Happy New Year! I hope you all had a fantastic and safe night last night and got to spend it with people you l

// Oookay, I've had a rough week with my blog!  I (thought I) lost 2 years worth of posts and tried transferr

You may have read What Katie's Baking back in the day when I was using my trusty ol' .blogspot.com domain.  W

  I hope you had a fabulous Thanksgiving.  I got to see a lot of my family, which I'm very grateful for.

  I made two batches of these molasses cookies.  The first batch of cookies were chewy and fluffy and ha

  My parents were coming to visit, I only had a select few ingredients left in my house after weeks of no

With a very unhealthy, candy-oriented holiday coming up (I won't point fingers), I thought it would be a good

  Yesterday was National Dessert Day, and not only did I not make a blog post, I also had no (granulated)

  We have a restaurant in town that serves "beer floats."  When I heard about them, I was intrigued.  I

  If you liked my last post, the Pumpkin Spice (not just for) Coffee Syrup, you will love this post.  

It's that time of year again! I tried to hold off until the first day of fall to post anything pumpkin, but I

  Have you ever had Pero?  It's a coffee substitute made from barley, chicory, and rye.  It tastes real

  It's been a very busy couple of weeks, which is why this post came later than I anticipated. My mom's b

The last time I made this cake, it turned out really dry and gross (for being a baker, this happens way too of

  I was given a huge bag of assorted vegetables/fruits by Kellen's mom a couple weeks ago.  I was way to

I've never been more grateful to have two mobile legs. A couple of weeks ago, my mom fell down her back steps

Our fridge has been on the fritz lately.  The good part- we can still use our freezer as a fridge, the bad pa

  The first time I heard of a "blondie," I had no idea it was dessert.  It's a "blonde brownie," but rea

  Happy (almost) 4th of July!   Every year around this time, I struggle to find a recipe that is authent

More ice cream!?  Yesss. Did you know July is National Ice Cream Month?  And July 20th is National Ice Cream

I think we can all agree that cookies are better pre-baking.  If you agree, you will love this dip!  If y

Okay, first of all, no secrets here- pretty much all of the ingredients in this ice cream are in the title. I

Memorial Day weekend is always full of unhealthy food and warm weather for a lot of people (myself included!),

Every time we're at the store or out to eat, Kellen asks if I want any chips/fries/greasy crappy food and I al

Happy Mother's Day to all of the wonderful mothers.  I'm blessed to have such a caring, kind, and compassiona

  I get so used to only making sweet desserts, that it doesn't even occur to me that I actually can bake

  HAPPY EASTER!! It has been quite the week.  On Tuesday, I came down with the stomach flu, which lasted

These brownies are a product of buying a huge tub of gross peanut butter.  Kellen and I try to buy things in

A couple of years ago, I was lucky enough to receive samples of Bethenny Frankel's Skinnygirl White Cranberry

I love Sundays.  Especially 70 degree, sunny Sundays. I have a morning ritual that makes every morning exci

One thing I will never understand is how, in this society, we're expected to choose what we want to do with th

This weather, guys!  I don't think I've ever been so excited for spring to be here.  Well, almost here....

I don't know if you've noticed, but I've been struggling with blogging lately.  Even though I've been making

It's been a loooong week, guys. It all started when I tried updating my iPhone.  I got the "plug phone into i

I'm participating in a "Create a Little Love" campaign and the idea was to get creative with something you lov

Last week, we got a foot of snow.  I was hoping that would be the end, but as I sit here typing, I'm watching