sweet inspiration & fun baking ideas

Chocolate Crackles I’ve been eyeballing these cookies since I first saw a recipe for them in a special Martha Stewart holiday cookie magazine printed back in 2006 and [...] Sunday, January 16, 2011

Santas I made you guys a template for these Santa cookies. If you want it. I turned my sketches into something a little more presentable. If you click on the [...] Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Piping Practice Since the holidays are here, I wanted to make some cute Christmas cookies to celebrate. Plus, I can definitely use the season as a reason to practice [...] Monday, December 13, 2010

Whoopie Pies! I just tried out a book that’s all about Whoopie Pies. One of the writers of the book (Amy) is also the editor of my book, Cake Pops. Amy sent me a [...] Monday, July 12, 2010

Pillow Cookies Have you ever had any pillow cookies? I’ve only had them once, but I was immediately smitten. I found them in the bakery section of the Fresh [...] Monday, June 28, 2010

I hope you have chocolate chips handy They’re cookies. They’re brownies. They’re brookies. Whatever you want to call them they’re good. They combine the taste of a [...] Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Easter Bonnets I’ll just call them Cookie Hats since Easter is now over. I made these this weekend but you can certainly do them for other occasions like Mothers [...] Monday, April 5, 2010

Tartelette, these are for you! Remember last month when I went to a macaron making class given by Helen of Tartelette? Well, we had never met before the class, but I have been drooling [...] Monday, February 15, 2010

Vintage Valentine Cookies I decided a few of weeks ago, that I wanted to try to make some cookies using vintage Valentine cards as the theme. They are so sweet and the artwork is [...] Saturday, February 13, 2010

Big Love That’s what I feel for this oversized cookie. It’s the kind of love that involves brown sugar and it has everything to do with these little [...] Monday, February 8, 2010

And the winner is… The Oscars are coming in March and it’s going to be exciting this year. So who’s your pick for best picture? Me? I don’t know yet. [...] Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Macarons! Raise your hand if you have heard of Tartelette. She’s an amazing food photographer, stylist, pastry artist, and person. And she’s french, [...] Sunday, January 24, 2010

Christmas and some cookies Okay… finally, the post from last weekend. My camera never did wake up by the way. But I did manage to get all the photos off using a friend’s [...] Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Snickerdoodle Duo Cookies or cupcakes? That is the question. Well, I couldn’t decide either. You see I’ve been mesmerized by a recipe for snickerdoodle [...] Monday, October 12, 2009

Trix out your treats! Last month, the fun folks over at General Mills invited several bloggers to create something sweet and spooky for Halloween using some of their cereals [...] Sunday, October 4, 2009

Mix things up! Yeehaaa… yum yum… it’s Cowboy Cookies. Or, in this case, Cowgirl Cookies. A friend introduced these to me and I love them. Especially the name. [...] Monday, August 24, 2009

Milk & Cookies Simple. Just the way I like it. Normally, if I want chocolate chip cookies, it’s due to an immediate craving for chocolate. Resulting in the [...] Monday, July 20, 2009

Fast Food Fun Cupcake Buns + Brownie Burgers + Cookie Fries = One Happy Meal! Or many… I can hardly stand how cute these little guys are. You’ve probably seen [...] Sunday, June 14, 2009

Easy and Easier Valentine Treats If the Valentine’s Day Cake I made last week seemed like a little too much, then I think you’ll enjoy these. They require very little [...] Sunday, February 8, 2009

Thaaank You, Betty! This recipe may be harmful to certain New Year’s Resolutions. Proceed at your own risk! When it comes to sweets, I really have very simple tastes. [...] Monday, January 12, 2009