This Crockpot Mac and Cheese is an easy slow cooker macaroni and cheese recipe made with cheddar cheese, milk, and a few simple ingredients. It has a rich, creamy sauce thanks to a combination of cheddar cheese soup, evaporated milk, and lots of shredded cheddar. It’s an easy way to make homemade mac and cheese…
This Cornbread Stuffing with Andouille Sausage is the one Thanksgiving recipe my family absolutely refuses to let me skip. I started making it in college after finding a cornbread dressing recipe in one of my mom’s old cookbooks, and I’ve been making my own version since. My daughter is notoriously picky about Thanksgiving dinner but…
This Cornbread Stuffing with Andouille Sausage is the one Thanksgiving recipe my family absolutely refuses to let me skip. I started making it in college after finding a cornbread dressing recipe in one of my mom’s old cookbooks, and I’ve been making my own version since. My daughter is notoriously picky about Thanksgiving dinner but…
This Pumpkin Cheesecake is rich, creamy, and full of pumpkin spice flavor, with a gingersnap crust that makes every bite taste like fall. It’s one of those desserts that’s special enough for Thanksgiving but you’ll want it all season long (and it’s better than Pumpkin Pie!) Why You’ll Love Pumpkin Cheesecake I’ve been making this…
This Pumpkin Cheesecake is rich, creamy, and full of pumpkin spice flavor, with a gingersnap crust that makes every bite taste like fall. It’s one of those desserts that’s special enough for Thanksgiving but you’ll want it all season long (and it’s better than Pumpkin Pie!) Why You’ll Love Pumpkin Cheesecake I’ve been making this…
Christmas Brownies are rich, fudgy, homemade chocolate brownies topped with red and green M&Ms and festive Christmas sprinkles! Made with both melted butter, baking chocolate, and cocoa powder, they’re extremely chocolatey with a gooey center. It’s so fun to decorate these for the holidays and the bars are easy to add to cookie platters. I’m…
Roasted Brussels Sprouts Salad is an easy fall salad recipe with crispy roasted Brussels sprouts, fresh apples, crunchy pecans, bacon, and goat cheese tossed with balsamic vinaigrette. It’s a delicious combo of sweet and savory and mix of textures. We enjoy this as dinner with some added protein, as lunch, or as a holiday side…
A Shirley Temple is amazing but you know what’s even better? An interactive Bloody Shirley Drink for Halloween! These are great for Halloween parties: just serve vials of grenadine blood alongside soda and you have the perfect gory party drink! I’ve made many a Shirley Temple in my time (it’s Jordan’s favorite drink, she even…
Witches Brew Punch is the perfect Halloween punch recipe! It’s a fun, non-alcoholic drink made with sherbet, soda, and plenty of creepy witchy things like eyeballs and worms, making it the perfect drink for a party. I love fun themed recipes, especially for Halloween. Spooky recipes that are actually fun and cute and taste good…
Sugar Cream Pie is an old-fashioned custard pie with flaky buttery crust and a rich, creamy vanilla filling topped with cinnamon and nutmeg. Also called Hoosier Pie, it’s a no egg custard pie and reminds me of crémé brulée but it has super simple ingredients that turn into a decadent dessert. I’m a pie expert…
My No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake recipe has a creamy pumpkin spiced filling with a Biscoff cookie crust, so every bite has that caramelized spiced flavor. You can also use a graham cracker crust or gingersnap crust; any way you make it the pumpkin filling and crunchy crust is the perfect fall cheesecake, no oven needed.…
These Chocolate Chip Cookie Cheesecakes combine two of my favorite desserts in one: a crunchy chocolate chip cookie crust topped with a creamy chocolate chip cheesecake! Dessert mashups are one of my favorite things to create (I wrote a whole cookbook on them!) and cheesecake plus chocolate chip cookies is the best combo. I’ve been…
I love a good pumpkin bread recipe and this is certainly that, made extra good with the maple frosting on top! This easy pumpkin bread with maple glaze will become your new fall BFF: it’s moist and perfectly spiced and the frosting is one of the best things ever! I’ve been eating and making pumpkin…
I love a good pumpkin bread recipe and this is certainly that, made extra good with the maple frosting on top! This easy pumpkin bread with maple glaze will become your new fall BFF: it’s moist and perfectly spiced and the frosting is one of the best things ever! I’ve been eating and making pumpkin…
These Pink Sugar Cookies are my favorite cookie recipe ever: They’re soft, thick sugar cookies topped with creamy pink almond frosting, inspired by the classic Crumbl Pink Sugar Cookie. I love recreating bakery favorites at home because they often taste better and are way cheaper, and these are no exception. Crumbl Chilled Sugar Cookies I’ve…
Brown Butter Blondies are soft and chewy and packed with toasted pecans. The Brown Butter is an extra step but adds a rich, caramel-like flavor and adds so much depth to a classic blondie. I am obsessed with brown butter and spending the extra few minutes to make it will take any recipe to the…
Pecan Pie Brownies combine rich, fudgy brownies with a gooey pecan pie topping so you get brownies and pecan pie in every bite! Dessert mashups are kind of my thing, and this is one of those combinations that just makes sense: soft chocolate brownie underneath, sticky pecan pie filling on top, and tons of crunchy…
These Easy Pretzel Buns are soft and chewy inside with that classic golden pretzel crust, but you don’t have to make yeast dough from scratch: these start with frozen dinner rolls! This recipe is exactly the kind of semi-homemade shortcut I love: you get homemade results without doing all the work. Semi-Homemade Pretzel Rolls Recipe…
These Easy Pretzel Buns are soft and chewy inside with that classic golden pretzel crust, but you don’t have to make yeast dough from scratch: these start with frozen dinner rolls! This recipe is exactly the kind of semi-homemade shortcut I love: you get homemade results without doing all the work. Semi-Homemade Pretzel Rolls Recipe…
Amish Friendship Bread is a sweet, cinnamon-spiced bread made from a 10-day yeast starter that you feed, bake with, and traditionally share with friends. It tastes more like a soft quick bread than a traditional yeast bread and each recipe makes two loaves. I grew up making this and I bet you have memories of…
These Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies take my classic peanut butter cookie recipe and turn them extra with a creamy peanut butter filling in the middle. The cookies are soft and chewy with tons of peanut butter flavor and the frosting filling makes them even richer! I’ve made so many peanut butter cookie variations over the…
This Apple Upside Down Cake is a moist, cinnamon-spiced apple cider cake baked over a layer of sliced apples and a gooey caramel. Once it comes out of the oven, you flip it over to reveal the glossy caramelized apple topping. It’s like pineapple upside down cake but made for fall! I love upside down…
This Classic Pumpkin Pie Recipe is the one my mom has made for Thanksgiving my entire life. It has a smooth, creamy pumpkin custard filling with warm spices and a flaky pie crust, and it’s still the pumpkin pie I want on my Thanksgiving table every year. Did you know you can make pumpkin pie…
This Apple Coffee Cake is soft, butter, and packed with tender apples, with a generous streusel crumble on top. It works just as well for breakfast or brunch as it does for dessert, and it’s one of those recipes people always ask me for after I serve it. I’ve been making versions of this coffee…
This Pumpkin Poke Cake recipe is one of the easiest fall desserts you can make: the cake itself has only 3 ingredients. After baking, it’s poked all over and filled with sweetened condensed milk, then topped with Cool Whip for a soft, creamy cake that’s full of spiced pumpkin flavor. I grew up baking with…
