Upcoming Bake-along: Paradise Pie March 14

Pi Day is coming up and I have a small-portion dessert to help us celebrate! Gather these ingredients and tools and get ready to bake up a tasty treat! Video link for bake-along will be posted later this week. Copycat Recipe Chili’s Paradise Pie Ingredients:3 Tbsp butter1/3 cup graham cracker crumbs1/4 cup + 3 Tbsp…

Carrot Cake Sandwich Cookies

Carrot cake fans rejoice! Now you can satisfy your craving for that moist, chewy goodness without needing to invest in an entire cake! The cookies can be made as drop cookies or by using a whoopie pie baking sheet (my favorite method for stackable cookies). This recipe includes an easy cream cheese filling. You can…

Available Now: Carrot cake cookies!

Package of carrot cake sandwich cookies Carrot cake cookies are everything you love about the dessert, down to the cream cheese filling, but in a snack portion! Two boxes (update: Only one left!) of six carrot cake cookies are available for purchase today! $15/box + tax. Local pick up only (Charlotte/Matthews, NC).

Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese IMBC

This is a longer post than usual due to all the parts and adventures that came together to make this cake. If you’ve ever perused the site Cake Wrecks, then you’re likely familiar with the naked mohawk-baby carrot jockeys. A friend and fellow fan of Cake Wrecks only ever had one request if she ever…

Banana Nut Bread

Banana bread recipes are quite varied. When you find one that gives you the right texture and flavor, you tell everyone about it! My go-to recipe was introduced to me by a former coworker. This one comes from Cook’s Illustrated. The bread is soft inside with a just-right crunchy crust. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Banana Nut Bread 2 cups…

Baklava

Over a year ago, I tried a bacon baklava recipe. It turned out really well! This time, I tried the recipe that the bacon one was modified from. This baklava recipe is from Closet Cooking. Baklava is fairly straight forward and easy to make. If you’ve never used phyllo dough before, be forewarned that it is…

DoubleTree Chocolate Chip Cookies

If you’ve ever stayed at a Doubletree hotel, chances are that you’ve enjoyed one of their tasty chocolate chip cookies. I asked around for a decent copycat recipe to try and was sent to The Little Kitchen’s recipe. It’s been a while since I’ve had a Doubletree cookie, so I couldn’t do a side-by-side comparison for…