Monthly Musings: Kelly
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Cookies
Chocolate. Peanut Butter. Pretzel. Cookies. You read that right. Salty pretzels with sweet chocolate and creamy peanut butter. All jammed into a cookie together with their friend oatmeal. I struggled coming up with a name because there are so many good ingredients in these bad …
Irish Soda Bread
I love St. Patrick’s Day! I love that people wear green. I love that I am Irish so I can wear one of those “Kiss Me I’m Irish” t-shirts and it’s true (I’ve actually never worn one of those shirts though). I love whiskey (really only Fireball, something Stephanie and I both like). But perhaps most importantly, I love St. Patrick’s Day because I love corned beef. Seriously, I look forward to every March 17 because I know that for dinner I will be having corned beef and cabbage with carrots and red potatoes. Yes, I even like the cabbage.
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Kitchen Gadgets: Williams Sonoma and Sur La Table
Happy Friday Eveyone! I am so happy to announce that we have our first guest post on LDBaking!! Meet my good friend and sorority sister, Elise!! Elise and I met as sorority sisters in Alpha Chi Omega at USC. She is currently a law student …
Dark Chocolate Orange Cupcakes
Is there any combination better than orange and dark chocolate?? Well, maybe peanut butter and chocolate. But orange and dark chocolate is a close second! You know those chocolate oranges you get at Christmas? That you have to smack on the table to open? These …
Irish Gold St. Patrick’s Day Cocktail
It’s almost St. Patrick’s Day!! To be honest, this isn’t a holiday I’ve ever really cared about. It kind of just seemed like another holiday we use here in the US as a reason to drink (like Cinco de Mayo…why are we celebrating Mexico’s Independence for them?). But for some reason I’m actually excited for St. Patty’s this year! Maybe it’s because I recently found out I’m part Irish. Or because I can use it as an excuse to buy a green shirt. Or maybe I’ve just fallen into the above mentioned category of using the day as an excuse to go out with friends.
Samonies- Samoa Inspired Brownies
I have taken a little 2 week hiatus from baking (sorry for slacking Steph!) so this weekend I decided to do nothing but bake! Well and sleep, read, workout, go to church, watch the Oscars, take two naps… ok so I didn’t spend the whole …
Garlic Cheddar Biscuits
I don’t know about you, but all of my coworkers are either A) really healthy or B) still doing well on their resolutions to be really healthy. And good for them! But…that wasn’t my resolution. I’m not unhealthy be any means, but I’m also not …
Mint (Thin Mint) Mocha Milkshakes
So, have you seen the milkshake food truck driving around in your area recently? Exactly, there isn’t one (well maybe there is but I haven’t seen it!) and that’s what I want to drive one day. Seriously, I’d love to own a milkshake truck because I LOVE milkshakes! I consider myself a milkshake connoisseur and a somewhat milkshake snob. I believe the best milkshakes are the ones that require a spoon and straw. Chocolate milkshakes should never be made with chocolate ice cream, but with with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce. And, when at a restaurant, the best part of the milkshake comes not in the pretty glass but in the cold tin cup. Like I said, I LOVE milkshakes! Continue reading Mint (Thin Mint) Mocha Milkshakes
Tarahumara Inspired Peanut Butter Banana Energy Bars
Have you read Born To Run yet? If you haven’t, drop everything and go pick up a copy and read it. Now. Seriously guys, it’s that good. Kelly read the book first and mailed it to me, telling me to read it. However I looked …