Baking

Fudgy Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Treats

These peanut butter rice Krispie treats treats are anything but ordinary. The bottom layer of these bars is a fudgy blondie base that you will adore.

Delicious Ways to Use Your Sourdough Starter

When we don’t feel like making bread, we still like to put our starter to good use. Besides a loaf here are some other delicious things to make that will use your sourdough starter.

Summer Bumbleberry Pie

This gorgeous summer Bumbleberry Pie gets its sweet tart flavor from four kinds of berries plus a hint of rhubarb. Decorate the sweet with a simple star crust for a festive dessert.

Banana Cake with Caramel Mousse

This nutty banana cake is enrobed in a decadent caramel mousse and drizzled with a caramel espresso sauce before serving. A sweet tooth’s dream!

Strawberry Jam Crumble Bars

Looking for a recipe for easy bar cookies for a picnic, barbecue or potluck? These Strawberry Jam Crumble Bars are simply shortbread bars with jam and a tasty cinnamon crumble, so easy and so good.

Porter, Coffee and Chocolate Bread Pudding

Use up that day-old bread you have on your counter and make a decadent dessert by soaking it in porter beer, coffee and chocolate. This chocolate bread pudding topped with a dollop of whipped cream is a perfect dessert.

Strawberries and Tres Leches Cake

This Tres Leches cake is one of those cakes that is easy to make and should be made several days in advance to taste great. Top each slice with fresh strawberries and whipped cream for a perfectly seasonal dessert.

Roasted Strawberry Muffins with Figs

These muffins are loaded with roasted strawberries and figs and are made without refined sugar, so you can actually eat them for breakfast with coffee and not be on a crazy sugar high.

Easy Rhubarb Coffee Cake

Topped with a buttery, cinnamon crumble, this easy rhubarb coffee cake is a stellar brunch treat or dessert.

Blueberry Pound Cake

This blueberry pound cake is the perfect spring and summer dessert recipe. It is tender and swirled with blueberries, perfect with a scoop of ice cream.

Buttermilk Pie Topped with Strawberries

A Southern buttermilk pie meets fresh glazed strawberries in this delightful dessert.

Brown Butter Lemon Bars

Revamping a classic dessert with a browned butter shortbread crust and a touch of orange sweetness to make the best brown butter lemon bars ever.

Pizza Dough with Beer

This pizza dough recipe takes only about 30 minutes to rise and uses beer to help it rise and for great flavor.

Shortbread and Brown Sugar Bars

With a shortbread crust and a soft, sweet center, these brown sugar bars are our new favorite sweet to bring to potlucks.

How to Make Homemade Sourdough Bread

A crisp outer crust, a chewy, sour center and no special tools needed. Check out our guide to making homemade sourdough bread in your own kitchen.

Deep, Dark Chocolate Stout Bundt Cake

A rich chocolate stout bundt cake topped with a creamy chocolate stout ganache.

Strawberry Galette

These rustic strawberry galettes are a perfect size for two and make a couple mini tarts or can be baked into one large galette. It’s a great dessert to showcase spring berries.

Almond-Cherry Coffee Cake

Need an easy coffee cake for a brunch gathering? This almond-cherry coffee cake with a beautiful glaze should be your go-to.

Carrot Cake Banana Bread with Maple Icing

When two good things come together, great things happen. You’re about to fall in love with this carrot cake banana bread topped with a creamy maple icing.

Mini Strawberry-Rhubarb Crumble

This seasonal strawberry-rhubarb crumble is easy to put together and makes for a great dessert for two people. Sweet and just a touch tart, a perfect treat.

Marshmallow Peanut Butter Cookie Bars

These marshmallow peanut butter cookie bars are filled with peanut butter cups, chocolate chips, and marshmallow fluff. Ridiculously rich and totally delicious.

Strawberry Babka Bread

babka. sweet, twisted, yeast bread. what’s not to love? it makes the perfect sweet breakfast…

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Molasses Cookies

These Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Molasses Cookies are soft, chewy and packed full of walnuts and chocolate chips.

Easy Blueberry Snack Cake

There’s something so charming about mixing ingredients together to the soundtrack of a spring rain.…

Baileys Chocolate Cake

This rich chocolate cake is baked with Baileys Irish Cream and layered with a sweet, spiked whipped cream.

Almond Poppyseed Muffins

These poppyseed muffins are anything but ordinary. Made with almond extract, they’re especially soft and flavorful and are topped with a glorious vanilla bean glaze.

Mexican Chocolate Desserts We’re Devouring This Week

Mexican chocolate is truly a wonderful thing. While an exact definition might be elusive, it is often roasted with cinnamon and other spices and comes with a more granular texture. Check out these decadent Mexican chocolate desserts we devouring this week leading up to Cinco de Mayo.

Sprinkle-Loaded Birthday Cake Scones
Breakfast Treat: Birthday Cake Scones

These fun looking birthday cake scones are loaded with sprinkles and are as whimsical as they are delicious.

