Painted Chocolate Cookies

I've been wanting desperately to try this cookie decorating technique. Could it be just as easy and awesome as the rest of the internet promised it would be? Spoiler Alert: yes, it is just as easy and awesom... Read More...

Sixlet Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate chip cookies plus red sixlets seemed like such a great idea. I mean, look at this! What is not awesome about these tasty bits together? Well, it turns out that sixlets DO NOT like to be baked. ... Read More...

Electric Green Coconut Cake Bites

Yesterday I made coconut and marshmallow cupcakes, but I set a bunch of undecorated cupcakes aside. I must have been subconsciously planning ahead for a little midnight snacking. After an hour or two, it beca... Read More...

Coconut & Marshmallow Flower Cupcakes

Ditch the fancy schmancy icing and reach for a bag of mini marshmallows. Who would have guessed mini marshmallows could look so impressive on a cupcake? But I'm getting ahead of myself here. Gotta make the c... Read More...

Peanut Butter Rice Krispies Balls

Rice Krispies treats are a classic, but have you had them with peanut butter? So good. Even with the peanut butter this is a four ingredient recipe, and it doesn't get much easier than that. Marshmallows + C... Read More...

Pink Doughnut Sugar Cookies

Do you prefer to spell it doughnut or donut? Eeny, meeny, miny, moe... I'm going with doughnut. Believe it or not, The Simpsons weren't the inspiration for these cookies. I've actually been wanting to make t... Read More...

Petite Vanilla Bean Scones

The scones came about because my sister JoAnn wanted to try out a recipe from The Pioneer Woman. Since JoAnn would be busy cooking up a fantastic meal for us deadbeats, I volunteered to make the petite vanill... Read More...

SF Giants Sugar Cookies

I wasn't always a baseball fan, but living four blocks away from AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants, totally changed that. Yes, I was born in Oakland and now live in Oakland, but I don't think I'll... Read More...

Bird Nest Coconut Macaroons

Here I go again with the coconut! I LOOOOOOOVE coconut macaroons and so does my family. For Sunday's Easter brunch I thought it would be cute to make bird nest macaroons for everyone, especially with all the... Read More...

Shortbread Cookies: Two Ways

What's a gal to do with too much butter and not much time to use it? Not surprisingly, this gal decided to bake up some shortbread cookies. Cookie #1: Shortbread Cookies Cookie #2: Rosemary and Choc... Read More...

Carrot Cake Whoopie Pies

Surj's Birthday Dinner Treats: Part 2 If you make these, be sure to set one aside for yourself because they will be gone before you know it. I took two pink pastry boxes o' whoopie pies to dinner last Sunday... Read More...