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Chocolate-covered mocha cappuccino wafer sandwiches

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

Make Way for Wafers

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

Oreo brownie cups and peanut butter pretzel brownie bars

Desserts and Sweets Quick and Easy Recipes

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

Booty Brownies

Booty like sunken treasure…not the other thing.

Apps and Snacks Breakfasts Desserts and Sweets Food Lunches and Lighter Fare Recipes Sauces and Condiments

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

Curd is the word

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.)

McCall's Old-Fashioned Sour Cream Cookie recipe

Christmastime Desserts and Sweets Food Recipes Seasonal

Kristina Ackerman 12/12/201112/03/2012 42 Comments cookies, holiday

McCall’s Old-Fashioned Sour Cream Cookies

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

Christmastime Desserts and Sweets Entertaining Food Food Made Into Crafts Quick and Easy Recipes Seasonal

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

Ice cream Christmas trees

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

Pumpkin Date Bread with Chocolate Chunks

Breakfasts Desserts and Sweets Fall Inspiration Food Healthy Quick and Easy Recipes

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

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

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

Beverages Desserts and Sweets Food Recipes

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

The Classless Cream

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

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

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

Summer Meets Fall: Apple-Nectarine Parfaits with Maple Yogurt

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

Smitten Kitchen's Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies

Desserts and Sweets Food Recipes

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

Smitten Kitchen Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cookies

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

Desserts and Sweets Food Quick and Easy Recipes

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

Instant Fudgy Brownie Cake for One

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

Beverages Desserts and Sweets Entertaining Food Geekery Most Popular Recipes

Kristina Ackerman 07/25/201106/03/2023 10 Comments booze, party

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

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

Desserts and Sweets Food Healthy Recipes

Kristina Ackerman 07/20/201108/11/2011 3 Comments failure, fruit, ice cream

Apricot frozen yogurt

Sometime last week, I decided that if making frozen yogurt is really as easy as it says in this Edible