Can’t believe we are almost at the end of this year’s Bake-a-thon with just one more bake left for Friday, time sure is racing by. Today I have a shortbread cookie recipe made with chocolate chips and Heath toffee bits. This recipe is from thekitchn. I love baking shortbread cookies because they are very easy to make and taste amazing. They are crumbly and buttery. So when I saw the recipe for this chocolate chip toffee shortbread cookies, I knew I had to try them during this holiday season....

About these nut-free chocolate energy balls Nut-free! It seems like every energy ball recipe I come across has some sort of nut butter included in the list of ingredients. Since that doesn’t work for us with my kids’ food allergies, I set out to figure out an alternative. I wanted these to not only be nut-free but also to be free of sesame seeds and sunflower seeds. Great snack: I often have an afternoon cup of coffee and I always crave a bite of chocolate with it....

What’s your policy on naps? Do you have one? Is it weird that I do? Mine is that I should under no circumstances be permitted to take one unless I’m 100% certain that I won’t encounter another living being for at least 12 hours. Zach knows this. I haven’t napped in years, partly because they render me useless and intolerable for the rest of the day — it’s bad for my marriage....

Still have more apples than you know what to do with? Be sure to check out my easy Apple Butter or Apple Crisp recipes! I originally shared this Baked Apple Recipe over on Spend with Pennies! I love Fall baking. Not just because it’s so cozy to hole up in my kitchen now that the weather’s turned blustery, chilly, and grey, but also because of the seasonal ingredients that I get to bake with....

How long it takes: 20 minutes to prep, 55 minutes in the oven Equipment you’ll need: mixing bowls, measuring utensils, electric mixer, cake pan, oven Servings: 9 But what could be more perfect than coffee cake, especially homemade streusel coffee cake. Crunchy, crumbly, cinnamon sweet streusel just rings all the happy bells for me. You’re going to love this classic coffee cake recipe. I have a feeling you’ll be coming back to it again and again....

A Classic (but better), Cozy Pot Roast Recipe The humble pot roast. While surely you must have a recipe for this simple American classic tucked away somewhere or dog-eared in an old cookbook, today I’m bringing you my family’s favorite and your new favorite version. It’s been carefully tweaked to perfection, delivers flavor you didn’t even know was possible with a pot roast (seriously!), and will have everyone asking for seconds (and for the recipe, too)....

How long it takes: 40 minutes Equipment you’ll need: just one skillet! Servings: 6 About This Creamy Chicken Recipe Homemade. The flavor of this homemade mushroom gravy is, in a word, amazing. Fresh, creamy, and seasoned with onions and garlic, it coats every inch of juicy chicken in the pan. Unlike many other recipes you’ll find, there’s no canned soup in this recipe. Quick. This cream of mushroom chicken recipe takes about 40 minutes to make, start to finish....

Why You’ll Love Crockpot Oatmeal A cinch to make! This oatmeal is so easy to stir up the night before. You only need oats, water, and a pinch of salt. And a crockpot, of course. Five minutes max! How long it takes: overnight Equipment you’ll need: slow cooker (4-6 quart) Servings: 6 Eating oatmeal can feel a little old-fashioned. Oats have been around for thousands of years. You may know oatmeal as porridge or by another name....

Make your own, easy, no-churn Toasted Mocha Marshmallow-flavored ice cream (no ice cream maker required!) using Coffee-mate® Dessert Creamers and then sandwich a scoop inside a sliced, bakery donut for an out of this world treat that’s perfect for serving all year around! While the weather outside may not be feeling very summer-y just yet (especially not here on the East Coast where I’m still recovering from our most recent snowstorm), I’m already in summer baking mode and have been working on no-bake and frosty recipes for the past few weeks already....

Hide your spoons. You’ll want to use them to eat this dip instead of sliced apples. Apples will at least make you think that you’re being somewhat healthy. But I won’t judge either way. You guys know me, I can’t resist a good dip and if a spoon is handy, well then, why not?! How long it takes: 10 minutes, tops Equipment you’ll need: mixing bowl Servings: makes 2 cups When apples are in season, caramel apples start appearing everywhere....

