Caramel oatmeal cookies are so crunchy on the outside, chewy on the inside and the caramel adds the perfect amount of texture. Top it off with a sprinkle of sea salt and you’re in for a treat. I’m always trying to find ways to add oatmeal to my kids diet. Only Dia enjoys eating oatmeal…
baking
Almond stained glass sugar cookie
Almond stained glass sugar cookies are so much easier to make than I anticipated! It’s basically a sugar cookie with the middle cut out, filled with hard candy that melts while baking and it creates a very fun looking stained glass window display. I first saw this on Sallys Baking Addiction and I fell in love…
Lemon Orange Olive Oil loaf
Lemon Orange Olive Oil loaf is an extremely moist and flavorful cake. It’s rich enough for dessert yet simple enough for breakfast with a cup of tea. Olive oil makes any dessert extra moist in a way butter can’t. It adds a depth of flavor unparalleled. What type of olive oil should I use? You…
Sprinkle almond sugar cookies
Almond sprinkle sugar cookies are moist on the inside and slightly crunchy on the outside. The sprinkles not only add color but add a surprise crunch. These cookies came together in no time. The kids obviously loved them because of the sprinkles and because they’re cookies. So I consider this a win win and have…
Gooey Butter cake
Gooey butter cake was a delicious mistake made during the Great Depression era. In the 1930s, in St, Louis, Missouri where a large number of German immigrants lived, a German baker mixed the measurements when he was trying to make coffee cake. Given the circumstances of the times and butter being such a hot commodity,…
Medjool Date Chocolate Peanut Butter Energy Balls
Medjool date chocolate peanut butter energy balls are so good you’re going to want to carry them with you wherever you go whenever you need a sweet healthy pick me up! Thanks to Natural Delights! So anyone who knows me knows I love to carry healthy snacks with me wherever I go…car…plane…purse every day, there’s…