A Day for my Lulu

Evening, y'all! So today would be my sweet Lizzie's 10th birthday. Lots of emotions, but trying to focus on all the good times. I woke up early and went to a barre class, one of my favorite workouts. Then I went to the first farmer's market of the season. What a beautiful morning! I bought … Continue reading A Day for my Lulu

Lazy Baker- 3 Ingredient Cookies Using Boxed Cake Mix

The girls spied a cake box mix in the cabinet a few days ago. Really? Who bought that? Oh, yeah...that was me a few weeks ago when the girls asked me to help them make a pink cake. I caved in and bought it, but it has been hidden in a unorganized pantry this whole … Continue reading Lazy Baker- 3 Ingredient Cookies Using Boxed Cake Mix

Chocolate Peanut Butter Semifreddo

Evening ya'll! This was a scary undertaking...semifreddo...YIKES! I was scared at first that I could not pull this off. I was SO wrong. Looks complicated..lots of steps and patience is a must! But it was really not that hard! This was perfect and had the girls and me eating off the cutting board with forks. … Continue reading Chocolate Peanut Butter Semifreddo

Nutella and Banana Puff Pastry

I was reading a cooking magazine today that shared a recipe for Nutella and Banana Crepes. I had over ripe bananas and almost an entire container of Nutella in my pantry. I also remembered I had a box of puff pastry in the freezer. I would love to make crepes, but one of my favorite … Continue reading Nutella and Banana Puff Pastry

Puff Pastry Fruit Pies

These were so easy. All I did was defrost some frozen fruit (I used peaches and a berry blend). I used 2 puff pastry shells. I put the fruit in the middle of the puff pasty and enclosed the sides. Then I mixed an egg and gave the outside a good coating of egg wash … Continue reading Puff Pastry Fruit Pies

Candy Cookie Bars

Do you have any leftover Halloween candy? Then this is for you!!!! CANDY COOKIE BARS INGREDIENTS: 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted 1/2 cup sugar 1 cup packed light brown sugar 2 large eggs 1 teaspoons vanilla extract 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoons salt Candy of your choice...I used about 1 1/2 cups … Continue reading Candy Cookie Bars

Pound Cake

E wanted Strawberry Shortcake. It was her job at the store to remind me to get a pound cake or angel food cake from the bakery. She didn't, but she said that I could just make some. Challenge accepted! Pinterest helped me with this. Pound Cake: Ingredients •4 cups all purpose flour •3 cups sugar … Continue reading Pound Cake