Life

Post Thanksgiving Tradition: Pie Shakes

November 26, 2018
pumpkin pie shake

My husband comes from a tradition-oriented family, so it’s really fun to see him put on these elaborate shows every time a holiday rolls around. On the Fourth of July, you have a parade in the morning, riding bikes and jumping into a river in the afternoon, and fireworks in the evening. On Thanksgiving, you’ve got bingo, prizes, and orange rolls. Christmas? Bring on “the Judy story,” homemade…

Bread Recipes

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread

November 1, 2018
pumpkin chocolate chip bread

It was only a matter of time before something with pumpkin made it onto the blog haha. After creating my Baked Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Donuts, I was definitely craving something with pumpkin in it. I love making pumpkin bread to have around for dessert or a even a sneaky sweet breakfast, but when I made my first batch of pumpkin bread for the season, my husband kept insisting…

Other Recipes

Perfect Hot Fudge Sauce

October 23, 2018
hot fudge sauce

Can I tell you something funny about when I started dating my now-husband, Nate? (See his hand above ) Within three weeks of us dating, I was already sitting in his family’s kitchen, taking pictures of recipe cards from his family’s recipe book. I love family recipes. I just feel like if a recipe has been painstakingly written on a recipe card and saved for years, it’s got to be…

Breakfast Donuts Recipes

Baked Cinnamon Chocolate Chip Donuts

October 3, 2018
cinnamon chocolate chip donuts

It’s funny that this is the first recipe I’m posting on this here blog because I actually had no intention of making these! This recipe started out as funfetti cake, morphed into funfetti donuts (still to come, obviously), and then became cinnamon chocolate chip donuts when I realized my coconut sugar-laden donut batter was much too brown for something funfetti. So, here we are! I’m pretty excited about…