In efforts to be healthy-adjacent and still indulge our sweet tooth (toothes? teeth? Ugh. Whatever!), we decided to try a healthier version of a cookie.
Category: sweets
pairs well with: Zero Dark Thirty + lo-cal apple crisp
http://youtu.be/cAtWcvCxPhc “Zero Dark Thirty” stars Jessica Chastain as the woman who hunted and eventually found Osama bin Laden.
twelve drummers drumming: oreo drum cookies
We leave you on the last of our 12 days of Christmas with a decadent and super-easy holiday treat.
santa hat brownies
We should be ashamed that all the ingredients are completely store bought, but we aren’t. We saw these adorable things on Pinterest, and HAD to make them. Kids or very easily entertained adults (such as us) will find these things as cute as they are delicious and easy to make. Seriously, these things are super easy, as…
five golden rings: pineapple upside-down cake
Other than being delicious, this particular cake (that we adapted from Balthazar in New York) and like most great recipes, comes with a comical memory.
two turtle doves: laura’s carmelitas
Over Thanksgiving break, my younger sister brought me a version of these treats from my former (her current) English teacher from our small school in rural Missouri.
jessica’s sugar cookies
We know what you’re thinking: sugar cookies aren’t the most exciting thing you’ve ever made or eaten.
champagne cupcakes + lemon raspberry buttercream
We love a good cupcake almost as much as we love a flute full of bubbly. So, it was only a matter of time until we figured out a way to combine the two.
aunt lena’s apple butter
By now you’ve noticed that our posts often have a sarcastic edge, or are stories told with an air of humor. This one will be a bit different, and a little more heartfelt.