Simple Desserts, Treats and Everyday Recipes
A thick peanut butter cookie bar, just like your favorite thick and chewy peanut butter cookie, but only in easy cookie bar form.
Where are my peanut butter lover’s? Today’s recipe is for you. We all love a good peanut butter cookie (In fact, I have the best peanut butter cookie recipe on the planet on my blog.) And today I’m showing you how to make them in bar form.
…If you’re looking to consume your pumpkin pie this fall in a different form, check out these pumpkin streusel bars. The bottom crust and topping is made from a brown sugar cinnamon streusel with a pumpkin pie filling sandwiched between.
Today, the weather makes me want to bake and eat all the pumpkin goodies. It’s cool, breezy and drizzling. Right now, I’m taking traditional pumpkin pie and seeing how many ways I can switch it up.
…A classic chewy oatmeal cookie with butterscotch chips… aka oatmeal scotchies
These oatmeal butterscotch cookies are a favorite. I like them better than oatmeal cookies with chocolate chips, or even plain old oatmeal cookies with raisins. What’s your favorite way to enjoy oatmeal cookies? A close second for me is oatmeal cookies with white chocolate chips and cranberries.
…Make this donut shop favorite at home this fall. These baked apple fritters are easy and baked, not fried.
Welcome September! Are you one who is glad to see the end of summer? Or do you wish it would last longer? I’m always sad to see it leave. As a mother, I love being able to spend time outside with my kids. But I do love the baking that comes with fall.
…Soft and chewy sugar cookies frosted with buttercream and sprinkles. An easy recipes that’s fun to make with kids.
Sugar cookies are a classic dessert. That’s why every household needs a go-to delicious and easy sugar cookie recipe.
…An easy pumpkin dessert for fall and thanksgiving, this no bake pumpkin cheesecake is a pumpkin and cheesecake lovers dream.
I’m a little embarrassed to be sharing this pumpkin dessert with you already, but I know you will all want the recipe later. So just save it to your fall Pinterest board and come back later when cool weather hits to enjoy it.
…Classic Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls with Rice Krispies for extra texture and crunch. A quick and easy Christmas candy recipe.
What do you get when you combine peanut butter, chocolate and Rice Krispies in a simple no-bake dessert recipe? You get one happy mom and family.
…A creamy, tangy no bake lemon cheesecake with a graham cracker crust. This lemon cheesecake is smooth and bursting with lemon flavor, a perfect summer dessert for lemon lovers.
I know summer is ending for a lot of you and you’re headed back to school, but we just got back from a family vacation in Idaho and I’m holding onto summer with my might so you might see a few more summer recipes the next few weeks, starting with this lemon no bake cheesecake.
…A summer favorite, this pie has a peaches and cream filling with a cinnamon streusel on top. The best way to use all the fresh, ripe peaches.
There is a recipe for Colorado Peach Cream Pie in one of our church cookbooks and my mom has been telling me for several years to try it. And this year I had more ripe peaches on my counter than we can eat fresh, so I made it. And, guys, it was so, so good. So here I present to you the best peach pie ever.
…A classic dessert, this no bake cherry cheesecake is perfect for summer picnics and potlucks. It has a graham cracker crust, creamy no bake cheesecake layer and cherry pie filling on top.
We have no bake blueberry cheesecake, no bake raspberry cheesecake and now a no bake cherry cheesecake. (Also, keep your eyes peeled for some more yummy no bake cheesecake flavors. Maybe even a pumpkin one!) Shhhh… I can’t mention pumpkin in July too loudly.
…These No Bake Raspberry Cheesecake Bars have a graham cracker crust, a creamy no bake cheesecake filling and a homemade raspberry layer on top.
Now that we have the details down on how to make a no bake graham cracker crust and how to make a perfect no bake cheesecake, let try some fun flavor combinations. First, this raspberry no bake cheesecake. Get excited for a lemon blueberry no bake cheesecake and a no bake pumpkin cheesecake pie coming soon too!
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This blueberry lime quick bread is a fun twist on lemon blueberry bread and is a flavorful addition to your menu. Use fresh or frozen blueberries and make it year round.
One of the most popular recipes on my site is this lemon blueberry bread. One of my new favorite flavor combinations is blueberry lime and so I mixed the two and made blueberry lime bread. It’s my tried and true lemon blueberry bread recipe with lime substituted for the lemon. If you love lime, you’ll love this bread.
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Soft and Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies are a classic recipe for oatmeal cookie lovers. This old fashioned oatmeal cookie recipe with raisins is just like Grandma’s.
