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French White Peach Tart slice on small white round plate
Desserts, Nuts, Peaches, TWD

TWD: French White Peach Tart

This week I was tempted to slack off and not participate. The recipe looked kinda long and I didn’t think I had everything that I would need. But I decided that I need to make the tart because that was the whole point of joining the group. Baking outside of what I would normally do. […]

Chocolate Banana cakeslice on small white round plate
Banana, Cake, Chocolate, Desserts

Chocolate Banana Cake

I had some ripe bananas that needed to be used up. Generally I can eat them all before they get too ripe but since I was stuck home because of the snow I forget to eat them. I usually like to take them to work with me. Anyways I was looking for a banana bread […]

Snickerdoodle cookies in stacks on white oval plate
Cinnamon, Cookies

Snickerdoodles

I think that snickerdoodles are my second favorite cookies. I love the cinnamon sugar on the outside and the soft and chewy inside. These are really simple to make and I don’t know why I don’t make them more often!! Next time I might make them a little bigger because mine turned out to be […]

Goodie bags plastic bags with snowman design tied close with ribbon
Chocolate, Cookies, Goodie Bags

Goodie Bags

For my birthday my friends and I went out to dinner. I wasn’t sure if everyone would come because of all the stupid snow that we’ve been having, but fortunately everyone that was planning on coming was able to make it. I decided that I wanted to make some goodie bags because it’s was my […]

Buttery jam cookies on oval plate with small cat head
Cookies, Jam, TWD

TWD: Buttery Jam Cookies

This week’s pick was made by Heather at Randomosity and the Girl. Go over and check out the recipe there. This is definitely a cookie that I will be making again. I love the favor of the jam in the cookie. I was a little hesitant to make these after reading that people thought that […]

Heart shaped Linzer Sables with raspberry jam on small white plate with gold stars and swirls
Jam, Nuts, TWD

TWD: Linzer Sables and My First Award!

I’m a little late with these cookies but since TWD is pretty flexible this month it’s not that big of a deal. These cookies are really good. Everyone that tried them agreed too! They are pretty simple to make and don’t require too much time. I made and rolled my dough the night before and […]

Banana cream pie with piped whip cream on large round plate
Banana, Desserts, Pie

Banana Cream Pie

I decided to make this for Thanksgiving dinner to take over with me. I had made it a week before for friends that came over. They really liked it and I thought that everyone at Thanksgiving would like it as well and I was right! I found the recipe in Dorie’s Baking From my Home […]

Hand holding Pigs in a Blanket with bite taken out
Crescent Rolls, Sausage

Pigs in a Blanket

I love pigs in a blanket. They are so simple to make yet so good. I’ll admit that they aren’t that good for you but it’s not like I eat them every day. I usually like to use the reduced fat crescent rolls but I saw that now they have one that comes in a […]