Chex Christmas Crack This Chex Christmas Crack is gooey and chewy and crunchy and sweet and salty – it’s really everything that is delicious! Every Christmas season I make this Chex Christmas Crack. (Click here to see my other Holiday Desserts.) And every year I promise myself I won’t make it again until next holiday season because it’s so.dang.addictive! This…
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Chocolate Chocolate Peppermint Cookies The Holiday baking season is here. For someone whose love language is baking, it’s a busy time of year! It’s December 5th and I’ve already made several batches of these cookies, several batches of caramels, fudge, sugar cookies, cakes, and taught a baking night at church. It’s busy but I love it. Baking can sometimes seem…
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Easiest Creamy Chocolate Fudge Adapted from the Kraft fudge, this Easiest Creamy Chocolate Fudge is a little creamier than the original but still just as easy & delicious. Sometimes I can’t believe how much I’ve made this fudge in my life – I started making it when we got married over 15 years ago, and have made it every Christmas…
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White Chocolate Cranberry Cake Every year in December I get the crazy need to bake. So much. Maybe too much? (See my other desserts here.) I deliver most of our baked goods to friends and neighbors, but of course we like to sample them as well! This White Chocolate Cranberry Cake was one my kids and husband loved so much….
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Chocolate Gingerbread Cake with Cinnamon Buttercream Baking with my family during the holidays is one of my favorite times of the year. Baking with family really brings everyone together. If you need an easy but elegant holiday treat this year, this Chocolate Gingerbread Cake with Cinnamon Buttercream is the treat for you. It’s made with a doctored up Cake Mix….
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Maple Caramel Pecan Sticky Buns – sticky maple caramel sauce cooked over soft, fluffy rolls with cinnamon, cardamom, & orange zest. One of my husband’s favorite treats is Pecan Rolls. Though I’ve made my Cinnamon Rolls and Raspberry Sweet Rolls many times before, I’d never tried my hand at pecan rolls. After getting the Dessert Person book I knew this…
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Cinnamon Snickerdoodle Cake with Swiss Meringue Buttercream We celebrated my husband’s birthday this week – our 4th quarantine birthday! We definitely need some good treats for a quarantine birthday when there aren’t a lot of other things to do or restaurants to visit. We love cakes to celebrate around here. I’m not sure I can ever go back to normal…
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Best Ever Pumpkin Pie This Best Ever Pumpkin Pie is made with heavy cream instead of evaporated milk, and tons of flavorful spices – it has so much flavor! My family loves pumpkin pie. It’s probably their favorite Holiday dessert. Especially my husband. I’ve been tinkering around with recipes trying to come up with the best pumpkin pie for you….
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This Herb and Butter Stuffing is a homemade version of your favorite store-bought stove top stuffing. It’s simple and delicious! Last year for Thanksgiving I started testing out a simple stuffing recipe – still made with crusty bread and lots of fresh herbs, but without as many add-ins as my Sausage Apple Cranberry Stuffing. I wanted a lot of butter…
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