Deconstructed apple pie equals awesome chip and dip. This stuff tastes like the filling of an absolutely perfect apple pie. Spiced homemade chips are the perfect shovel for getting all that apple goodness into your mouth. Yuuuuuum! Love this recipe idea? Check out more Halloween party food on my Fabulously Freaky Halloween Fodder post. It's… Continue reading Spiced Bone Chips and Apple Entrails (Apple Pie Dip and Cinnamon Chips)
Category: Baking
Pumpkin Spice Deathcakes (Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting)
Spice cupcakes have been a Halloween tradition for me since childhood. These "deathcakes" are full of cinnamon and pumpkin topped with a glorious cream cheese frosting. Delicious. Love this recipe idea? Check out more Halloween party food on my Fabulously Freaky Halloween Fodder post. It's full of devilish and delicious ideas! Print Recipe for… Continue reading Pumpkin Spice Deathcakes (Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting)
Pumpkin-Oat Chocolate Chip Cookies
Fall is here. Fi-na-lly. Seriously, this has been the longest summer I can ever remember in Seattle. So hot. Yes. I'm a heat complainer. Don't worry, it's actually a fairly normal condition in the Pacific Northwest. People don't stay living round these parts for sunshine and sandy beaches. I love making pumpkin spiced deliciousness during… Continue reading Pumpkin-Oat Chocolate Chip Cookies
Mom’s Chocolate Zucchini Cake Perfection
My mother has been making this cake as long as I can remember. As a child, the thought of a vegetable baked into a cake was just supremely odd. Now I know that little flecks of zucchini melt into the chocolate batter making the texture and richness just perfect. My kids don't have any of… Continue reading Mom’s Chocolate Zucchini Cake Perfection
Plum Cake Bread
Great neighbors are hard to come by. I know someone (who shall remain nameless) who lives next to a family where the kids play a game called "Am I Being Murdered?". An activity that's such fun, it has to be enjoyed during every single hour of every single day. A jolly good time for the… Continue reading Plum Cake Bread
Oooey Gooey Sinful Caramel Pie
This pie indulged my sweet tooth, and my highly closeted rebel nature. You see, this recipe makes dulce de leche out of sweetened condensed milk. And does so by boiling the cans. Yes. Boiling them. If you are looking to add a little danger to your life, this is the way to do it. I've… Continue reading Oooey Gooey Sinful Caramel Pie
Happy National Cheesecake Day
I'm pretty sure food holidays were invented by bloggers. Who am I to complain? Happy National Cheesecake Day everyone! Celebrate with this velvety rich New York Cheesecake topped with bright fresh strawberries! Yuuuuuum! Print Recipe for New York Cheesecake
This Funnel Cake Will Be The Highlight of Your Week
"We'll go to the food court and get one of those funnel cakes you love.". So says the wife trying to mollify her husband after refusing to purchase him a two thousand and four hundred-dollar designer suit. Pouting ensues, before, finally accepting his fate, the hubby replies "We'll get a funnel cake - it'll be… Continue reading This Funnel Cake Will Be The Highlight of Your Week
Amazing Cherry Pit Removal
Summer will never be the same. Cherry pit removal with a straw. Easy peasy. Take a straw. I used a hard plastic one from a reusable hot/cold coffee cup. Place it at the base of your cherry. Mmmmm. Succulent Rainier cherries. Then push thru the top. Boom. Done. Mind blown. Devour. Repeat. Or, do a bunch… Continue reading Amazing Cherry Pit Removal
Hamburger Cookies
I got the idea for these adorable cookies from my friend Rachel. She's always doing fun things with her girls and is just generally an awesome resource for delightful kiddo entertainment. I gave my kids a simple demo and then let them do the rest. They LOVED making (and eating!) these cookies! Easy, delicious and… Continue reading Hamburger Cookies