Dark Chocolate Chunk Scones with Caramel Glaze
Our favorite scone recipe is fluffy, crumbly, and all dressed up for this chilly holiday season! Dark chocolate chunks pair perfectly with rich…
Hong Kong Style French Toast
My hands-down favorite dessert to order at Hong Kong cafes growing up was Hong Kong Style French Toast (西吐司). Unlike traditional French…
Mickey Mouse Beignets
Oh boy! Bring the Happiest Place on Earth home with these light, fluffy Mickey Mouse Beignets (just like the ones you get in Disneyland's New Orleans…
Honey Fruit Waffle Parfaits
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Drama-Free Cinnamon Rolls {Using a Bread Maker!}
It's a new year featuring dramatic lighting, dramatic photos, and--you got it--these absolutely drama-free cinnamon rolls (made with a bread…
One-Bowl Sour Cream Coffee Cake (with Brown Sugar Crumb Topping)
You know you've hit the recipe jackpot when your usually self-moderating co-worker eats not three--not four--but FIVE slices of the dessert you bring…
Mini Churro Donut Muffins
If you love churros, donuts, and the excuse to justifiably eat them both for breakfast--trust me, these sugary babies are for you. Mini…
Fluffy White Chocolate Cranberry Scones
I never used to love scones. They always looked so bland sitting on the tray of continental breakfast pastries that I never gave them a second glance…
Vegan Coconut Scones
I have so many updates (I mean, seriously. SO MANY!!!) for you guys from the World Food Championships over here in Kissimmee, Florida, but I can't…
Breakfast Tiramisu Parfait
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The Fluffiest Little Pancakes {secret ingredient!}
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #SimplySparkling#CollectiveBias It…
Healthy Spiced Apple Granola
This shop has been compensated by Vons. All opinions are mine alone. #AStockUpSale #Vons #CollectiveBias Whenever I get stressed, I go on…
Easy DIY Peanut Butter Honey Greek Yogurt Scoops
Have you ever heard that saying, "Where there's a will, there's a way"? Well, I've got a will--so can we pleeeeeease just have a few more weeks of…
Easy Mickey Mouse Waffle Iron Omelettes: Guest Post on Neighbor Food Blog!
Growing up, our house was chock full of Disney paraphernalia: classic Disney VCR tapes here, Ariel candles there, the obligatory Winnie-the-Pooh…
Pumpkin Banana Breakfast Cookies
Whether we're out searching for our ideal partner, building relationships with friends, or already happily settled in a 50-year marriage, it's no…
The BEST Bread Pudding for #OXOCookware
Disclaimer: I was selected to be part of OXO’s Blogger Outreach program, for which I received an OXO Stainless Steel Pro 5 Qt. Casserole Dish +…
Mini Samoas Sticky Banoffee Cake Donuts {+ topwithcinnamon cookbook giveaway}
Looking for a special, last-minute way to say "I love you" this Valentine's Day? Check out my selection of baked goods and other treats on…
Mickey Mouse Waffles for #SundaySupper
Raise your hands if you love Disney!!!! There are few surer ways to my heart than through an enthusiastic conversation about all things…
Apple Pie Overnight Oats {+ a giveaway!}
Sometimes I like to talk about food. Other times, I like to talk about deep and meaningful topics relevant to a betterment of the human mind (or…
Gingerbread Granola {Gluten-Free} for #BobsRedMill
{Congrats to Linda for winning my My Bakers Box giveaway last week! Can't wait for you to bake up a storm, girl!} So today I'm actually going to…
Mini Peanut Butter Jelly Parfaits {+ My Bakers Box Giveaway!}
What is your resting face? Do you wear a worried frown or a mild smile or a cheeky grin or--dare I say it--the classic resting bitch face? (No…
Strawberry Smoothie Cubes {+ 3 Ways to Enjoy Them} for @WilliamsSonoma Smoothie Week
Winter is coming! Here in California, we've been saying this for about 11 months now, and winter still has not come. I don't think it has visited…
1-Minute Coconut Granola for Two (No-Bake)
Okay, so deal: why am I baking making granola for two when I'm only one? No, I'm not preggers, you sick Sherlocks, I know who you are and…
Guest Post from Jessiker Bakes: Healthier Lemon Blueberry Scones with Lemon Cream Cheese Glaze
So about three weeks ago I reached out to the inestimable Jessica from Jessiker Bakes about doing a guest post for me because I was going a little…
Cookie Butter Pancakes–And, the Big News……
I can't believe I've waited 8 months to type this. I have a Master's degree in English Literature. And I passed my qualifying exams. And while…
Crunchy Cookie Butter Espresso Granola
If life milestones were potluck dishes, moving would be a crusty dry loaf of fruitcake. I'm sure somebody out there appreciates fruitcake, and…
Vanishing Granola (or the BEST Granola You Will Ever Make–Honey Bunches CopyBETTER Recipe)
This is going to be a very brisk LWOM post (what's LWOM?). First things first: Print this recipe. We have to be brisk today, because-- "I'm…
Green Eggs and (Veg)Ham: Celebrating Dr. Seuss! (March 2nd)
He's a good man, Oh! a good man is he-- Who's HE, we all said, And HE said, who's WE? "Why, don't you know?" "Oh, didn't you hear?" "Didn't…
Classy Overnight Blueberry French Toast
Every once in a while, something happens in our lives that makes us put the gear in park, turn off the ignition, and just wonder. I consider…
Crunchy Cookie Butter Granola (and Ala’s Breakfast Breakdown of People in Your Day-to-Day Life)
I'll confess. I've been reading Victorian novels lately. This got me thinking about angst muffins (who I'll explain in a second--hold onto your…
LWOM: Berry Oat-fait in a Bowl
In today's edition of Literary Wit and an Oven Mitt, we're throwing aside the mitt and going bear paws all the way...and it is a beary, berry long…
Pumpkin Pie Smoothie
"Meltdown" seems to be the word of the week over in these parts. As a consequence, I've chosen to melt down one of my favorite desserts and turn it…
DIY: Homemade Plain Yogurt
Guess who's sitting in the reading room of a world-reknowned research library... ...writing on her food blog. I'm such a great academic, I…
“Sorry–It’s Still Summer!” Cinnamon Rolls (Raspberry Cheesecake Rolls with Lemon Icing)
With the plethora of pumpkin and autumnal recipes hitting the web these days, I thought we all needed a little reminding that it is not, in fact,…
Pumpkin Spiced Granola
Do you all know what it means to feel hurt by someone you thought you could trust? It feels a little bit like you're sinking, a little bit like…
Strawberry Oatmeal Smoothie, A la Wallflower
It's my philosophy that all good wallflowers need to have a good wallflower drink--you know, the kind you can clutch onto desperately at a party when…