Personal note first: Our Christmas was lovely and we've been particularly blessed with good health this winter - for which I am ...

It's Cookie Season!  I'm sure you've seen more cookies than you know what to do with on Pinterest and everywhere else...

For as long as I can remember, pecan pie has been one of my favorite Thanksgiving and Christmas desserts. My grandma always made it for t...

Happy Day after Thanksgiving!!  Hope y'all had a lovely holiday filled with lots of laughter and delicious food! In case you need an...

Ever since I made these , I had been itching to make something else with some irresistibly scrumptious browned butter. This recipe had c...

Remember the Strawberry Dream Cake I told you about last week - that we took to our friends' home when they invited us for dinner?  ...

When Jocelyn posted these cookies a few weeks ago, I knew I had to make them. I rarely use cake mixes and I buy Oreos even less freque...

As I was trying to figure out what to do for party favors for Annika's birthday, I stumbled across this darling idea at Bakerella.   ...

Some friends from church just had their first baby last Sunday.  A darling baby girl named Eleanor Elizabeth.  Isn't that a sweet ...

We have had visits from both sets of grandparents this summer and I have yet to blog about it. (I'll get to it, I promise!) I hav...

Everyone knows that s'mores are a great summertime treat - but when it's 95° outside, who really wants to go sit around the fire ...

Yum. Yum. Yum! This cookies were a big hit with my family and with Marissa's Wed. night class at church.  The cookies aren't ex...

Marissa and Annika were both the designated "snack bringers" for their Wednesday night church classes this week. I had spotted ...

These have to be some of the easiest cookies I've ever made.  And some of the tastiest.   Okay, so they do use a cake mix, which I gene...

I like sugar cookies.    I mean, there's sugar, in a cookie.  What's not to like? But in all honesty, if given a choice between su...

I was brainstorming what to make for Grant for Father's Day and kept coming back to the good old standby of chocolate chip cookies. The...