Sea Salt Blondies

YES.  The holidays are upon us, and that means 0 consideration for anything remotely healthy on weekends.  Weekdays are all “run this, salad that”, but tonight’s bake was sponsored by butter and sugar.  In…abundance.  I’ve been on a sea salt kick, much like every other human on Earth, and there was nary a semi-sweet chip…

Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars

Good news everyone!  I had time to bake!  Unfortunately for me (and you guys), life just continuously gets in the way of me making stuff and it makes me so bummed out.  I went from baking on an almost weekly basis to having to go months in between new recipes, and it break my lil…

Polish Babka

Wesołego Alleluja, errbody!  Easter is upon us, and that means TREATS.  Now, you may not be able to tell (mainly because my enormous dome is never in pictures on the blog) but I am rather Polish.  To the point where hats don’t fit, and my brother suffers the same fate.  The Polish-American struggle is very,…

Chipotle Chocolate Cookies

My goal as a baker is to provide standalone classics (just wait until I get around to making my Grama’s cheesecake recipe…so classic that both she and my mom know it from memory) and crazy twists on your average baked good.  Will I attempt croissants at some point? Mais oui! Will I also be making eggnog…

Gluten-Free Banana Bread

Living in South Florida, as a New England transplant, there aren’t many days that give you that “stay inside do nothing become a human slug” feeling.  I sometimes miss the fall days when you wake up and it’s cold and raining and somewhat dark still and you just “awwwww yeahhhhh”, turn on Netflix, and fuhgeddaboutit….

Raspberry Streusel Bars

Yesterday, I got home from work and decided that I was going to play housewife.  I made a full dinner with everything from scratch (except I cheated and used frozen chicken breasts…ain’t nobody got time for that), and yet somehow I was not satisfied.  Then it occurred to me – bars! Yes, bars.  One of…

Summer Berry Shortcake

I can almost guarantee that all of you, if not most of you, have at one point in your lives enjoyed the (seemingly summer-only) treat of a strangely sponge-like yellow cup with Reddi Whip and some strawberries in it.  My fiancé happens to love that, but how could I – wearer of a cupcake-based tattoo…