Homemade Gingerbread Caramels {Recipe}

These caramel candies are a favorite in our house at the holidays. The recipe came from another parent at my kids' school. She sells van...

S'mores Toffee Bark {Recipe}

This recipe is amazing. I found it in the Busy in Brooklyn blog a few months ago when making a special S'mores treat for my sister'...

Guinness Chocolate Chunk Cheesecake with Pretzel Crust {Recipe}

My hubby is a chocoholic. For his birthday, it's always a challenge to come up with something new that is chocolatey enough for him.Thi...

Homemade Chocolate Cream Cheese Mints {Recipe}

These mints are perfect for a special Valentine, or any special occasion. And they are really, really easy to make. What You Need 4 oz. (hal...

Chocolate Cheesecake with Peanut Butter Crust {Recipe}

It's that time of year... when I make a ridiculous chocolate dessert for my husband's birthday... This year's entry: Chocolate ...

Homemade Cinnamon Rolls {Recipe}

My sister couldn't believe it when I said I'd never made homemade cinnamon rolls before these. I don't know, it just seems like ...

Easy Candied Nuts and Spiced Pecans {Recipe}

Looking for an easy, and really good food gift for Christmas? Well, look what I have for you! These Chai Spiced Candied Pecans are so good,...

Cranberry-Gingerbread Cheesecake Bars {Recipe}

"Tastes like Christmas!" That's what my husband said when he took a bite of these yummy bars. What You Need: For the Crusts: ...

Easy Pumpkin Creme Brulee {Recipe}

I love Creme Brulee . It is such a decadent, rich, perfect dessert. I've long wanted to create a pumpkin creme brulee recipe for fall be...

Apple Cider Doughnuts {Recipe}

The perfect fall breakfast... apple cider doughnuts. And these are actually not terribly unhealthy for you-- if you can look past the sugar ...

Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars {Recipe}

Apples, caramel sauce, cheesecake... what could be better?? What You Need: For the Crust & Topping: 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup f...

Pumpkin Cupcakes with Fluffy Cream Cheese Frosting and Candied Pecans {Recipe}

Pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting... nothing beats that! This recipe has a fluffy cream cheese icing, though, and it is so rich and ta...

Strawberry-Rhubarb Cream Cheese Bars {Recipe}

  Rhubarb season is wrapping up in my backyard this week. Getting the last of the good stalks. I thought I'd try a cream cheese rhubarb ...

Fresh Strawberry Donuts {Recipe}

The strawberry season in Minnesota has been amazing this year! We are knee-deep in berries here, because I love to take my boys to pick str...

For the Love of Rhubarb

I love Rhubarb! And thanks to a late spring, it's just now rhubarb season here. Here's a collection of the rhubarb recipes I posted...

Donuts for Dads on Fox 9

Big day! Lots of donuts! An excited six-year-old! We're heading to Fox 9 this morning to show off my Jackson's donut-making abiliti...

Crazy Chocolate Donut Concoctions {Recipe}

The whole reason for the donut craziness this week is to prepare for my Father's Day visit to Fox 9 to make "Donuts for Dads."...

Donut Frosting Recipes

What's a donut without frosting?? But there are so many options when it comes to frosting. Chocolate, vanilla, just glaze, maple... we ...

Homemade Donuts Made Easy {Recipe}

In my family, we all have different opinions about what the best donut flavor/ flavor combination is. So, I've come up with some ways to...

Homemade (and Healthy) Donut Recipe

These are what I call my "healthy" donuts. It's so easy to change and customize the flavors. And my six-year-olds actually pre...