So I know some of you will look at this recipe with disappointment, but others will be excited for this old fashioned classic. Raisins have made me sad before when I was expecting chocolate chips, but I know these are one of my dad’s favorite cookies and I’ve met plenty of other people who love them too. So when I make this recipe, its usually for other people….
These Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies are a peanut butter and chocolate lovers dream. Perfectly soft and chewy, you can’t eat just one.
In my house peanut butter and chocolate is a favorite combination. All of us love peanut butter cups and sometimes I give my kids a spoonful of peanut butter with a pile of chocolate chips for dessert. We love peanut butter cookies and chocolate chip cookies and we don’t have to decide between them with this fun twist. …
This post has all the tips and tricks you need to know to make the best no bake graham cracker crust. It can be made in a 9 inch pie plate, springform pan or 9×13 inch baking dish.
Recently, I shared how to make a perfect no bake cheesecake, but I wanted to dedicate a post to how to make a no bake graham cracker crust. With a great recipe and a few tips up your sleeve, you can make a perfect graham cracker crust for all your no bake pie dreams. …
No Bake Peanut Butter Cookies with oatmeal are the perfect treat when a late night craving hits. They’re quick and easy to make and satisfy everyone’s sweet tooth.
Me and my kids have been on a peanut butter kick lately. They’ve been asking for peanut butter spoons for snack, which are just what they sound like, peanut butter on a spoon. We’ve been making the best peanut butter cookies (and the chocolate chip peanut butter cookie version too!) on the regular, but sometimes when we want something quicker, we make these no bake peanut butter cookies. …
This no bake cheesecake recipe is a perfect summer dessert. Simple and quick to make, there are endless ways to customize it. We love it with chocolate drizzle or fruit topping.
Welcome to a new series of posts on my site dedicated to no bake cheesecake! First, we’re going to learn how to make a basic no bake cheesecake which will be the basic recipe we use to customize all our other flavors. Next, I’ll give you a great recipe and a bunch of tips on how to make the perfect no bake graham cracker crust and then I’ll give you recipes for several flavor variations.
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Old Fashioned Chocolate Revel Bars have a rich chocolate fudge layer sandwiched between two buttery oatmeal cookie layers.
This recipe is one of you probably can find in all sorts of church cookbooks across the Midwest and are a staple at large church potlucks. For those of you who have never had them, they are pretty rich. But the oatmeal cookie layer isn’t super sweet and balances out the richness of the fudge. They also freeze very well for those of you that want something you can make ahead. In fact, I think the texture improves on them after they have been frozen.
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This rhubarb dump cake only requires 6 ingredients and 10 minutes of prep time. Made with a yellow cake mix and strawberry Jello for a delicious spring dessert.
One last rhubarb post for the year for you! I meant to get this one up earlier, but we welcomed our third baby 2 weeks ago and we’ve been enjoying snuggling him. I needed to feed a group of volunteers at church and was running out of time. So I made this easy rhubarb dump cake with a box of yellow cake mix, some rhubarb and a handful of other ingredients….
This Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe is a classic family favorite. Growing up, they were popular at my house and I’m sure they will be at yours too!
I call this the best peanut butter cookies recipe for a reason. Once you taste these delicious cookies packed with yummy peanut butter flavor, you’ll wonder how you ever baked peanut butter cookies any other way.
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These rhubarb cookies get rave reviews. The rhubarb keeps them extra soft and give a fun flavor twist to old fashioned oatmeal cookies.
Happy May! We can officially get fresh rhubarb locally so I’m excited to bring you a few more rhubarb recipes, starting with these rhubarb cookies. When I first heard of rhubarb cookies, I was a bit skeptical, but if you are an old fashioned oatmeal cookie fan, you will love these rhubarb cookies. The rhubarb keeps them extra soft and moist….
A soft, old-fashioned rhubarb cake with butter sauce. This rhubarb cake is made in a 9 x 13 pan and is perfect for a potluck or picnic.
This third post for rhubarb week is a fun one. It’s a twist on a classic Christmas dessert, cranberry cake with butter sauce. I updated it for spring and substituted rhubarb for the cranberries. It works so well, as both cranberries and rhubarb are tart and pair well with the butter sauce.
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Tangy rhubarb sauce made with strawberry jello is a favorite old fashioned rhubarb treat. Serve it over ice cream or eat it in a bowl just like you would applesauce.
Day 2 of Rhubarb Week. Old fashioned rhubarb sauce. This was one of my great grandma’s recipes and true to her style, her original recipe read like this, “Add just enough water so rhubarb doesn’t stick while cooking. Add sugar to taste and jello to thicken.” No amount on the ingredients just basic instructions.
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