• Blackberry Cobbler

    Last summer, a friend of mine brought me a few bags of blackberries picked at her parents home.  While I love the flavor of the berries, I’ve never been a huge fan because of the little seeds in them, but my husband loves them!  In fact, I usually have homemade blackberry jelly in the pantry …

  • Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

    “Let them eat cake”!  While this quote has been attributed to Marie Antoinette (and sources say she probably never really said it), I say, “YES”!  You should do it!  After all, it has your basic food groups!  There’s grain-(flour), vegetables-(carrots), protein-(nuts), dairy-(butter & cream cheese). OK, I stretched that a bit!  I’m good at justifying …

  • Surprise Cupcakes

    Today we celebrated my baby girl’s 13th birthday.  Where has the time gone?  This is my baby, the youngest of my four children!  I can’t believe how quickly that 10 lb 6 oz pound baby girl has grown into this beautiful young teenage girl!  And to top it off, she is just as beautiful on …

  • Toasted Coconut, Toffee, & Chocolate Chip Cookies

    A number of years ago, a best selling book was written by Dale Carnegie called, “How to Win Friends and Influence People”.  While I haven’t actually read that book, I think I already know how to win friends & influence people.  You just bake them cookies!  I mean who doesn’t love fresh, hot cookies straight …