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a stack of six berry pumpkin pancakes with melting butter on top, maple syrup surrounding it.

Fluffiest Blueberry Pumpkin Pancakes With Pecans (With Video)

These crispy-edged light and fluffy pumpkin pancakes are packed with a trio of juicy berries (blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries) and toasted pecans, topped with butter, and drizzled with pure maple syrup for a total fall breakfast win. These blueberry pumpkin pancakes are the perfect recipe to use up leftover canned […]

closeup Pecan tassie cheesecake after cooling (with large pecans and crackly brown sugar tassie filling baked right on top.

Easy and Delicious Pecan Tassie Cheesecake with Biscoff Crust

Creamy vanilla bean cheesecake and pecan tassies come together to create a one-of-a-kind pecan pie-like cheesecake that any nut-lover will appreciate. Inspired by my Great Aunt Betty’s pecan tassies I recently posted, this fluffy cheesecake with sweet crunchy crackly pecan topping is baked into a 2-Ingredient Biscoff Cookie Crust. And, it’s […]

a NYC subway map with a mini black and white cookie-inspired cheesecake in the middle with matchbooks from some of nyc's iconic restaurants and bars lying around it and a red NYC notebook. The cheesecake is split right down the middle with a light white chocolate side and a dark milk chocolate side to emulate the iconic cookie.

NYC Black and White Cookie Cheesecake (Homage to a NYC Icon)

This two-toned dual-flavored mini cheesecake recipe is delicious from the crust up and pays tribute to one of NYC’s most iconic desserts — the black and white cookie.  This one-half white chocolate vanilla bean and one-half milk chocolate caramel cheesecake recipe has it all — a super smooth and creamy, […]

Torta Di Mela (Easy & Delicious Italian Apple Cake)

This simple Italian Apple cake is a perfect way to use those crisp, fall apples you picked last weekend (or any apples that happen to be in season right now). It’s sweet, super tender, buttery, and full of apple flavor in every bite. As always, I’ve included step-by-step recipe photos […]

a single fluffy cinnamon roll on a dessert plate with the pan of cinnamon rolls visible in the background

Mom’s Famous Cinnamon Rolls (Best Cinnamon Rolls Ever)

This easy homemade cinnamon roll recipe is made 100% from scratch (and we happen to think they’re the best cinnamon rolls ever).  Anyone who knew my Mom also knew her locally-famous cinnamon rolls. These buttery, fluffy-soft, ooey-gooey cinnamon-swirled sweet rolls were some of the first items to be snatched up […]

a serving platter with a hot stack of pumpkin pancakes with melting butter, toasted chestnuts and covered with maple syrup and a wedge cut out to see the fluffy layers.

Best Fluffy Pumpkin Pancakes (With Video)

This homemade pumpkin pancake recipe is without a doubt one of our all-time favorite pancakes to eat — super fluffy, crispy buttery-edged, and topped with melted butter, roasted chestnuts, and drizzled with pure maple syrup. These buttermilk pumpkin pancakes are pure heaven and perfectly pumpkin-spiced! They’re also a great way […]

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 […]

Simple and Delicious Mascarpone Apple Torte

This lightly spiced sweet golden Apple Torte is simple to make and delicious. We especially enjoy it in the summer months when we’re craving something a little bit sweet but nothing too heavy to round out a nice meal. Creamy mascarpone cheese pairs perfectly with sweet apples and shortbread cookie […]

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 […]

a bite of cheesecake in a small spoon and drizzled with strawberry sauce and a biscoff crust with the rest of the cheesecake in an individual terra cotta ramekin typically used for creme cramel

White Chocolate Creme Brûlée Cheesecake w/Biscoff Cookie Crust

Creamy white chocolate vanilla bean filling with a Biscoff Lotus cookie crust gets brûléed to crunchy crackly perfection and served with fruity strawberry coulis in one of our all-time favorite cheesecakes (ever).  The secret to this easy cheesecake’s smooth texture and flavor is the addition of Callebaut white chocolate and […]

Slice of an amber colored white chocolate caramel cheesecake with Oreo cookie crust drizzled with homemade mixed berry sauce with a view of green mini cypress trees in the immediate background.

White Chocolate Salted Caramel Cheesecake With Oreo Cookie Crust

This salted caramel cheesecake recipe has it all — a super creamy tangy combination of mascarpone cheese and cream cheese flecked with vanilla bean and infused with homemade (white chocolate) salted caramel and baked into an Oreo cookie crust.   Without a doubt, this is a restaurant-quality cheesecake. It’s one of […]

stack of beautifully fluffy golden pancakes with a fat pat of butter melting in the middle of a homemade berry sauce dripping on 3 sides and maple syrup oozing off the pile of pancakes creating a pool around the pancakes

Light and Fluffy Pancakes for Two (or a Crowd)

Make fluffy homemade pancakes from scratch with this easy and foolproof recipe that’s perfectly portioned for singles, couples, and small families. Breakfast-for-dinner and weekend brunches are some of our favorite meals to make around here and we especially love these extra fluffy pancakes. When I’m craving pancakes but don’t feel […]

Pumpkin mascarpone tart topped with pecans on a cutting board.

Pumpkin Pie Mascarpone Tart With Pecan Crunch and Biscoff Crust

This all-natural Kabocha pumpkin pie pecan tart is a cross between a classic pumpkin pie and pumpkin cheesecake. Oven-roasted Kabocha squash gives this pumpkin pie recipe a natural sweetness and nuttiness right out of the gate.  Add velvety smooth mascarpone, a little heavy cream, homemade pumpkin pie spice, and this […]