This easy banana bundt cake recipe is sweet, moist, and proof that having too many leftover ripe bananas is a good thing. I featured a version of this delicious cake in my Bundt cookbook (more on that, below.) And since I have a habit of buying bananas every time that I go to the grocery...
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]]>Spiced Apple Zucchini Bread is delicious with my morning coffee, for a snack after a workout, for something sweet before bed.....or before dinner (I find excuses to eat it all day long.) As far as zucchini recipes go, I have a hunch that this will become your new favorite. This bread is moist, dense, not overly...
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]]>I've been making this homemade chicken pot pie recipe on repeat whenever the weather calls for classic comfort food. It features a colorful array of tender vegetables and roasted chicken enveloped in a creamy sauce and topped with flaky buttermilk biscuits. One recipe feeds the entire family.....and leaves enough for the best lunch leftovers the...
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]]>Everyone should have a never-fail recipe for easy blueberry muffins up their sleeve (next to their never-fail chocolate chip cookie recipe.) A recipe you can whip up at a moment's notice, one that wafts an intoxicating aroma throughout the house, and one that impresses the heck out of your mother-in-law. Overflowing with plump blueberries and crowned...
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]]>Celebrate this Mardi Gras season by making my version of a traditional King Cake, which is baked in a Bundt and topped with a tart, lemony glaze. Simply hand your guests a buttery cinnamon sugar-filled slice of cake and laissez les bon temps rouler (let the good times roll)! What exactly Is a King Cake?...
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]]>You will be hard-pressed to find someone who turns down these from-scratch buttermilk biscuits filled with flaky layers and surrounded by a crisp, golden brown crust. As a twist on traditional buttermilk biscuit recipes, my version adds fresh herbs and a dash of black pepper, meaning they smell even more amazing while you patiently wait...
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]]>This baked four cheese pasta recipe is my homemade version of the popular hot pasta dish served at your favorite Italian restaurants. Also known as pasta ai quattro formaggi, this dish will sing to your savory side with a tangy and creamy cheese sauce, chewy penne pasta, and a crunchy, buttery crust. Why Four Cheese...
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]]>There are thousands of variations on the chocolate chip cookie. Everyone from Nestle to Neiman Marcus claims that their sweet treat is the best, but we all know that this honor goes to the cookies that come straight out of our own ovens. This loaded Cowboy Cookies recipe creates a thick, lightly spiced oatmeal chocolate...
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]]>My easy vegetarian chili recipe won the grand prize in a national contest that called for healthy recipes. Now, chili is a hotly debated subject (no pun intended.) There are over one hundred chili cook-offs in the state of Texas alone, and there are countless opinions as to what should go into the perfect chili...
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]]>My bacon cheddar jalapeño cornbread is the perfect cornbread for anyone who has written off this side dish as being too boring, flavorless, dry, or blah. Full of palate-pleasing savory flavors and eye-catching colors, this moist homemade cornbread is baked in a Bundt pan (you know I love my Bundts!), making it easy to slice...
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]]>Drizzling scones with orange glaze.
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]]>I first made this traditional Italian rainbow cookies recipe about ten years ago, when I wanted something unique and eye catching to add to my Christmas cookie plates. Since then, these festive treats with a cake-like texture and a sweet almond flavor have been come a staple of my holiday baking routine. Three reasons I...
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]]>In the event that you haven't noticed (or if you're new here), I am a big fan of anything gingerbread. If my recipes for gingerbread biscotti, creme brûlée and macarons tell you anything, it's that I'm a spice girl. So, it's only natural that I have a great recipe for the MVP of Christmas cookies:...
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]]>In the blink of an eye, your "scout elf" has returned from the North Pole. Yay. Now it's time to come up with 25 (or more) great ideas for daily holiday season surprises. Yikes. These adorable elf on the shelf cookies make an appearance in my house every year, and they are always a hit....
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]]>These rich, deeply chocolate sugar cookies are some of my favorite things to make for the chocolate lovers in my life. Whether the cookies are complemented by a bright peppermint royal icing for Christmas or shaped into hearts for Valentine's Day, this is one of my go-to recipes for cut-out cookies...but with a chocolatey twist....
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