Gingerbread Cookies What is Christmas without a delicious Gingerbread Man cookie? Days full of sad, that’s what. Have you ever baked Gingerbread Cookies? Baking Confession: Last year was the first year I ever baked Gingerbread Men. Ever ever. It seems crazy, given how often I bake, but I have a great reason: A dear friend, Sue, …
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Apricot Oatmeal Cookies Have you been looking for the elusive perfect oatmeal cookies? Look no farther! I have the perfect oatmeal cookies made with dried apricots, THE RECIPE, you’ve been searching for – and I’m gonna share it with you! Witness why I can’t get enough of fresh from the oven, warm oatmeal cookies, specifically: …
Dream Bars are everything you dream about in a bar: balanced sweetness with a flaky crust and a filling that makes you immediately realize these will be your new addiction! I have been making these Dream Bars since I was a kid. The recipe was handed down to me from The German; I have no …
I’m a sucker for a great hack – especially – if it involves CAKE! My desk is filled with scraps of paper with hastily written hacking notes, and as I was cleaning off said desk, I found a blue stick-it note that simple had this written on it: Whole milk = H2O 1-2 more eggs …
Tired of the same ol’ peach cobbler? Looking for a new way to WOW your peach-lovers? OMT! to the rescue with a Peach Crumble Coffee Cake! This peach crumble is made in an iron skillet! Fun! It calls for peeled peaches, so click the link at the end of the sentence if you want to …
These drool-worthy oatmeal cookies are made exclusively with coconut palm sugar, which is touted as having a lower glycemic index than white sugar. Looky: Oh, momma! I figured if it has a better glycemic index, lower than white sugar (there’s controversy whether that is true or not), that’s a plus. It does have some nutrients …
Caramel apples are fun in theory, right? The Bad: There’s the weird angled biting, or more accurately – trying desperately to grab a bite. There’s the super glue melding together of teeth that can seriously pull out a crown. There’s the disappointment of the less-than-stellar apple. The Good: Caramel and apples are deliciously addictive, so …
We all have a recipe we love and then forget about. This pound cake recipe is my forgotten one. When I make it, I swear I’ll never forget it again and then a year will go by before I find it stuffed in a cookbook, waiting for me to rediscover pound cake deliciousness. The original: …
Oh, momma…look at that! Dream Bars are everything you dream about in a bar: balanced sweetness against a flaky crust with a filling that makes you Mmmmmm in delight. This recipe was handed down to me from The German (my mother, for the uninitiated); I have no idea where it originated, but am grateful that …
A good cookbook is more than a collection of recipes, it inflames our infatuation and devotion to food. This is exactly how I feel about my copy of The Joy of Cooking. ~ A gentle reminder: OMT! uses Amazon referral links. When you do your shopping through the Amazon links on this page, you support …