This week’s pick is Dorie’s Best Chocolate Chip Cookies, chosen by Kait at Kait’s Plate. Many of us out here in Foodieland are on the search for the perfect chocolate chip cookie, or have been for years.  We all have a different definition of “perfect”- chewy, crispy, chunky, nuts, no nuts.. the list goes on. […]

 Are we really having another snow day in Dayton?  I hope we’re getting every last bit of winter this week before spring comes out to play.  I’d also like someone else to come out to play.. but that’s another story for another day.  Today, we have an installment of the Great Bread series.  I haven’t […]

These don’t really look like blondies, do they? Well, joke’s on all of us.  These bars are are blondies through and through.  I know they look like brownies, but the only chocolate in these are the chips!   This recipe is based off Jill O’Connor‘s recipe from Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey called Big Blondes.  I […]

 Look at this on-time Dorie post!  There must be something in the air around here. This week’s pick is Rick Katz’s Brownies for Julia, chosen by Chocolatechic. Hello, delicious! I was delighted with these brownies.  I’m in the fudgy brownies camp, so they were perfect for me.  I loved all the components- crackly top, chewy […]

Oatmeal is a winter staple in lots of homes.  It’s the breakfast that keeps you going until lunchtime. Unless you’re pregnant.  Then it just might be your first of multiple breakfasts. Regardless of how many breakfasts I eat, I’ve always had a pretty good relationship with oatmeal as a breakfast food.  I would say I […]

I am always on the search for a good casserole. I don’t really make them that often, but I always want to make them.  The recipes I find just don’t seem to live up to what I want a casserole to be.  I have this idea that there are some magical casserole recipes out there […]

  Did you ever think you’d see my return to TWD?  I’ve been baking, I just haven’t been posting- lack of camera, you understand.  But, today, I’m fully prepared with a triple Dorie recap! This week’s pick:  Milk Chocolate Mini Bundt Cakes, chosen by Kristen of I’m Right About Everything.   I didn’t actually have […]

I think I’ve started to nest. But not in the same way as most mommies do.  Since my Yankee husband and I are headed to the south right after the baby is born, I don’t really get to prepare a nursery in this apartment.  So my nesting tendencies have been geared toward general spring cleaning […]

Pregnancy is kind of a roller coaster.  Have you heard? Mostly, I say that because it’s my excuse for not posting so much.  Even though I love food blogging, and I still check out other food blogs all the time, I’ve just been bad at documenting what’s going on in the kitchen around here.  I’ve […]

I had a craving for brownies today that would not let up.  I tried to let it pass, but I just couldn’t. So I looked through my files for any brownie recipes that had the words “chewy” or “fudgy” in the title.. and BINGO.  The Dessert Bible’s Chewy, Fudgy Brownies.  I hadn’t tried the recipe […]

I know I’ve been pretty scarce with posting these days, but with baby on the way and the early winter darkness, I haven’t been able to get any prime photos of what’s been cooking around here. So, in honor of the year that was, and to confirm to my Oven Lovers that I’m still alive, […]

Aren’t the holidays just the best? It’s amazing to me how quickly they come and go each year. I can’t believe Thanksgiving is just days away. So, confession: I’ve never made a pumpkin pie before. Not even a fake one, out of the can. I guess I’ve never really had a reason to, since someone […]