Desserts and Sweets

Desserts and Sweets Recipes 

Peanut Butter Banana Chocolate Chunk Cookies

08/28/201201/24/2017 Kristina Ackerman 3 Comments baking, banana, chocolate, cookies, peanut butter

I don’t think I’ve ever used a banana recipe that called for the purchase of fresh bananas. I’m always looking

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Desserts and Sweets Quick and Easy Recipes 

Make Way for Wafers

07/28/201201/24/2017 Kristina Ackerman 3 Comments chocolate, cookies, lemon

I like wafers. I like Kit-Kats and Keebler Fudge Sticks and even the little boring generic ones that just have

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Desserts and Sweets Quick and Easy Recipes 

Booty Brownies

06/05/201201/24/2017 Kristina Ackerman 2 Comments baking, chocolate, peanut butter

Booty like sunken treasure…not the other thing.

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Curd is the word

01/12/201205/05/2014 Kristina Ackerman 11 Comments lemon, silly drawings

Silky-smooth, tart, and reminiscent of lemon candy, lemon curd is a sort of dessert condiment. (A dessert condiment that I totally eat for breakfast all the time.)

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Christmastime Desserts and Sweets Food Recipes Seasonal 

McCall’s Old-Fashioned Sour Cream Cookies

12/12/201112/03/2012 Kristina Ackerman 40 Comments cookies, holiday

I rarely bake cookies, so when I do, I almost always choose a new, never-before-tried recipe, in the interest of

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Ice cream Christmas trees

12/05/201112/04/2012 Kristina Ackerman 23 Comments chocolate, christmas, easy, food-crafts, holiday, ice cream

These trees are nothing but chocolate-covered ice cream cones filled with delicious ice cream of your choice.

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Pumpkin date bread with chocolate chips…in the bread machine!

11/09/201112/27/2012 Kristina Ackerman 16 Comments bread, bread machine, chocolate, fall, pumpkin

You know what sucks about having a bread machine? Nothing! The only thing that could improve bread machine ownership is

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Beverages Desserts and Sweets Food Recipes 

The Classless Cream

10/25/201112/19/2011 Kristina Ackerman 4 Comments booze, experiments, fall, ice cream

The holidays are on the horizon (they must be; craft stores have been crawling with Christmas trees for months), and

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Apps and Snacks Breakfasts Desserts and Sweets Fall Inspiration Food Healthy Recipes 

Summer Meets Fall: Apple-Nectarine Parfaits with Maple Yogurt

09/27/201111/15/2012 Kristina Ackerman 1 Comment fall, fruit

Five ingredients. That’s it. Well, seven if you count lemon juice and a spoonful of sugar, but stop being so

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Desserts and Sweets Food Recipes 

Smitten Kitchen Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies

08/21/201102/02/2013 Kristina Ackerman 4 Comments baking, chocolate, cookies, peanut butter

I made these cookies on Friday to welcome John home from a week-long training conference, but he was so tired

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Desserts and Sweets Food Quick and Easy Recipes 

Instant Fudgy Brownie Cake for One

08/09/201108/09/2012 Kristina Ackerman 56 Comments cake, chocolate, miniature

This is an adaptation—and a huge improvement, in my opinion—of the classic microwave mug cake. You probably know about microwave

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Beverages Desserts and Sweets Entertaining Food Geekery Recipes 

Portal jello shots: You’ll know when the test starts

07/25/201112/04/2012 Kristina Ackerman 10 Comments booze, party

Congratulations! The simple fact that you’re sitting here reading this means you’re about to make a glorious, boozy contribution to

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