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Light, crisp, melt-in-your-mouth Candy Cane Meringues are flavored with peppermint and are a sweet addition to a cookie spread around the holidays. Crisp meringues are one of my favorite Christmas “cookies”. Can they really even be called cookies? Meringues are much simpler than most cookies, requiring only egg whites and sugar, and they can be…
Use cookie cutters to make these Crisp Gingerbread Cookies in any shape. The flavor has just the right amount of spice and a subtle sweetness. They go great with chocolate so top them with mini M&Ms before baking or dip the finished cookies in hot cocoa. This is the first year that I decided to…
Chocolate Peppermint Blossoms are a soft, chewy chocolate cookies topped with white peppermint candy kisses. We have been trying our best this holiday season to slow down and just enjoy it all. Quieter moments over attending all the holiday events that come our way. It’s so easy to say “yes” to everything this time of…
Happy Christmas season! My kids have been asking a lot about Christmas traditions. Surely it’s something they’re learning about at school. And Christmas cookie baking is one of my absolute favorite traditions. As the girls get older, they are legitimately helpful when it comes to cookie baking. They love to take charge of the process…
Our little June is four months old. Actually…four months and a bit. Remember back when I thought I was busy and wrote a post on Molly and Clara every month of their first year? That was nice. It really is true that third kids are probably documented less. But we make up for that with the…
Load this creamy baked potato soup up with all the toppings! This rich and creamy potato soup recipe is the perfect quick and easy dinner for a cold winter night. The Instant Pot obsession continues over here. I have truly gone from 0 to 100 on this thing since buying it over a year ago. With…
Mix up pizza night with this white pizza topped with garlic oil, shredded Brussels sprouts, crisp bacon, and creamy goat cheese. Meet my new favorite pizza. It’s topped with Brussels sprouts! I know that Brussels sprouts are a hard sell on their own, but probably even more so on pizza. It seems strange, but it’s…
This festive apple cider punch comes together with delicious apple cider, ginger beer, and bourbon and can be made in batches to serve to a crowd. Have you recovered from the Halloween sugar rush? I’m usually a bit of a Halloween scrooge and have never loved getting dressed up, but the joy of two four-year-olds on Halloween…
This “All American” Chili is a classic version with meat and beans but gets that simmered-all-day flavor in just 15 minutes thanks to the Instant Pot! October is the official start of fall and, in our house, that makes it the official start of chili season. When I was single and living on my own,…
