Toasted Marshmallow Ice Cream (Three Ways)


Dessert Sauce, Ice Cream, Pie, Recipes

I interrupt my previously scheduled baked good programming today to bring you this recipe:  Toasted Marshmallow Ice Cream.   Three ways, too.   No, I am not kidding.  I curtsey before you. Just like I’m dropping everything in order to share this outrageous deliciousness, you’ll need to drop everything and get this made.  Like right […]

June 13, 2019

Quick Chocolate Cake


Cake, Chocolate, Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Recipes, Vegan

Yay!  ’Tis the season of summer!   Yay finally!!   So excited for summer, I can barely stand it.  Warm weather and windows open and coat-free and million layer-free and picnics and potlucks and get-togethers and block parties and all sorts of summer fun!  Or, just hanging out at home doing nothing summer fun! Either […]

May 28, 2019

Veronica’s Tort Napoleon


Cake, Holiday, Pastry, Puddings, Recipes

One of my personal goals with this blog (and no doubt Jen will agree) is to share all sorts tasty goodies that are simple and/or quick and/or effortless yet downright fabulous, definite tried-and-true winners that will give you great results, confidence, and encouragement to bake.  It’s not a scary thing, baking, I promise. Oh, hey […]

May 1, 2019

Buttermilk Ice Cream


Gluten Free, Ice Cream, Recipes

So here, here’s what I’ve got for you to use up the rest of that buttermilk I suggested you buy last time for those reeeediculously delicious,  can’t-stop-eatin’-‘em Vanilla Buttermilk Cookies.  Ok, I know, now this one requires an ice cream maker.*  Sigh, I know.  But really though, ice cream makers are not terribly expensive.  If […]

April 17, 2019

Jammin’ Jam Bars


Apple, Berries, Brownies & Bars, Cookies, Dairy Free, Fruit, Gluten Free, Recipes

The first thing you should know about this recipe is, just like the Vanilla Buttermilk Cookies, these jam bars are hard to stop eating. I mean, you don’t think it’s going to be a problem when you’re making them, but then you’ve let them cool, cut into them, and you’re taking that first bite of […]

April 14, 2019

Easy Quiche


Breakfast, Dinner, Gluten Free, Pastry, Pie, Recipes, Savory

Quiche is one of my absolute FAVORITE things, and as far as I’m concerned, it’s the perfect food—chock full of protein, fully customizable to your particular tastes, and ridiculously easy. Like why-don’t-I-just-make-this-every-week easy. I mean, you make a pie crust (or buy one, that’s totally okay), prebake it, mix together eggs, milk, cheese, and what-have-you, […]

March 17, 2019

Flawless Chocolate Cupcakes with Russian Buttercream


Cake, Chocolate, Cupcakes, Frosting, Gluten Free, Recipes

Lately these days I’m finding I have less and less and less time in a day. I mean c’mon, where the heck does it all go?!  I swear, one minute I’m groggily trying to drag my night owl rear end up for the day and the next I’m back in bed for the night wondering […]

March 6, 2019

Peanut Butter Cookies


Cookies, Dairy Free, Gluten Free, Recipes, Vegan

It wasn’t until I was in my late twenties that I had natural peanut butter for the first time, and I remember marveling over the incredible peanutty flavor of it. The sandwich I had was reminiscent of a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup thanks to the grainier texture and stronger peanut taste. Color me SOLD. I […]

March 2, 2019

Maple Coffee Cake with Oat Streusel


Breakfast, Cake, Gluten Free, Muffins, Recipes

In my house, maple syrup is akin to liquid gold and the ONLY kind of maple syrup is Vermont maple syrup. (This is what happens when you marry a Real Vermonter.) The first time I made this recipe was as muffins, and Steve looked slightly panicked, slightly accusatory that I’d used maple syrup in baking. […]

February 3, 2019

Perfect Vanilla Cake


Cake, Cupcakes, Recipes

I have a favorite chocolate cake recipe that I use for almost all cake requirements. I’m thrilled when my kids ask for chocolate for their birthday cakes because I know I’ve got it covered. But vanilla? I wilt a little when they ask for that because the recipes I’ve tried before have fallen flat. The […]

January 20, 2019