Last updated on October 20th, 2020 Soft and moist gluten-free pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting. This spiced pumpkin cake recipe bakes up super fast and easy in a sheet pan. Frost it right there in the pan and slice and serve bars. I’m disoriented. It’s mid-October and my heart knows it’s fall pumpkin baking…
Brownies & Bars
Gluten-Free Supernatural Brownies
Gluten-free supernatural brownies with incredibly fudgy and gooey centers and a thin crackly sugar crust. They’re rich and addicting, getting even more delicious over time! If a recipe takes ME only 30 minutes, you can rest assured it takes Lucas double or even triple the time (and somehow also every dish in the house). We…
Gluten-Free Breakfast Oatmeal Jam Bars
Last updated on August 18th, 2019 Healthy breakfast oatmeal jam bars filled with homemade berry chia jam or your favorite store-bought jam. Sweetened with only a hint of coconut sugar and maple syrup. These cozy berry crumble bars are made with whole grain oat flour, mildly sweet sorghum flour, and rolled oats! This post is…
Gluten-Free Matcha Cheesecake Frankensteins
Last updated on June 26th, 2019 These matcha cheesecake bars are dressed up as Frankenstein for Halloween with black sesame icing. Make gluten-free cheesecake with a homemade chocolate crust or use crushed up cookies! This Halloween dessert uses only natural green and black food coloring with matcha and black sesame. When Zoella saw me sneaking…
Flourless Chocolate Chunk Almond Butter Cookie Bars
Last updated on March 20th, 2019 With just a few ingredients, these quick and easy flourless chocolate chunk almond butter cookie bars are soft and chewy with crunchy dry roasted almonds studded throughout! I expected this post to have a very different tone. I expected to have a brand new snuggly, cookie-dough smelling baby in…
Gluten-Free Cocoa Cranberry Crumble Bars
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 Gooey vanilla cranberry jam layered between a rich cocoa cookie crust and pecan cocoa crumbles. These gluten-free cocoa cranberry crumble bars are the perfect wintry treat to serve up at holiday parties or deliver on platters to your neighbors – made in collaboration with Rodelle. These cocoa cranberry crumble…
Mexican Chocolate Churro Rice Krispie Treats
Last updated on May 11th, 2019 Churro rice krispie treats sprinkled with a heavy dose of cinnamon and sugar, then drizzled with cayenne-spiced Mexican chocolate. Made with brown butter and brown rice crisps cereal, these treats are crispy, chewy, and downright addicting. Before I even dive into talking about these Mexican chocolate churro rice krispie treats, I…
Frosted Earl Grey Brownies with Rose Petals + Sweet & Simple Cookbook
Last updated on May 11th, 2019 Frosted earl grey brownies baked in a loaf pan and topped with rose petals for a romantic Valentine’s Day dessert for two! Adapted from the Best Ever Frosted Brownies from Sweet & Simple by Christina Lane, these brownies are exactly that with the perfect chewy balance between fudgy and cakey. …
White Chocolate Cardamom Blondies with Grapefruit Frosting (gluten-free)
Last updated on April 10th, 2019 White chocolate cardamom blondies flecked with brown butter and slathered with tart grapefruit cream cheese frosting. And sprinkles, of course. Back when I detested all things chocolate (I know), I used to tell people that my favorite cookie was “my mom’s chocolate chip cookies, but without the chocolate chips.” What is…
Gluten-Free Cocoa Brownies with Hazelnuts + DIY Gift in a Jar
Last updated on December 20th, 2019 With Halloween out of the way, it’s not too early to start planning for the holidays is it? Yes. The answer is obviously yes. You’re probably still enjoying the occasional 75 degree picnic at the park and iced tea. I hear you – just bear with me. This isn’t like…
No-Bake Vegan Black Sesame Pumpkin Pie Bites
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 Happy *almost* Halloween! I primarily made these themed no-bake vegan pumpkin pie bites just because I wanted an orange vehicle to drizzle spooky black sesame tahini all over in honor of Halloween. This black sesame tahini should be the food mascot of October 31st – what other non-burnt food gets that black…
Matcha Black Sesame Rice Krispie Treats with Chocolate Chunks
New reality with a baby: All cooking must take less than an hour start to finish or else you risk a baby waking up STARVING (OMG I’M SO HUNGRY MOM. RIGHT NOW.) just at the point where your dish needs the most attention. This makes matcha black sesame chocolate chunk rice krispie treats the perfect new-mom St. Patty’s day dessert. Forget about dieting to fit into your pre-baby pants, you’re still in survival mode.
