Holiday Baking

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October 1, 2021

Soft Pumpkin Cookies

These pillowy and perfectly Soft Pumpkin Cookies are mildly sweet, quick and easy to make with just the right amount of all your favorite Fall spices. They’re topped with a simple drizzle of vanilla glaze for the perfect Fall treat. Can you believe we’re already in October? Have you jumped on the Fall bandwagon? Pumpkin Patch and hayrides? Raking leaves & picking apples? We have this ginormous tree in our backyard that I have a love/hate relationship with. Lol! It...

May 14, 2021

Old Fashioned Date Bars

A crumbly, buttery topping with a sweet and chewy filling make these Old Fashioned Date Bars the perfect sweet treat with your afternoon tea. Did you know that this classic dessert bar is traditionally from Canada, from Newfoundland, to be specific? In Western Canada it’s known as matrimonial cake and in Eastern Canada they call it date crumbles or date bars. But growing up in central/western Canada, I’ve always called it date bars so I felt like that’s what I...

April 2, 2021

Mom’s Carrot Cake

This perfectly moist carrot cake is topped with a mouthwatering cream cheese frosting and only takes minutes to whip up and would make a great addition to your Easter dinner! My mom has been making this carrot cake for as long as I can remember! She’s won many hearts over with this cake! 😉 Which brings back a great memory that I have to share. Haha!! I met my husband in 2004, back when he was still a college kid...

December 24, 2020

Christmas Kitchen Sink Cookies

These thick, soft Christmas Kitchen Sink cookies are loaded with chocolate, m&m’s, pretzels, and toffee bits and then topped with sea salt! Everyone went crazy for these sweet and salty treats. Have you heard of kitchen sink cookies before? It’s basically a cookie recipe that is filled with “everything but the kitchen sink”. Just go dig through your pantry and use up whatever sweet and salty mix-ins you have on hand, gently crush them up, add them to the dough...

December 8, 2020

Eggnog Muffins With Crunchy Streusel

Christmas in a muffin! Not overly sweet so it’s completely fine to have these eggnog and deliciously nutmeg spiced muffins for breakfast. 😉 They’re perfectly soft, fluffy and moist with a cake donut texture and it’s basically like you’re eating eggnog. And they’re topped with a crunchy nutmeg flavored streusel! Our family’s favorite classic seasonal drink in muffin form! I have to admit, I never tried eggnog until after I got married, at my in-laws’, on our first Christmas together....

November 20, 2020

Chewy Ginger Cookies

Do you have any cookie exchange parties coming up this Christmas? These would be the perfect cookies to swap with a friend or co-worker! And they’d definitely make for a delicious appearance on a holiday spread as well. I love making these chewy ginger cookies during fall and winter. They are perfectly chewy and soft, filled with all your favorite holiday spices, rolled in sugar and so ridiculously good! My boys love when I surprise them with these in their...

November 13, 2020

Old Fashioned Apple Crisp

Tender sliced cinnamon apples, topped with a buttery brown sugar oatmeal crumble and finished off with a scoop of your favorite vanilla ice cream makes for the perfect Fall treat! One of my favorite memories I have growing up is coming home from school and wondering what smell was going to hit me in the face as I opened the front door. 😉 My mom’s delicious apple crisp wafting through the house is one of my best Fall memories. It’s...