The Best Homemade Cheesecake

It was my daughter Courtney’s birthday a couple of weeks ago and she requested cheesecake instead of a birthday cake so I gave it a shot and it came out pretty good!  I don’t love cheesecake so don’t make it ever but this one was easy to make and tasted heavenly!  It wasn’t too cheesy … Continue reading

Baby Italian Easter Bread

These are one of my favorite things to make for Easter dinner, I have another recipe for them on the blog which makes them from scratch but these are made with Rhodes Rolls so are much easier.  This year we combined Easter dinner with Courtney’s birthday dinner so we had a less traditional Easter dinner … Continue reading

Easter Peeps Cake Mix Bar Cookies

Here is another really easy Easter treat recipe, like can’t fail easy! 1 cake mix, your choice (for these I used a Key Lime cake mix) 1/3 cup oil 2 eggs 1 cup white chocolate chips (or whatever goes best with your cake flavor, any kind of chocolate chips or M&M’s, Reeses Pieces, etc) frosting, … Continue reading

Easter Sugar Cookie Cups

Here is a super easy and adorable Easter treat that will take you no time at all to throw together, next year of course although you could change this up for any occasion, birthdays, baby showers, etc. 1 package sugar cookie mix plus ingredients to make cookies (you could also easily use a tube of … Continue reading

Butterfinger Cupcakes

Had the Young Women from church over for a Girls Camp planning meeting (did I mention that I get to go to Girls Camp this year? because I do!  Woo Hoo!) so I made these little cuties for them.  They are Easter themed here but you could make them for any occasion by substituting the … Continue reading

Applebee’s Copycat Maple Butter Blondies

I love desserts like this!  They are easy to make but are so tasty and look so appealing too. blondies 1/3 cup butter, melted 1 cup packed brown sugar 1 egg, beaten 1 tablespoon vanilla 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/8 teaspoon baking soda 1/8 teaspoon salt 1 cup flour 2/3 cup white chocolate chips 1/3 … Continue reading

Pillsbury’s Irish Soda Bread

And some delicious Irish Soda Bread that went along with our St Patrick’s Day dinner.  There are already a couple of soda bread recipes on my blog but this one was especially good, almost like a cake instead of a bread, so good with some butter and strawberry jam. 2 1/4 cups flour 2 tablespoons … Continue reading

Harry Potter’s Butterbeer Pudding Cookies

Big Harry Potter party last night for the girls at church and I got to make all the treats!  These were delicious! 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened 1/4 cup sugar 3/4 cup brown sugar 1 (3.4 oz) box butterscotch or vanilla instant pudding mix 2 eggs 1 egg yolk 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 teaspoon … Continue reading