About Me

Hi, I’m Jen.

I’m a wife and mom of three. I teach piano lessons, and love self-help books. I carpool and I sacrifice for my kids karate lessons.

I love baking, and even more than that, I love blogging. I don’t have any kind of formal baking training, and that’s the point of this blog. It’s not meant to be fancy or complicated. The recipes are meant to bring better and more varied cookies to everyday life. My one hard and fast rule: no ingredients from specialty stores. If I can’t buy it at my local grocery store, I’m not using it.

I also love to interact with friends, and love to make new friends, so I hope you’ll comment or drop me a line!

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Homemade Gumdrops	Pumpkin Swirl Cookies
Coconut Ginger Granola	Choc Peppermint Fudge
PB No-Bake Bars	Brown Sugar Cookies

Caramel Stuffed Chocolate Chunk Cookies

I had been wanting to make some caramel-stuffed cookies anyway, and since it was my niece’s birthday, I decided to use Rolo candies instead of caramels to stuff the cookies.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dip

The idea of this cookie dough dip really appeals to me. It’s all about the chocolate chips. The dip, and whatever you dip in it, is just a delivery system for the chocolate chips.

Peanut Butter Snickers Ice Cream Pops

This week, I decided my portable snacks ought to be homemade, and since I recently purchased some new popsicle molds, I figured this was the perfect opportunity to test them out. Also, it gave me an excuse to eat Snickers.

Frozen Hot Chocolate

I actually regret teaching my kids this recipe, because now every other time I come in the kitchen, I find empty cocoa packets on the counter, a dirty blender in the sink, and empty whipped cream can, and most importantly, no frozen hot chocolate for me.

Orange Blueberry Whoopie Pies

I love everything about citrus fruits, except eating them plain. Personally, I’d rather bake with the oranges. Which is what I did today.

Chocolate Covered Cheesecake Bites

Dipping things in chocolate is all the rage. It’s like the trend that never goes out of style, because it’s always awesome.

Butterscotch Blondies

Mom used to make these in a sheet pan and cut the crust off before serving them. Grandpa would always sneak into the kitchen and eat the crusts. He always said they were the best part! I think he was also a little worried my mom would throw them away.

May 2014 Wrap-up

I know it’s such a boring and cliche thing to say, but seriously?! I cannot believe May is over. This entire year has flown by me way too quickly. And you know me, I love remembering where I’ve been as much as I love planning where I’m going, which means it’s time for another monthly wrap-up post.

S’mores Cookies

This is not my first time baking with graham crackers. In fact, adding some graham cracker crumbs to the chocolate chip cookies is just SO fantastic. It gives a little unexpected oomph to the cookies. I figured some marshmallow frosting would put these right over the top.