sweet inspiration & fun baking ideas

The sweetest cookies I’ve ever seen! And yes, I’m a little biased and a lot proud. A few mornings ago I made sugar cookies with my niece (and bakerella in training). I decided to let [...] Friday, December 26, 2008

Pumpkin Pecan Chocolate Chunk Cookies With Maple Brown Butter Frosting Last month I asked you guys for your favorite cookies. I learned about a bunch that I had never heard of before. Among them, pumpkin chocolate chip [...] Monday, October 27, 2008

Flower Power I did it. I’m sooooooo excited. I have been wanting to learn how to make homemade decorated sugar cookies since I started this website. But, [...] Monday, September 22, 2008

Perfectly Peanutty! Pretty, peanut butter cookies with just five ingredients: 1 cup peanut butter1/2 cup sugar1 egg4 oz. Baker’s semi-sweet chocolate, melted1/2 cup [...] Thursday, August 21, 2008

Strawberry Oreos Equal………….? I was going to take my niece to see the movie, Kung Fu Panda, but just my luck, she had already seen it. So, instead we made panda bear cupcakes from the [...] Friday, June 27, 2008

Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie… Oh My! There’s nothing like a good chocolate chip cookie… unless of course, if it’s super-sized and more than an inch thick. So when I found this [...] Thursday, April 17, 2008

It’s no SHAM…these ROCK! You guessed it… Mint Oreo Truffles ummmmm… good. These might even be better than the originals (well, maybe). And, they’re just as easy to [...] Thursday, March 13, 2008

For Valentine’s Day, give someone a big kiss! An Oreo Kiss, that is. So, if you have a chocolate lover on your hands, then try these tasty treats and their hands might just be all over you. Oreo [...] Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Super Bowl Funday? So I had an idea for using the Oreo Truffle Recipe I’ve shown before and turning those into little tiny footballs. Well, let’s just say the [...] Monday, February 4, 2008

Grocery item goes gourmet (part 2) After making the Oreo Truffles last week, I thought I would try the recipe with Nutter Butters. I don’t have a classic Peanut Butter Ball Recipe, [...] Monday, January 21, 2008

Grocery item goes gourmet Oreo Truffles made with, you guessed it… oreo cookies. They are super easy to make and even easier to eat. They are crushed oreos blended with cream [...] Monday, January 14, 2008

Holiday Chocolate Chip Cookies Made these cookies with these cute little morsels… Thanks mom for finding these swirled cuties. [...] Monday, December 10, 2007

Crumbly Cranberry Shortbread Cookies Unfortunately these cookies did not come out exactly like I had hoped. They did however taste really good so I’ll make them again one day. I think [...] Monday, November 12, 2007