just crumbs…
Carrot Cake Coconut Macaroons
Crispy on the outside, moist and chewy on the inside, these easy coconut macaroons are filled with all of the flavors and warm spices of carrot cake. Welcome to recipe #5 in my Christmas cookie lineup. This one is a doooooozy! Whenever I make a new recipe, I will often say it’s the best thing…
Russian Tea Cakes (Snowballs)
Buttery, melt-in-your-mouth shortbread cookies filled with nuts and rolled in powdered sugar. A classic cookie at Christmas time! I cannot believe it’s taken me until my cookie extravaganza (welcome to day #2!) to make Russian tea cakes, or as I prefer to call them, snowballs. I’ve also seen them called “pecan tea cookies.” I have…
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies
Soft and chewy oatmeal cookies fully loaded with chocolate chips and walnuts. Greetings from Roatan, Honduras! Ok, not really. I mean… We really are there today, but I’m definitely not taking a break from thoroughly enjoying being disconnected from the rest of the world with my hottie hubby while we float around the Caribbean to write…