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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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% […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]