Something Sweet

Cookies, quick breads, and treats worth baking. My chocolate chip cookies, banana bread, pumpkin loaf, and more. Every recipe is tested in my kitchen and family approved.

  • Gingersnap Pumpkin Pie Bars

    Gingersnap Pumpkin Pie Bars

    These pumpkin bars are so fun. A gingersnap-flavored graham cracker crust, classic pumpkin pie filling, and homemade whipped cream on top. No shade to the store bought crust or the store bought whipped cream, but making both from scratch makes the biggest difference. I mean, how many times a year do you get to make…

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  • Double Chocolate S’mores Cookies

    Double Chocolate S’mores Cookies

    If a s’more and my double chocolate chip cookies had a baby, this would be it.

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  • Chewy Gingerbread Cookies

    Chewy Gingerbread Cookies

    These chewy gingerbread cookies are my idea of a perfect holiday cookie. Soft in the middle with crackled tops, warm with cinnamon and ginger, and just sweet enough from the molasses. They are always the first ones to go on a cookie tray. The secret is weighing your flour. I swear by a baking scale…

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  • Brown Butter Pumpkin Spice Rice Krispie Treats

    Brown Butter Pumpkin Spice Rice Krispie Treats

    These are the classic rice krispie treats you grew up with, but better. I browned the butter for a nutty, caramel-like depth and used pumpkin spice marshmallows because it’s fall and I have no self-control. They take 15 minutes and they’re dangerously good.

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  • Apple Cinnamon Cupcakes with Cinnamon Sugar Pockets

    Apple Cinnamon Cupcakes with Cinnamon Sugar Pockets

    Apple Cinnamon Cupcakes with Cinnamon Sugar Pockets topped with Cream Cheese Frosting. Fall in a cupcake!

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  • Pumpkin Loaf with Cream Cheese Frosting

    Pumpkin Loaf with Cream Cheese Frosting

    A moist, tender pumpkin loaf with warm fall spice, topped with thick, tangy cream cheese frosting. Easy to make and perfect with a hot cup of coffee.

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  • Cinnamon Apple Coffee Cake

    Cinnamon Apple Coffee Cake

    This loaf is what happens when coffee cake and apple bread fall in love. It’s incredibly moist, with a cinnamon-apple syrup folded right through the middle. Finely diced Granny Smith apples melt into the batter, so every slice has that warm, jammy cinnamon flavor. It’s perfect with a hot cup of coffee.

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  • Blueberry Muffins

    Blueberry Muffins

    Bakery-style blueberry muffins. Made with frozen and fresh blueberries.

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  • S’mores Cookies

    S’mores Cookies

    Basically a campfire in cookie form. Chocolate chip base, chocolate graham crackers, marshmallows — no fire required.

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  • Banana Bread

    Banana Bread

    My go-to for using up bananas that got too ripe. Makes two loaves, so you can keep one and give one away.

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