Four. Years. FOUR. Four years longer than I ever expected to be a “food blogger,” and four years longer than I ever thought I would dedicate to something that was just a “hobby” and a “thing” I thought might be fun. Exactly 4 years ago, I posted my first recipe: DeAngelis Family Easter Pizza. And…
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Black Forest Cookies
Is there a food, specifically a dessert, that reminds you of your childhood? I’ve said before that cardamom tastes like my childhood and honey walnut cookies taste like Christmas growing up, but there is a cake that reminds me specifically of dessert with my mom. And while I’ve loved whipping up cakes every month this year,…
Chocolate White Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Happy hump day, cookie bakers! Are you full-on Christmas cookie baking yet? Are you stocked up on butter, sugar, eggs, and homemade vanilla extract? I hope the answer is “YES” and you find yourself hanging out at the window of your oven every evening for the next 2 weeks. So how about another recipe to…
Homemade Chocolate Covered Pretzels
Friends!! It is upon us!! Christmas/holiday cookie baking season is HERE, and I, for one, could not be more excited. If you’ve been around here awhile, you know that in 2015, I started a 12 Days of Christmas Cookies tradition here at FAF, and last year, despite having a small child (and nursing him, learning…
White Chocolate Chunk Macadamia Nut Cookies
Rounding out our 12 Days of Christmas Cookies and our Christmas cookie jars is a classic. A timeless, widely-loved cookie that has stolen the hearts of cookie lovers all over the world. This, my friends, is one cookie you must squeeze into your Christmas baking list this year, because along with peanut butter blossoms, no…
Peppermint Cut-Out Sugar Cookies
And just like that, we’re 1/3 of the way through our 12 Days of Christmas Cookies! Let’s recap for those of you who may just be joining the party: we have chocolate cayenne cookies, chocolate chip snowballs, monster cookies, and now we have one that is absolutely jam-packed with Christmas cheer. It’s also a recipe…
Banana Split Bark {VIDEO}
Tell me how you feel about banana splits, will you? Are you into ’em? Do you not really love them? Have you, heaven forbid, never had one? I hope you love ’em, because they are near and dear to my heart. The first time I hung out with my very best friend (we were in…
Chocolate Peppermint Biscotti
It should not surprise you at all that I have a holiday appropriate biscotti flavor. After all, I did absolutely fall in love with biscotti making this summer and have wanted to make nothing but biscotti since then. But I figure I need to hold myself back a bit and keep a variety of recipes…