No doubt you have likely had a Lofthouse sugar cookie- super soft with a very thick layer of frosting. It’s weird that they are hard to resist, because if you think about it, a) they couldn’t be faker tasting and b) how do they manage to look so pale even after being baked? Well, these…
Category: Dessert
Chocolate Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting and Coconut
Cakes are always so much fun to make! While neither of us would necessarily call cake our favorite dessert (we prefer things like ice cream, cheesecake, chocolate chip cookies, and anything citrus…a lemon bar sounds good right now), we love to make them. This cake, however, is fun both to make and to eat. It…
Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies with Nutella
For a while, we haven’t really loved Nutella, shocking though that is. Neither of us really like hazelnuts that much, so we usually don’t bother eating it. That is, until we saw these cookies. We figured that there was nothing to lose as far as making them, so why not try them out? Well, good…
Butterscotch Pudding
We recently got a subscription to Cook’s Illustrated Magazine, and this recipe immediately popped out to us for two reasons. One, we had a lot of leftover egg yolks from making macarons, and two, butterscotch pudding is delicious and this sounded like a great recipe. And oh, it is. This pudding is creamy and full…
French Macarons with Vanilla Swiss Meringue Buttercream
We are super excited about today’s post because it is about our first time making French macarons and Swiss Meringue Buttercream. We have been wanting to make macarons for ages because they are just so pretty and delicious! We weren’t able to make them until now because they require almond meal, which for some reason,…
Lemon Poppy Seed Muffins
We both love lemon poppy seed stuff. There’s something so fresh and delicious about the combination. These muffins were no exception! A while ago, we made lemon poppy seed muffins and they were dense, dry, and lacking muffin flavor. We set out to find a better recipe, and we did! These muffins are tender, vibrantly…
Apple Cider Caramels
To be honest, I’m not totally sure why we made apple cider caramels in the middle of winter. Apple cider is usually a fall kind of thing. Regardless, though, they are awesome. Chewy (but not stick-to-your teeth kind of chewy), buttery, and tangy. They taste like apple cider and cinnamon, but who says that you…
Gooey Cinnamon Squares
A lot of people seem to love gooey butter cake- a layer of cake with a creamy topping that’s baked on. While it always sounded great to us, we never tried it, for several reasons, including the fact that “butter” is part of the title- something about that is slightly off-putting when you are trying…
Swedish Almond Cardamon Wreath
This dessert is the type of thing that, if we had never had it before, we would be tempted to skip over for other desserts. It’s not that we’re particularly picky, but “Swedish Almond Cardamom Wreath” just doesn’t have the same ring to it as, say, “Salted Caramel Double-Chocolate Brownie.” However, we’re here to tell…
Eggnog Muffins
We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas with their families and friends! We had a nice, quiet Christmas at home with our grandparents and family, enjoying some delicious baked goods and their company! These muffins were actually our breakfast Christmas morning, and they were too delicious not to share, even though Christmas itself is technically…
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