Lavender and Lemon Shortbreads

I’m a lavender lover from way back but, let’s be honest… lavender belongs in the…

Baked Oatmeal with Spring Rhubarb

Sweet, tart and with warm ginger and cinnamon, this baked oatmeal with spring rhubarb is a great breakfast on a cool morning.

Dark Chocolate Scones with Raspberries

Full of rich, dark chocolate and fresh raspberries, these scones are everything we imagined and more.

Stunning, Sweet Cream Strawberry Shortcake

With beautiful layers and symmetry, this strawberry shortcake is made with fresh berries, a layer of sponge cake and sweet cream.

Almond Cake with Mango and Whipped Mascarpone Cream

This is one dreamy dessert. Soft almond cake slices are served simply with fresh mango and sweetened whipped mascarpone cream.

Shortbread Cookies with Lavender

Spruce up your next batch of buttery shortbread cookies with lavender for a fun floral addition that’s perfect for spring.

New York-Style Oreo Cheesecake

This thick cheesecake is made tall and dense to be New York-style with Oreos in the batter and an Oreo crust.

Mocha Chocolate Cupcakes

A touch of coffee in the cupcakes and frosting is just what your next batch of cupcakes needs. Serve up these mocha chocolate cupcakes at your next gathering.

Cream Cheese and Carrot Bundt Cake

Perfect for spring, make a pan of this carrot bunt cake covered with a sweet cream cheese icing.

Soft Lemon Ricotta Cake

Inspired by Italian desserts, this simple cake is soft and filled with bright lemon flavor.

Blueberry Banana Blender Muffins

These Blueberry Banana Blender Muffins are everything you could ever want in a morning muffin. They’re packed with protein and flavor to keep you fueled and happy.

Individual Strawberry Crisps

Step into spring with these berry-loaded strawberry crisps topped with an oat crumble.

Pastel de Nuez: Sephardic Walnut Cake

Pastel de Nuez is an old Sephardic walnut cake family recipe. It is a delicious, moist kosher recipe that is perfect for passover, but you can totally enjoy it all year round.

Spring Dutch Baby with Lemon Curd

Serve up a festive spring brunch with a buttery dutch baby pancake topped with bright lemon curd and fresh berries.

Fresh Strawberry Lattice Pie

Celebrate spring with a gorgeous fresh strawberry lattice pie loaded with the fruit of the season.

Gluten Free Tahini Chocolate Muffins

These Tahini Chocolate Muffins are gluten free, sweetened with maple syrup and perfect if you’re trying to eat Paleo.

Blue Cheese Rolls

These warm pull-apart cheese rolls are loaded blue cheese and the perfect fun appetizer.

Semolina Lemon Cakes

I use semolina very often as it is one of the major ingredient used in…

Pretty in Pastel: Beautiful Desserts for Easter and all of Spring

Spring is here and Easter is right around the corner. Celebrate the coming festivities with these beautiful desserts with pretty pastel hues.

Buckeye Cookies

These buckeye cookies have a rich, chocolate base with a sweet peanut butter center and a chocolate drizzle on top. It’s the perfect sweet and chewy cookie.

Lasagna Bread: Scaccia Ragusana

Hailing from Sicily, this lasagna bread, also known as Scaccia Ragusana, is layered with sauce, cheese, herbs and even eggplant. We’re in love with it and you will be too.

Chocolate Paleo Banana Bread

This recipe for Chocolate Paleo Banana Bread tastes decadent and is loaded with chocolate chunks, but is completely gluten free, grain free, dairy free, and refined sugar free.

Buttermilk Lemon Poppyseed Cake

An easy, everyday Buttermilk Lemon Poppyseed Cake that is not too sweet and is perfect for spring brunch or dessert.

Chocolate Ganache and Raspberry Brownies

A base layer of rich brownie topped with a layer of raspberry jam and finished with a smooth chocolate ganache make up these delicious chocolate and raspberry brownies that also happen to be gluten free.

Caramel Cashew Magic Bars

Decadent magic bars filled with chocolate, caramel, coconut, and cashews. A fun, rich, and easy dessert you can serve at any occasion.

Banana Crumble Muffins

Need to use up some brown bananas? These banana muffins have a drool-worthy crumble topping and are so easy to whip up.

Almond Strawberry Cake

A tall, impressive dessert layered with almond cake, strawberry compote and strawberry buttercream.

Paleo Orange Cake (Gluten, Dairy, Nut & Coconut Free)

The perfect grain free recipe to fight chocolate cravings. These delicious, healthy treats are paleo, gluten, dairy and nut free.

Sheermal: Saffron and Cardamom Flatbread

Sheermal is an aromatic flatbread flavored with saffron and ground cardamom. It’s delicious on it’s own or slathered with Nutella.

Banana Cream Tart

A delicious take on the classic banana cream pie, this time served in a tart and topped with fun toppings likes a Banoffee Pie.

Orange and Yogurt Bundt Cake

This soft yogurt bundt cake is flavored with oranges and served with a delicious Indian cream sauce.

Gluten-Free: Banana Oatmeal Peanut Butter Cookies

These gluten free cookies are so easy to make and just might be devoured in minutes. Serve as a dessert or nutritious snack.