Chai Snickerdoodle Cookies

I've made these Chai Snickerdoodle cookies twice already and both times they've turned out great! I tweaked the recipe a bit, here and there, and had to make do (twice) with lost ingredients, but they've still been wonderful. I also burnt a couple batches in the St. Louis oven so I was looking forward to trying them again in Atlanta.

(Liz) Lemon Lavender Bundt Cake

I love my Heritage bundt pan so much. It was a gift from two of my closest friends! I've only used it a couple times, and always for the Snickerdoodle cake, which seems to be everyone's favorite. I decided it was time to try out a different cake in it. I love going through recipes (I check food blogs and sites very often) and I have so many bookmarked away. I finally decided to try an oldie that I had heard a lot about... the lemon-lavender bundt cake from William-Sonoma. People seem to really enjoy it, and the butter content wasn't too bad... I cut it down by a quarter but I think next time I'll leave it in there, since the cake could have been softer.

Banana Cinnamon Pancakes with Homemade syrup

On my recent trip to St. Louis, Joe has been enamored with a new video game called COD: Black Ops. Maybe some of you have heard of it. We like to call it "Blops"... and we have a system. When he starts playing, he likes me to hang out in the same room. But watching the game makes me nauseous. So instead, I end up baking. This way, we're both in the same general area and can chat in between. It's silly.

O-O-Oreo Cupcakes

My army of oreo cakes.

If you ask my family/friends, who have known me back when I lived in Wisconsin (for a year at age 5), what I was like, they will most likely tell you that I was shy, always had my nose in a book, and that I LOVED oreos. The funny thing is that I don't really remember why... I do remember eating them a lot, and my sister even bought me a Costco sized pack once. But now I find them too crunchy, always getting stuck in my teeth. And if it's not double-stuffed, there's just not enough creme inside for me!
When I saw a recipe for oreo cupcakes, I was intrigued since most people I know really love oreos, and I do like cookies n creme sorts of things. And I really wanted to know what an oreo would taste like in cupcake form. So I pretty much just had to try it.

Banana Muffins with White Chocolate & Macademia Nuts

I have this issue where I seriously run out of snacks to eat. I can't keep eating chocolate and sweet stuff as a snack, but I don't often enjoy crackers, or breads, or chips. Chips are my favorite to eat with a sandwich, but not really otherwise. 


I usually just stick to fruit... a banana or an apple, but now since my stepdad is out of town, my mom and I can't seem to get through the bananas fast enough without a couple of them going black. So I turned to making some banana muffins. I used to love my mom's banana walnut bread when I was a kid, and also more recently, her banana chocolate chip walnut loaf. But I like this is in muffin form because I can take it with me, and it's already portioned out. 

Salted Caramel Cupcakes

Finally! I've been meaning to post about these cupcakes since I visited St. Louis... in August. Oops.