Have you started your Thanksgiving food prep? Do you make the same menu every year or do you like to change it up from year to year? Do you like the traditional Thanksgiving feast or are you adventurous with your sides? So many Thanksgiving questions, so little time! If you haven’t already figured out your…
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sweet potato biscuits and leftover thanksgiving sandwiches
Fun fact: Did you know North Carolina is the largest sweet potato producer in the United States? Yup, the sweet potatoes in your Thanksgiving dish might be from the Great North State :) My junior year of college I studied abroad in the Netherlands. I was there for the fall semester and really noticed the differences…
apple hand pies with bourbon sauce
I am not a huge fan of apple pie. You are probably wondering where this is going. We usually have a few different dessert options after our Thanksgiving meal. Pumpkin pie and pecan pie are the usual winners for me. Sometimes we have apple pie, but our apple dessert is usually reserved for the apple…
pumpkin pie bars with chocolate chip gingerbread crust and cinnamon whipped cream
Are you gearing up for Thanksgiving yet? I was at the mall this weekend and saw Christmas decorations in stores, both for sale and for festivity. I’m halfway excited because I LOVE LOVE LOVE Christmas, but I also think Thanksgiving should have it’s time to shine. My family has so many traditions associated with both…
secretly vegan pumpkin bread
I have a slight pumpkin obsession. I started making pumpkin bread the last week of August. It sounds early, but at the time we were so close to fall and nothing pumpkin was out in stores yet. Pumpkin was calling my name and I couldn’t resist. It was like the teaser to the full-on pumpkin…
chewy ginger cookies with apple cider caramel
Get out your pots and pans. These are worth making now. I have already professed my love for apple cider and for pumpkin flavored foods. Basically fall is wonderful because it is the only time both are around. While pumpkin is my number one obsession when the weather cools down, I have a soft spot…
gluten free chocolate chip cookies
We’re branching out today. These chewy, tender cookies are filled with chocolate puddles and are gluten free! Stay with me here, you’ll like them whether you fill your diet with gluten or leave it out. A few of my good friends from college can’t have gluten. As a baker, even in college, I always wanted to…
salted caramel dark chocolate hazelnut praline paris-brest
Get ready. You are about to experience an overload of pictures and an immense desire for chocolate and pastry cream. Or maybe that’s just me. Meet the Paris-Brest. I am so excited to tell you about this dessert. The Paris-Brest is a famous french pastry named after the cycling race, the Paris-Brest-Paris. One of the…
key lime pie with pretzel crust
I had every intention to post this recipe yesterday, as I usually do. I had all of the pictures ready, the recipe written on a note card, ready to be transcribed, but I have bad reactions to bug bites and stings. What does that have to do with this post, you ask? On Saturday I…
no-churn chocolate chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream
The summer after I graduated from high school I worked in a small local ice cream shop. The shop opened a month or two before I applied for the job and I’m pretty sure they were just desperate for anyone who was willing to learn how to make waffle cones and work minimum wage. The…