Um, hello. Remember last week when I posted this Peppermint Bark recipe and went on and on about how I can't bake in the slightest? STILL TRUE but makes the creation of these cookies that much more miraculous. I mean, I 100% cheated by using cake mix, but I'm okay with that. Cheating is highly necessary for me when it comes to baking. On top of the chocolate cake mix that we use as the base for ...
15 Minute Peppermint Bark
Hello, my name is Annie, and I am incompetent when it comes to baking. I rarely post desserts on here because I've been known to ruin a BOXED BROWNIE mix. Aka I can't bake. Hence why the first dessert I've posted on here in I don't know how long is literally melted chocolate that you spread onto a baking sheet...holllaaahhhhh - this is my kind of homemade dessert! And the cool thing is that ...
The Easiest Roasted Butternut Squash
This really is the easiest thing ever. I discovered its simplicity when I was roasting up my squash for this Butternut Mac and Cheese. I was going for the easiest and tiniest amount of prep possible since it was part of another recipe, but it ended up being SUUPPPAAA BOSS. I was close to just stopping and making it its own recipe right then and there, but I decided to wait and finish up the Mac ...
Cinnamon Cheesecake Stuffed Crescent Rolls
Ah, crescent rolls. I love you an extra ton because baking is not one of my strong suits. Number one: I make a massive, giant, huge, kitchen-earthquake of a mess. Number two: my stuff never turns out right. Number three: it's not as much fun as cooking because you have to stick to the recipe and get out a billion and one measuring cups and spoons. Whoops, sorry...a billion and two. BUT - then ...
Pecan Bacon Brussels Sprouts with Sweet Cider Vinaigrette
OH MY GOSH I'm sorry I've been so MIA. I've had 8pm work days all of this week, and they continue through the end of next week because I'm helping with the play at school, and the performance is next Friday. So...basically I get home and go to bed. Just bear with me this week and next week if I seem quite absent - I promise I will be around consistently once these next few weeks are over! Now, ...
Ultimate 5 Minute Homemade Hot Chocolate
Yes. So much yes. There is nothing better in this world than a hot mug of cocoa warming your hands as the snow is coming down outside. Or, in Kansas' case right now, no snow but BITTER cold temperatures. It was fifteen degrees this morning. Some of you North Dakota and Minnesota natives may be rolling your eyes at me right now, but for this North Carolinian, THAT IS AWFUL. The Cackalackies weren't ...
Peppermint Bark Christmas Crunch
Whooooooooops sorry for my crazy absence last week! I wasn't feelin' so hot, food didn't sound good, and I couldn't bring myself to write delicious things about my recipes when they all sounded "blech" to me. THE STRUGGLE IS REAL. I have three supa yummy recipes comin' your way this week, though. So...forgive me? Forgive me if I tell you all about the delicious Christmas treat that is: PEPPERMINT ...
My Christmas Bucket List
Okay, okay, okay, okay, THANKSGIVING IS OVER...meaning what? Meaning, my dear friends, that it is officially the start of the Christmas season! Much love for ya, Thanksgiving, but you had your month, now get movin' so we can start celebrating the best holiday/time of year EVA. The day after Thanksgiving is basically its own holiday in my mind. I always try SO hard to hold back from any ...
Ciabatta and Pork Sausage Stuffing
Stuffing? Dressing? I know that technically this would be called "dressing" because it's baked separately from the turkey, but it feels wrong for me to call it that. We have always called it stuffing, and dressing is the liquidy stuff that you put on da lettuces. And that's that! Just kidding...you can call it whatever you want. Just let it be known that I do accept the fact that the correct term ...
Overnight Slow Cooker Apple Butter
Okay, halllooooo FALL. I know, I know...I'm five days late. Absolutely unacceptable for someone like me who lives through their entire year looking forward to the first day of fall. BUT, can I please make up for my lateness by giving you this recipe for the best apple butter in the whole entire world? Okay, good. Preesh. I will explain my VERY long (over two weeks...yikes) absence from this ...