I love oatmeal cookies! Unfortunately, in many of the places I’ve wandered (Asia, South America, Egypt) oatmeal cookies are hard to come by as well as the ingredients in the more “froo froo” recipes. Because of that, I keep this easy oatmeal cookie recipe handy specifically because it requires only a few ingredients and is … Read more
Sweet potato is a holiday staple for me, a treat that my mom and dad both cooked for Thanksgiving and Christmas. As I travel the world I still make a simple and easy version of this tasty dessert every year, modified to be easy enough to bake in any country with ingredients easily available. Enjoy! … Read more
There are times in my life when I just need to bake. As in, if I don’t break out some flour and sugar I might just have a meltdown. Strangely enough, those moments seem to come when we are really busy or I’m not feeling 100%. I guess baking is such a stress reliever that that’s … Read more
We normally have for breakfast pancakes, french toast, omelets, drink coffee or juice, and I love sweets for breakfast even if it is not healthy. It’s just what we do. One day we had to make eggless Cinnamon Vanilla Biscuits. Well, I had been SO sick, that I hadn’t gone to the grocery store. We were … Read more
Every year I buy bags and bags of fresh cranberries around Thanksgiving and it never fails that I use 1 for cranberry relish on Thanksgiving day and then have a bunch of bags leftover. In the past, I’ve made scones and a cake, both of which we all enjoyed, but I thought I’d try something that I could put … Read more
I think that the most challenging part of the dairy-free journey is realizing when you actually want something and when you want something because you can’t have it. Usually, it’s the latter and the craving passes pretty quickly. But sometimes, you just really want something creamy/chocolatey/gooey/dairy-laden. And what do you know?? This vegan chocolate pudding … Read more
What can be better for a Sunday with friends if not good food? We made some steaks and I wanted to bake some easy cakes, as I hate anything time-consuming and difficult to cook and I remembered about California Pizza Kitchen butter cake – that’s it! The creamed cake is a sweet dessert with delicious … Read more
I mean, what is there really to say about this stuff? It’s gooey salted caramel sauce that’s studded with vanilla bean flecks. There you have it. Put it on ice cream, bake it into brownies, top cupcakes with it, dip apples into it, or eat it by the spoonful. Any way you drizzle it, it’s … Read more
I first made Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies as a mark my second month with The Secret Recipe Club in December 2011 and it really had already been such a fun experience that I repeated it a lot of times since then. This month I was bookmarking all kinds of things to make (as usual), while I saved many … Read more
I have no idea why I hadn’t made Oatmeal Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookies up until this point. The whole difference is that you bake in a cast-iron skillet, doesn’t it add some charm? I definitely do not use my skillet enough (How in the world are you supposed to properly clean and season that thing?!) … Read more