Mushroom Spinach Gnocchi is a Perfect Family Meal. Mother’s Day is just around the corner and I’m all set to pamper MoM with all her favorite things. Like this Easy Mushroom Spinach Gnocchi and our favorite JaM Cellars Butter Chardonnay for a quick Mother-Daughter brunch. So it’s imperative that she gets to taste the best of the dishes and made to feel like a queen. So every Mother’s Day, we decide to spend a whole day doing things that she likes along with some spa time, shopping, etc....

How long it takes: 5 minutes Equipment you’ll need: mixing bowl, whisk Servings: 4 (but it’s really easy to make a double batch) This easy pumpkin pudding recipe is a quick homemade treat to ease us into the colder months. Topped with whipped cream and crunchy pepitas, this pumpkin pudding is sure to satisfy any sweet tooth and a craving for cozy spice. Pumpkin pie flavor. This pumpkin pudding tastes a bit like a freshly baked pumpkin pie....

Merry Christmas to all of you. Hope all have a wonderful time with your family and friends. We are having a fun time with my sisters family who drove all the way from New Jersey. For today’s bake-a-thon, I baked some delicious Sugar Cutout cookies. These are great to make with kids and are perfect to set out for Santa to arrive.I think this holiday season I’ve tried quite a few cookies that have been on my to-make list for a long time....

For Day 2 of this week’s BM under ‘Holiday Special’ theme, I have a delicious ‘Eggless Dulce de Leche Rolls’ recipe. I love baking sweet rolls because they are buttery, soft and absolutely delicious. Sweet Rolls with dulce de leche filling: This recipe is from Rachel Koo’s cookbook ‘The Little Paris Kitchen’. I adapted her dulce de leche sweet rolls to make it eggless. These are basically brioche rolls that are filled with dulce de leche and toasted nuts....

Hi Everyone, Hope you had a great Father’s Day yesterday and I’m back with these fabulous Firecracker Sausage Kebab (also called Firecracker Sausage Skewers) recipe that’s perfect for your upcoming July 4th BBQ parties. Since the beginning of June, we have been attending so many BBQ’s and the next one is at our place. So I decided to make these Firecracker kebabs which has this sweet-spicy taste along with beautifully grilled vegetables and sausages....

If you are wondering what to do with that leftover rice? Here comes my irresistible garlic rice cooked with sun-dried turkey berries, black nightshade berries, dried curd/yogurt chilies, and dried neem flowers. It is not the Indo-Chinese style rice, it the traditional postpartum style garlic rice, easily digestible and healthy too. Postpartum Diet: As I mentioned in the postpartum recipes page, the postpartum diet is a well-balanced diet that is believed to help in better digestion for lactating moms, which in turn prevents colic in babies....

I added some sauteed tofu to the noodles to add protein to the dish, but feel free to add egg or paneer or anything else to make it more substantial. Recipe from Soma’s Ecurry:

Homemade Monkey Bread I am guessing you’re no stranger to monkey bread. If you’re lucky, your childhood was like mine and you spent many mornings cutting up pre-made biscuit dough, rolling it through cinnamon and sugar, and all-but drooling in front of the oven while it baked. Let’s not forget the scalding burns from dripping hot oozing caramel sauce all over yourself because you just can’t wait another second for that first bite....

Come summer and the grocery stores are full of summer vegetables and fruits. And the most sought-after fruit here in USA, in summer, is watermelon, in fact in the start of summer we came back empty handed twice in a row over the weekend as the stores ran out of it. But then the 2nd time we didn’t give up the quest of delicious watermelon and drove an extra 2-3 miles till we finally got our hands on one....

This protein packed bread is a perfect recipe to use up leftover humus. You can also make your own hummus - I have the recipe in the recipe card below. Great to eat toasted or make a sandwich. Also tasty to eat with a thin layer of extra hummus, for added yumminess!! About the Recipe I love baking bread at home. I either bake sourdough bread or a yeast bread almost every week....