Nothing worst than the moment you realize that store bought Texas toast bread isn't the best bread for French toast. Last year, I used it to make what I hoped would turn out to be fluffy French toast, but instead I had a dry mess. Apologies if you like it with bread aisle Texas toast, but deep ... READ the POST
Easy Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
This brown butter chocolate chip cookie recipe is for those of us that love the cookie part a bit more than we love the chocolate chip part. Of course you can add as many or as little chocolate chips as you like, though! For this recipe, I used mini chocolate chips. Primarily because I accidentally ... READ the POST
Bourbon Spiked Apple Cider
If you've ever been to one of my gatherings, you know I love having 1-2 signature cocktails that have been batched. Batching cocktails is a speciality of mine. My bourbon spiked apple cider is certainly one that can easily be batched, but this blog will focus on those moments where you only need to ... READ the POST
Lemon Ricotta Poundcake Recipe
Growing up, I recognized that my mother had a love/hate relationship with poundcake. I would notice that they were either really great or...not so much. There seemed to be a lack of consistency in success. Therefore, I stayed away from trying to make them for many years. In fact, I'd only made a ... READ the POST
The Best Homemade Cinnamon Rolls for Beginners
You've probably seen this title for a cinnamon recipe a million times. So let me tell you why they're the best homemade cinnamon rolls: because they came out beautifully (not perfectly) the first time I made them. Which was recently, I might add. I'm new to baking. A beginner, if you will. If you're ... READ the POST
Instant Pot Homemade Apple Cider
Who knew that making apple cider at home could be so easy. I had every intention of throwing all of my ingredients into a stockpot, but figured I should put my Instant Pot multi-use slow cooker use instead! I'll save this story for another day, but just know that I have 5 versions of slow cookers ... READ the POST