Baking

  • One Pan Cereal Bars

    One Pan Cereal Bars

    If you love homemade cereal bars but avoid making them because they are such a pain, your life is about to change forever. Say goodbye to the rush of stuffing sticky cereal pieces into a baking dish before it cools. No longer will you need to soak away a 1/4 of the gooey mixture left…

  • Graham Cracker Toffee

    Graham Cracker Toffee

    Ingredients: About a sleeve and a half of graham crackers2 sticks (1 cup) butter1 cup brown sugar8 ounces semisweet chocolate chips (about 1 1/3 cups) Directions: Preheat oven to 425FLine a half sheet pan with parchment paper and arrange the crackers in a single layer. In a small saucepan, melt butter and brown sugar together…

  • Chocolate Chip Shorties

    Chocolate Chip Shorties

    I accidentally made these cookies. I didn’t have my glasses on, so what I thought said ¼ was actually ¾ and I made a batch of chocolate chip cookies with 1 cup less sugar than the recipe called for. I knew as soon as I opened the oven to pull them out something was wrong.…

  • Focaccia

    Focaccia

    This is a super easy recipe. If you like sopping up sauce with bread, this might be the best thing you’ll find all day. Ingredients 1 ¾ cups warm water 1 package (2¼ teaspoons) active dry yeast 1 tablespoon sugar 5 cups all-purpose flour, plus additional for kneading 1 tablespoon salt, plus kosher salt for…

  • Easy Homemade Bagels

    Easy Homemade Bagels

    The drama a had over making bagels from scratch was completely unnecessary. This is beginner-level baking. Five stars-highly recommend. Ingredients Instructions Whisk 1 and 1/2 cups lukewarm water, 1 tsp sugar, and 2 ¼ tsp yeast together in your stand mixer bowl.. Let it sit uncovered for 10 minutes.  With a dough hook attachment, add…

  • White Bread

    White Bread

    My grandpa had to have a slice of white bread with dinner. Fork, spoon, knife, slice of white bread smeared with the most even, yet thin coat of counter butter-that was my grandma’s touch. My love of bread started there, but now I’m a little crunchy and prefer a rustic homemade loaf. Here is my…

  • Garlic Butter Cheddar Cheese Biscuits

    Can you guess what this copycat recipe is? These biscuits are super easy and go from a thought in your head to the table in about 30 minutes.

  • Classic Coffee Cake Muffins

    Classic Coffee Cake Muffins

    A classic, crumbly coffee cake is perfect as muffins or a cake. This recipe makes 18 muffins plus a small cake.