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a Reese's Devil's Food Cake Cheesecake topped with Reese's Pieces and Reese's Mini Peanut Butter Cups with a border of Jumbo Reese's Pieces Cereal surrounding the perimeter

Reese’s Devil’s Food Cake Cheesecake with Oreo Cookie Crust

If you’re a fan of cheesecake, devil’s food cake, Reese’s peanut butter cups, and Reese’s Pieces candy, this is the ultimate chocolate-peanut butter cheesecake dessert. Oreo cookie crust layered with vanilla bean cheesecake, super moist Devil’s food cake, more cheesecake, and topped off with the peanut buttery goodness of Reese’s […]

pumpkin spice banana bread loaf after being baked (setting on top of a vintage venetian tray)

Moist Pumpkin Spice Banana Bread w/Toasted Pumpkin Seed Crunch

This easy moist pumpkin spice banana bread is the best of both worlds, especially for anyone who can’t wait for pumpkin spice season to start. Fragrant (overly ripe) bananas and homemade pumpkin pie spice flavor these tender loaves with just the right amount of warm spice and intense banana flavor […]

all-natural strawberry cake cupcakes in rose gold foil cupcake liners, topped with all-natural strawberry vanilla bean whipped cream sitting on top of a strawberry gelée with mini baby strawberries with stems still attached on top of the whipped cream from my garden

Best All-Natural Triple Strawberry Cake (Made 100% From Scratch)

If you love strawberry cake, but you’re looking for an all-natural alternative to the boxed cake mixes (or recipes made using strawberry Jello) this is the only all-natural strawberry cake recipe you’ll ever need– and it actually tastes like strawberries. I grew up eating artificially flavored boxed strawberry cakes (it […]

Dump Truck Cookies on on a parchment-lined baking sheet

Easy Dump Truck Royale Chocolate Chunk Cookies (Compost Cookies)

We’re partial to super soft and chewy in the middle with golden crispy-edges chocolate chip cookies. For this recipe, I’ve added lots of complementary ingredients for added snack food taste and texture — Twix candy bars, peanut M&M’s, a hint of espresso, kettle potato chips, and a chopped Lindt 70% […]

Arkansas Possum Pie decorated on top with whipped cream and toasted pecan halves and chopped pecans

Best Ever Arkansas Possum Pie (100% Made From Scratch)

Possums are known as total fakers playing dead as it suits them when survival’s at stake. So what do this famous Arkansas Possum Pie recipe (also called 4-Layer Delight) from my home state and those real possums with Oscar-worthy acting skills have in common? They both know how to hide […]

top down view of chocolate chip banana bread on a pink marble serving tray (two pieces cut and the remaining loaf at the end)

Best Ever Milk Chocolate Chip-Coconut Banana Bread Recipe

If you’re looking for a bakery-style chocolate chip banana bread recipe this one satisfies every kind of chocolatey banana craving you might be having.  I’ve used our classic banana bread cake recipe for the base and thrown in some mini milk chocolate chips and topped it with freeze-dried coconut flakes […]

delicious sliced banana nut bread on a cutting board

Easy and Moist Pistachio-Pecan Banana Nut Bread

Piistachio-pecan banana bread is full of crunchy toasted pecans and topped with freeze-dried Sicilian pistachios to add a delicious nutty surprise to our all-time favorite classic banana bread recipe. For those of you who have already made this (super moist) banana bread you know that adding nuts could only ever […]

sliced strawberry banana bread cake sliced

Best Ever Strawberry Banana Bread Cake

Sweet summer strawberries are a perfect match when paired with our favorite classic banana bread recipe.  For those of you who have already made this easy and super moist banana bread recipe, you know that adding strawberries could only ever be a good thing. This strawberry banana recipe couldn’t be […]

Double oreo confetti cookies with halves of oreos in each cookie sticking out in a way that looks like the Oreo is in the cookie's back pocket and sprinkled with non-pareils.

Double Oreo Chocolate Chip Confetti Cookies

This is a super soft and chewy chocolate chip cookie with golden crispy edges, covered in crunchy candy sprinkles with Oreo cookie baked right into the cookie dough. We love it and we think you will too. If you’re a fan of Oreos or classic chocolate chip cookies this recipe […]

a cast iron skillet with a golden brown cherry cobbler baked beautifully and the sunlight hitting it

Mom’s Best Ever Southern Cherry Cobbler Recipe (a family favorite)

My Mom’s Cherry Cobbler recipe is the best (we love it in our family). I can’t tell you how many nights of my life, this was dessert. Sometimes she used fresh local peaches from Holloway’s orchards, cherries from the tree in our back. yard, or fresh-picked wild blackberries that grew […]

Banana bread that's really moist and the golden brown top is glistening, sliced on a tray with a squashed banana turned upside down on the cutting board to the left of the loaf.

Best Ever Classic Banana Bread (SUPER Moist Bakery Style)

I know, “best banana bread ever” is a really bold statement to make, but we’re betting that when you try this extra moist and delicious recipe for banana bread for yourself, you’ll know what I’m talking about. It’s somewhere between banana bread and banana cake and it’s 100% Crazy-Monkey (kiddo) […]

beautiful shot of the cookies piled on top of each other slightly and the sun shining in through the window on them making them look even more golden

Easy Cookies-and-Cream Double Oreo Chocolate Chunk Cookies

We love this cookie. Super soft and chewy in the middle, golden crispy edges with Double Oreo Flavor and Double Oreo Texture…plus Milk Chocolate — it’s truly a one-of-a-kind cookie. This chocolate chip cookie recipe is easy and flavor wise, hard to top it’s basically a cookie inside of a […]

Pumpkin cheesecake on a blue cake stand with a marble fireplace lined with cookbooks in the background.

Pumpkin Cheesecake with Chestnut Graham Cracker Crust

This delicious pumpkin cheesecake recipe is filled with pumpkin purée, cream cheese, pumpkin spice, and vanilla with a middle layer of roasted chestnut graham cracker crust cutting right through the middle. This cheesecake has even garnered affection from someone who claimed they “don’t like pumpkin-anything” (they asked for seconds♡).  How to Make […]

top down view stacked mini vanilla bean cheesecakes

Easy Classic Cheesecake w/Biscoff Cookie Crust (with Mini Cheesecake Option)

This creamy fluffy vanilla bean cheesecake recipe is so delicious and easy anyone can make it! In fact, this is the perfect beginner’s cheesecake recipe. It was a favorite we used for my adult and kid’s cheesecake baking classes in China. Even better, this is a no-water bath-required cheesecake. To make […]

Baked swirled Double Biscoff Cheesecake lying on a cutting board

Easy Double Biscoff Cheesecake

This creamy fluffy vanilla bean Biscoff cheesecake recipe would be great on its own, but since we LOVE Lotus Biscoff everything around here, I created an easy cheesecake recipe that packs in as much caramel Biscoff cookie flavor as possible. This is a no-water-bath-needed cheesecake recipe and it’sa perfect make-ahead-and-freeze […]