Baking

There is something mildly depressing about coming home from the sun and sand to a few inches of freshly fallen snow.  In March, no less.

It all started with a lazy Sunday afternoon. And when that inner 7th grader came out and started taking way too many self-takes in PhotoBooth, […]

Rice Krispie treats + chocolate chip cookies + peanut butter = MORE, please! As if Monster Cookies weren’t already tempting enough, they are now gooey, vanilla, […]

Last week, a student arrived to school a few hours late. He had been at an appointment. I told him about the writing project that […]

I think we can all agree that, in life, smells are everything.  And in my experience, smells are either really good or really, really bad. […]

I knew there was a reason I made a salad this week. I must have known that this luscious dessert breakfast was coming. This cake […]

Everyone has a soft spot in their hearts for banana bread. Including myself. Nevermind the fact that I’d already baked cookies and muffins in the […]

It all starts here. In reality, it could all end right here and I’d be one happy cookie monster. But the true mastermind here is […]

I find that the best thing for me to do during a blizzard is bake. Shovel? Rescue my car? Nah. Bake tasty muffins? Wrap presents? […]

Pumpkin Pecan Cheesecake Parfaits! The bad news is that it’s not exactly health food. The good news is that it’s tasty. Like, go ahead and […]