easy Rice Krispie Conversation Hearts
These little Valentine's Day Rice Krispie treats are a simple, fun way to spend a cold Saturday afternoon with the kids.
Desserts
Homemade cakes, cookies, bars, and more...we have all the homemade and from scratch dessert recipes you could want! For a special occasion, birthday, or just because you want to bake a cake on the weekend...we have all the best classic and old-fashioned dessert recipes with a few new favorites, as well.
Our chocolate cake is a reader favorite and can't be missed! And the lemon blueberry cake is full of amazing flavor and quickly taking over the #1 favorite recipe spot around here.
Royal Icing Recipe
When it comes to decorating roll-out sugar cookies, royal icing trumps all other forms of icing for looks, storage, and ease of use. This recipe
Fool-Proof No-Chill Sugar Cookies (great for a GF option!)
Easy, fool-proof sugar cookies that don't require any chilling time before you roll them out. Best part is that they are tasty tasty tasty! These
No-Bake Chocolate Cheesecake Bars
Nothing but creamy chocolate cheesecake filling, no-bake cereal crust, and a gooey marshmallow topping. These bars are the BEST!! Must try.
Santa hat brownies
These cute Christmas Santa Hat brownies are so easy and fun to make! Kids love making and eating these!
No-Bake Peanut Butter Pie
Under 5 ingredients...this no-bake peanut butter pie is crazy easy and full of creamy peanut butter flavor!
Double Ginger Apple Cookie
These gingers feature two types of ginger and sweet apples for a perfect flavor combo! A one-bowl easy recipe!
Swedish Pear Upside-down Cake
This upside-down pear cake is from a Swedish recipe. Perfect almond cake and fresh pears combine into an amazing dessert!
Tahini Chocolate Chip Shortbread Cookie
These cookies are so comfy, warm, and sweet and are the healthier cousin of the fave shortbread cookie. Stuffed with chocolate chips and tahini, these
Pumpkin Caramel Cream Cheese Poke Cake
Topped with a cream cheese frosting and drizzled with homemade caramel sauce, this pumpkin poke cake is the absolute BEST, most decadent fall dessert. You'll
Oatmeal Raisin Cookie (absolute best ever!)
This is the BEST Oatmeal Raisin Cookie recipe! This is a great recipe for a perfectly soft and chewy oatmeal raisin cookie full of plump
3 ingredient peanut butter cookies
This peanut butter cookie recipe uses only 3 ingredients. They are just like the classic, old-fashioned peanut butter cookie recipe you love but they are
the BEST Homemade Strawberry Cake
This homemade strawberry cake is as delicious as it looks!!! This is the best strawberry cake recipe you'll ever make or eat. Pinky swear.
4th of July Layered Cake (from box mix)
Nothing but easy and fun! This is a great dessert to make with the kids for Fourth of July!
Ooey Gooey Magic Butter Bars
Ooey Gooey Magic Butter bars are everything that is good in the world. Sweet, buttery, chocolate, coconut, and shortbread all smooshed into one amazing bar!
Fresh Rhubarb Pie with a crumble top
An easy homemade fresh rhubarb pie with a delicious sweet crumble. This is a simple rhubarb pie recipe that you'll be making again and again!
Vanilla Cupcakes (with secret ingredient)
These vanilla cupcakes are easy to make and feature a secret ingredient that helps give them their extra moist vanilla flavor! You'll love this recipe
Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes--pretty, easy, and delicious!
These cupcakes will make you look like a baking superstar with little fuss or muss. Delicious made from scratch chocolate cupcakes stuffed with yummy cherry
to die for Salted Chocolate Pistachio Cookies
These pistachio cookies feature cocoa and sea salt for a delicious from scratch sweet chocolate cookie recipe. These Salted Chocolate Pistachio cookies will easily be
the BEST Old-fashioned Coconut Cream Pie
This is the BEST homemade Coconut Cream Pie you'll ever have. Old-fashioned coconut cream filling with an easy and amazing graham cracker crust. This is
Bailey's Chocolate Bundt Cake
I don't think anything goes better with Bailey's than chocolate. Maybe coffee. Maybe. But we put together what Bailey's goes best with... chocolate cake... to
5-ingredient Caramel Sauce
A homemade caramel sauce that you can make in minutes with 5 easy ingredients. Ooey, gooey, smooth, and creamy...the perfect homemade caramel sauce recipe! I
easy Earth Day Cookies
Earth day is one of the best holidays, in my opinion. It's a day to celebrate the earth, appreciate its beauty, and help keep that
easy Homemade Peanut Butter Cups (healthier)
I make my own more healthy version of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. Homemade with dark chocolate (my favorite) and natural peanut butter, these are a
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