A couple of years ago for Christmas I received an adorable Cupcake Calendar. It was one of those daily desk calendars, and each day had a new cupcake recipe. The whole year I saved each recipe that caught my interest, with every intention of making …
Ok, I’ve officially given in. I’ve been ready for fall for weeks and I’m just going to pretend it’s here. I mean August is over halfway over, I feel like I held out long enough. I’ll try to ease on into fall and not jump …
Snickerdoodles are one of those cookies we just didn’t eat as a child. I’m not really sure why, I mean everyone loves them, I just don’t have any memories of making or eating them.
They’re also not a cookie you generally see out and about (Starbucks, Subway, grocery stores…). Which is very strange to me! If so many people love Snickerdoodles, why are they so hard to find?!
The recipes I’ve made in the past required you to chill the dough, a step I convince myself I just don’t have time for. This version has no chilling and results in thick, chewy Snickerdoodles. Covered in cinnamon and sugar, of course, and kept soft by the addition of cream cheese.
These cookies also freeze extremely well! I made a batch last week and half went in the freezer to be used for road trip snacks. I’ll be headed on a bit of an adventure this week (I’ll share more here) and Snickerdoodles sound like just the cookie to keep me company.
I just love coffee cake. It reminds me of lazy Sundays, drinking coffee and planning out the day. While traditional cake is not seen as an acceptable breakfast item, add the word coffee to the title and it’s suddenly a-okay, encouraged even. My sugar cookies use sour …
Thanksgiving is in 2 weeks! That means 2 weeks of healthy, good eating so you can enjoy all the yumminess of Thanksgiving, especially these Mini Apple Crisps! Last week we posted a vanilla ice cream recipe, especially for this apple crisp because nothing goes with …
I truly think banana bread is one of the best foods. Not only do I convince myself it’s somewhat healthy when it most definitely is not (come on, the title itself alludes to healthiness) but there is nothing like the smell of banana bread baking in the oven. If you have noticed, I’m big on things that smell like Fall when baking. I’m big on Fall anything, really… we just ordered 7 Fall Yankee Candles for the season. We take a love of Fall to whole new level!
Bananas are one of my favorite foods and we go through quite a bit; they are perpetually on the grocery list. However, we occasionally forget about them and that’s what happened last week. There was a sad bunch of bananas sitting on the counter and it’s a shame to let bananas go to waste so something needed to be done.
Usually I turn to Steph’s Banana Muffins, which are truly the most delicious muffins, but this time I wanted something that would match well with cinnamon buttercream. Banana bread cake was the obvious choice. Adapted from Julie’s Frosted Banana Bars, this has the delicious flavor and taste of banana bread yet not as dense. Perfect for dessert after dinner, in the morning with a cup of coffee, as a 3pm snack… really it’s perfect anytime. Hope you enjoy!
-Kelly
Ingredients:
1 stick of butter, melted
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
4 bananas
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 13×9 pan..
In large mixing bowl, combine butter, sugar, eggs, bananas and vanilla. Slowly add in flour and baking soda.
I love 3 day weekends. I think every weekend should be a 3 day weekend and that working hours were 10-2 instead of 9-5. What a great schedule, don’t you think? Ok, so maybe that is not realistic but it sure is nice when these 3 …
2 more days until September, which means it’s practically Fall. Of course, Starbucks has already started selling their Pumpkin Spice Lattes so if Starbucks ran the world, the best season/time of year is already upon us. Thank you, Starbs. Here at LDBaking, we love Fall …
Last Saturday we celebrated my brother’s confirmation with a Mexican dinner at home with family. My Aunt Paula made her famous beef enchiladas, my Aunt Teri made one of her amazingly delicious green salads and we had rice and beans. It was delicious, easy and made for a great evening with family celebrating the fact that my brother is now officially Catholic.