If you like Portuguese Queijadas de Leite, you will like these Pumpkin Queijadas. These pumpkin milk tarts are custardy with the flavor of pumpkin, cinnamon, and other warm spices. They are perfect for the fall and winter dessert table. One of the most popular recipes on this blog is Portuguese Queijadas or Queijadas de Leite. Like these pumpkin versions, they are custardy but with a …
Giant M&M Cookies with Chocolate Chips
Behold Giant M&M Cookies with Chocolate Chips! They are thick, and buttery with golden crispy edges and a medium chewiness level. Each is a 5-inch cookie loaded with M&Ms and chocolate chips! No chill time required for the dough! What is it about giant cookies that are extra fun and delicious? I have yet to find one that I did not like! I’ve been obsessed …
Vanilla Bean Butter Cookies
Vanilla Bean Butter Cookies are crisp and buttery, with tender crumbs and a melt-in-your-mouth feel. Vanilla bean paste amps up the flavor as well as add dark specks throughout. These cookies are made simply with just a few basic ingredients. Using quality ingredients truly makes them shine. No wonder butter cookies are a classic. The butteriness, the crispy edges, the tender crumb, and a melt-in-your-mouth …
Old-Fashioned Apple Crisp
Apple crisp is the ultimate fall dessert. This Old-Fashioned Apple Crisp has sweetened tender apples, the warmth of cinnamon, and the crispiness of buttery crumble. It is sublime served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Apple crisp is one of my family’s favorite desserts. My daughter loves it so much that she sometimes requests it instead of a birthday cake for her birthday. There …
Messed Up Chocolate Chip Cookies
Messing up a recipe can be a good thing. These Messed Up Chocolate Chips Cookies will be one of the best mistakes you’re going to make!
So, when is a messed up chocolate chip cookie recipe worth sharing? When it’s so good that your husband tells you to keep on messing up! And when your friend tells you they’re her favorite cookie EVER!!
Lemon Delight Mini Cheesecakes
Lemon Delight Mini Cheesecakes burst with bright lemony flavor and cream cheese goodness in every bite. They are a lemon lover’s dream.
I love mini cheesecakes, and these have multiple layers of yumminess! Every bite provides a mouthful of smooth cream cheese and bursts of bright lemon. Each cheesecake has a layer of vanilla wafer cookie base. This is followed by a layer of cream cheese that is infused with fresh lemon juice and zest. On top of that is an intensely sweet/tangy lemon filling. Finally, a sprinkling of lemon sugar topping adds a perfect finishing touch.
Scallion Garlic Bread
Homemade Scallion Garlic Bread is tender and buttery. It makes the best grilled cheese sandwiches too! This yeast bread is absolutely worth the effort. You will want to make it every week!! Next to my Portuguese Sweet Bread, this is my favorite bread to make. It is amazing on its own, slathered with butter, or toasted with cream cheese. But my favorite is to make …
Cranberry Lime Snowball Cookies
Snowball cookies are buttery, melt-in-your-mouth tasty bites. These Cranberry Lime Snowball Cookies have everything you love about the holiday classic but with a sweet, tart, and citrusy flavor profile. One of the best things about December is baking season. These snowball cookies are the latest and greatest baked goods coming out of my kitchen. They are easy and simple to make…and, of course, delicious! Plus, …
Pumpkin Cream Cheese Filled Donuts
It’s time for fall baking! These Pumpkin and Cream Cheese Filled Donuts are fluffy and tender. They have a delicious coating of pumpkin pie spice sugar. The dough is made with rapid-rise yeast to minimize proof time and then fried to perfection. I love the fluffiness and airiness of yeast donuts! Making your own requires a little bit more effort than buying it from the …