Berry Berry Streusel Bars

Berry Berry Streusel Bars

  You know how sometimes you fool yourself into thinking something's better than it is, simply because you want it to be? Or when you prefer to have "less than," rather than none at all? You know...you settle. This applies of course to many aspects of life, but for the sake of an innocent Mitts [...]

Peanut Butter Heath Bar Blondies

Peanut Butter Heath Bar Blondies

There are Blondies and then there are Bl-ON-dies! Uh... eyes here. Food, people, food! Okay...so these bars happen to be the latter and a very fine example at that. The recipe here is originally from Magnolia Bakery and after trying them a few years ago, they've been on regular rotation at our house anytime we want a decadent, [...]

Rhubarb Crumb Tart

Rhubarb Crumb Tart

Jodi, one of my very best friends in the whole world texted me yesterday morning and wanted to know if she could come over and fish off my pier. Jodi and I grew up a block apart where our families both had homes on the lake. Both sets of parents eventually aged and the lake [...]

Raspberry Creme Cupcakes

Raspberry Creme Cupcakes

So I'm not really the most artistic person in the world. I'm not very deft at decorating or making foods look picture perfect. I think it has to do something along the same lines as the fact I can't paint. Yes, paint. I've tried it. Within 2 minutes of approaching a paint can to paint [...]