Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies
The kitchen smelled like warm butter and the kind of chocolate that makes every kid stop mid-argument. My youngest clung to my leg while I scooped dough into rough rounds, …
Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies
The kitchen smelled like warm butter and the kind of chocolate that makes every kid stop mid-argument. My youngest clung to my leg while I scooped dough into rough rounds, …
Orange Clove Cookies
The first time I pulled a tray of these Orange Clove Cookies from the oven I remember the kids pressing their faces against the oven door while the whole kitchen …
Heart-Shaped Cookie Cake
The kitchen smells like butter and brown sugar and the kids are arguing over who gets the biggest heart slice. I pull the pan from the oven, set it on …
Chocolate Dipped Heart Brownies
I was stirring butter and sugar at the kitchen counter, getting ready to bake a batch of Heart Brownies, while the rain tapped the window and my youngest built a …
Peach Cobbler Cinnamon Rolls
I was halfway through folding a school flyer into a lunchbox when the smell hit me, warm and soft like a good memory, and I knew the Peach Cobbler Cinnamon …
Cinnamon Brown Butter Cookies
The week I first browned butter for these Cinnamon Brown Butter Cookies my youngest was crying over a skinned knee and the oven timer had already been stolen by a …
Easy Lemon Mousse Recipe – Silky, Decadent, and No-Bake
The first time I made this Easy Lemon Mousse Recipe – Silky, Decadent, and No-Bake, the kids were spinning around my feet and my phone was full of reminders, but …
Valentine’s Day Muddy Buddies
I can still smell the sweet, warm chocolate the moment I open the pantry, even though the batch is long gone and the kids have already left sticky fingerprints on …
Apple Butter Pie
The late afternoon light in our Oregon kitchen makes the apples in the bowl look like little lamps, and the smell of apple butter on the counter feels like a …
Cornbread Cake with Whipped Honey Buttercream Frosting
I can smell the butter and honey before the oven timer goes off, and that smell always means I have a moment to breathe in my crowded kitchen. It might …