peanut butter sandwich cookies

peanut butter sandwich cookies

boy met girl.  girl liked boy.  girl brought boy a bajillion cookies to his dorm room to impress him.  boy (and his stomach) fell in love with girl.  that’s only part of mine and tom’s love story!  but the story continues today and here’s another 

iced berry piñata knock off

iced berry piñata knock off

back in the day, i was a girl scout and i proudly sold girl scout cookies each and every winter.  i had a few favorites, including peanut butter patties, but my absolute favorite girl scout cookie didn’t come out until i was no longer in 

sugar cookies and frosting

sugar cookies and frosting

thanks to an early Christmas present to myself, i can make festive sugar cookies all year round!  the cookies pictured above were decorated at my sister-in-law’s house Christmas eve.  it was a fun way to get into the Christmas spirit!  here are the recipes that you 

pecan pie

pecan pie

this pie is one of tom’s favorite desserts, if not his absolute favorite dessert.   it’s frequently served at thanksgiving and Christmas.  but i make it several times during the year, dressing it up with mini pie crust cutters. it is very simple to make, 

basic spritz cookies

basic spritz cookies

Christmas time is always a wonderful time of the year for me.  after moving to tennessee, it’s a little bit different and even though i’m far away from the majority of my family, i can still hold onto a lot of our traditions.  of course, 

crème brûlée

crème brûlée

crème brûlée is about as perfect as dessert can get. i had never had crème brûlée until our recent trip to cincinnati. we ate at jeff ruby’s and it was so heavenly, i decided that i needed to figure out how to make it!  i 

star trek feast

star trek feast

so my boyfriend tom is a nerd.  it’s not a secret and i love him more for it. 🙂  the movie star trek premiered recently and so i decided to create tom a feast fit for a, well, star trekkie. my research started via google, 

peanut butter marbled brownies

peanut butter marbled brownies

these are a wonderfully rich treat.  they’re best consumed with a glass of milk. 6 oz. cream cheese, softened 1/2 c peanut butter 1/4 c white sugar 1 egg 2 tbsp milk 1 c butter or margarine, melted 2 c white sugar 2 tsp. vanilla