Who doesn’t love a sticky bun. Soft, flakey dough, spiraled with cinnamon kissed brown sugar, topped with lightly toasted pecans, then drenched is a gooey, sticky caramel that runs down the side. I mean, if you can’t get into that, I’m not sure we could be friends (says the girl who married the boy who hates…
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Roasted Butternut Squash Ravioli
I decided that I had to make this at home because I never get to order it out any more. When I was working, my boss used to take us out to Milestones for work lunches once in a while, and I would always order the butternut squash ravioli. The problem with not working is…
Apple Walnut Empanadas
It seems like almost every time I turn on the food network, someone is making some version of empanadas. I finally couldn’t take it any more and decided to get in on the action. I mean, how can you go wrong with something that you can eat with one hand and no fork? I’ve seen…
Sugar and Spice Candied Nuts
These are a favorite of mine, especially around the holidays. I made them this past weekend for our Canadian Thanksgiving, and I’ll be making them again in a couple of months for Christmas. You can use pretty much any kind of nut, but if I were you I’d stick to the traditional ones: pecans and…
Classic Pound Cake 3 Ways
A couple of weeks ago I decided to do a fondue. The fondue is another story entirely. It’s a story that involves a new fondue set, a sticker, a slight fire, and a pot full of once delicious but rendered inedible chocolate that tasted distinctly of smoke. Any way, these recipes come into play because I…
Granola
This is one of the easiest things in the world to make, and it is so great. So much better then those boxed granola style cereals that you buy, and it’s fantastic sprinkled on top of yogurt or ice cream. You can add basically anything that you like to it as well, this recipe is…
5 Minute Cookie Bars
This is one of those cookie bars that you’ve probably all had, but maybe you’ve never made yourself. Well, surprise, they only take about 5 minutes to throw together, then 25 to bake. So, the next time you get that phone call from your sister/aunt/mother/friend that you’re invited to a party and bring a dessert,…
Nan’s Buttertarts
Buttertarts This is my great-grandmothers recipe for buttertarts, and it’s so simple that I almost feel like they can’t possibly be as good as they are. And they are good. I’m currently trying to find a fair to enter them in (because yeah, on my bucket list, right next to making it into the Guiness Book…
Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake
Texas Sheet Cake Can I put this under snacks? Because seriously, I could graze on it all. damn. day. Prep Time: 20 minutes Bake Time: 20 minutes Serves: 10 (unless I’m there, then pretty much only me) Ingredients: Cake 2 cups flour 2 cups white sugar ¼ tsp salt 7 tbsp cocoa powder 1 cup butter (16 tbsp…
Monkey Bread
Monkey Bread First off, a warning. This takes some time…like…a lot of time. It’s totally worth it though, and with the cold weather coming, well, this is going to be a staple for the night we decide to stay in and watch all those old Christmas movies with Oliver (remember Frosty and Rudolph!). It’s worth it,…
Banana Bread
Banana Bread This is an Oliver approved recipe; my boy simply can not get enough of this stuff. If he knows it’s in the house, he refuses to eat anything else. I tend to triple the recipe, then bake it in those smaller foil loaf pans they sell at the grocery store (just decrease the…
