Apple Pie for One (In an Apple!)

Apple Pie is the quintessential American dessert. And what’s better than apple pie in an actual apple? I only ever have apple pie once a year. Usually, on Thanksgiving. Of course, the apple pie never really gets the attention it deserves on this particular holiday, at least not from me! In the company of a fresh…

Chunky Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

What are some of your favorite foods? I tend to lean to the “sweet” side of the food group (if dessert is counted as a food group) when asked this question. My favorites are peanut butter, chocolate chip cookies, carrot cake, and coffee ice cream, to name just a few. And we all know I…

Decadent Dark Chocolate Covered Strawberries

I have something to confess… I’m a habitual midnight snacker. Or, at the very least, late night snacker. For instance, during the school year I head upstairs to do my homework at about 8. Now, we finish diner around 7 so I spend the next 30 to 45 minutes making my overnight oats and lunch for…

Healthy Chips Ahoy! Chocolate Chip Cookie Dupe

Chips Ahoy! Chocolate Chip Cookies are addictive. I can’t stop after just one. Or two. Or three, for that matter! This past Sunday, I went to church with one of my best friends, Phebe. After each service, the church hosts a small “social” featuring fruit, goldfish, and cookies galore! Luckily, I was so stuffed from the…

Chocolate Cake in a Mug

This mug cake took me 8 tries to get right. That’s right. For the past three days I have stood in my kitchen dirtying just about every mug we own to try to create the perfect chocolate mug cake. And it was no picnic, let me tell you. Not because I had to taste-test all eight, no…