And you know what tastes even better at 2am while soothing a fussy baby? Rice krispie treats.
Chocolate Mochi Mug Cake
Last updated on May 11th, 2019 Among many important life lessons, my parents instilled in me one fundamental truth: dessert follows dinner. No sooner do I finish my last bite of dinner than I crave something sweet to wash it down. Tonight I’ll be making my second batch of these chocolate mochi mug cakes. This sweet tooth…
Gift in a Jar: Walnut Cocoa Brownies {gluten-free}
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 When it comes to gift-giving, I’m all about the homemade kind (as all of our friends who received a set of hand-carved salad spoons, a color-dipped bird’s-eye maple cutting board, or a custom-painted kitchen bakery sign as a wedding gift in the past couple of years can attest to). A sentimental streak passed down from my…
Maple Walnut Bars {gluten-free}
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 I’m a terrible daughter. My dad’s birthday falls on or around Thanksgiving every year, and even though walnut desserts (namely walnut pie and Walnettos) are his favorite, I always bake him a pecan pie instead. The sole reason being that my namesake passed her award-winning pecan pie recipe down to…
Gluten-free deep chocolate layer cake
Last updated on August 29th, 2020 I got caught in the middle of the top-secret of all surprises, wearing a pink leopard print apron with a chocolate covered spatula in hand. There are surprises that if discovered before their time maybe bum the surprise-giver out for a split second, but really aren’t that big of a deal. Like…
Flourless salted almond chocolate cookies
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 Spoiler alert: Today’s post is brought to you by the letter C as in Chocolate and the number 1,000,000 as in how many total page views we hit last week! When I first started this blog in January two years ago (TWO YEARS AGO?!), we were taking photos with our point…
Triple chocolate gluten-free brownies
Last updated on April 8th, 2019 How many potlucks with piles of freshly baked flour-filled goodies must a person like me endure? Pure torture for the gluten-free, I say. The host of the last one boasted a brownie taste-test among the spread of chocolate-y confections. So what does one who can’t eat them do? Force-feed…
The key to unforgettable brownies
Last updated on November 26th, 2012 Chocolate might not be my choice dessert, but these brownies made me forget all about that fact. I probably ate half of the batch all by myself. And now I’m sad that they’re gone. That’s why there’s been radio silence on my end this past week – I’m in…
Pumpkin cheesecake brownie bites
Last updated on March 14th, 2014 October has come and gone, but my obsession with pumpkin recipes didn’t end when the lights in the Jack-O’-Lanterns flickered out on November 1st. No, it’s becoming clear that pumpkin is gonna keep turning up on my menu for quite some time. In fact, no one can say with…
Rocky road cookies
Last updated on March 7th, 2013 After running his own business building custom homes for the past 30+ years, my dad recently took a job as a civil inspector for the gas and electric company. This career shift requires him to live out of a suitcase in hotels around Northern California five days a week. Bummer…
Gooey strawberry chocolate chip brownies
Last updated on July 2nd, 2012 When Chuy read about the strawberry cupcakes I made a couple of weeks back, he exclaimed in disbelief, “YOU NEVER MAKE INTERESTING CUPCAKES FOR ME!!!” Let me start by saying: this is just not true – he got to enjoy the green tea cupcakes from St. Patrick’s Day. Nonetheless,…
