Have you tried making sheet pan pancakes yet? The idea of spreading pancake batter in a sheet pan to bake all at once has been around for a while – the King Arthur Baking blog, Tips and Techniques section, posted “Turn your pancakes into squares” in June of 2014,...

As you know (because I may have mentioned it once or twice), apple pie is my favorite fruity dessert. But not just any apple pie, specifically THIS apple pie – Caramel Toffee Apple Pie. My mother actually started making a version of this pie (perhaps the original version, I’m...

Apple desserts are far and away my favorite fruit based desserts. Apple pie is pretty much the only fruit based pie I will eat (willingly and happily) and the only one I make somewhat regularly. I like apples on top of cheesecakes, waffles, vanilla or caramel ice cream and...

I think, if you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, you know that I like to tinker with recipes. Sometimes it is because I think there are improvements to be made, meaning that the tinkering replaces the original recipe. Other times it is because, as much...

Before we leave the holiday baking behind and enter the new year, there is one more holiday recipe I wanted to share – at least, for my family it is a holiday recipe – Magic in the Middle Cookies. There is nothing particularly festive about these cookies – no...

All the cookies, fudges, brownies and confections have been made, 23 varieties in all. It is time to share them with colleagues, friends and family – a truly sweet way to let them know they are appreciated and to wish them a Merry Christmas (or Happy Holidays, if you...

With barely a week to spare (and prompting an unusual, mid-week post), we have come to the final recipe for my holiday goodie trays. Deep chocolate cookies, toasty pecans, gooey caramel and a flourish of more chocolate drizzled over the top, these turtle thumbprint cookies are one of my...

Here we are, just 10 days until Christmas and we are very nearly at the end of our holiday goodie tray adventure. We have only two recipes to go, including today’s Cookies N’ Cream Cookie Dough Brownie Sandwiches. These look a bit like chunky, over stuffed Oreos – and...

Over the years, as we began sharing my holiday trays a bit more broadly, I started to become more aware of food allergies and what the composition of the items on my trays was. I really wanted to make sure as many people as possible could find something to...

These are not your traditional sugar cookies. In texture, they are probably most similar to the Lofthouse sugar cookies, although I think these might be a touch softer and more delicate. However, instead of being topped with a thick smear of buttercream, these cookies are entirely enrobed in a...