Growing up, one of my favorite treats at Thanksgiving was my mom’s impossible pumpkin pie. That pie was so smooth and so delicious, it was like heaven in my mouth. Mom’s been gone for years, and so has her pumpkin pie, but last week I decided to resurrect the recipe and give it a try. Boy, am I glad I did. Read more about Impossible Pumpkin Pie
Mother’s cookies restructured recently, and for a long time they didn’t have some of their original cookies available. One of those was the Peanut Butter Gaucho cookies. I remember enjoying Gauchos when I was a little girl, sharing a treat with my mother by dipping them in coffee and eating them soft and warm. Perhaps it is sentimentality, but those are some of the best cookies ever, and they make such a great afternoon treat when paired with fresh coffee. Read more about Mother's Peanut Butter Gaucho Cookies
I'm turning the packaging over and over in my hands, and I still can't quite work out what these cookies are supposed to be called. But it hardly matters, because they are - for all intents and purposes - jaffa cakes. Which I was quite excited to try for the first time today.
After spending a lot of time contemplating these WhoNu chocolate sandwich cookies, I have reached the following conclusions: 
When I think of foods I really like, I always get that slogan from Chiquita Bananas in my head, “Chiquita bananas…quite possibly the world’s perfect food.” I think it could apply to Rice Krispies treats too. There are few quick and easy homemade treats I love more than Rice K Read more about Rice Krispies Treats
My son’s fourth birthday was this week, so of course we baked him a cake to celebrate. This year, he was old enough to pick out his own flavor, and unfortunately for us, it was strawberry. My husband and I gave each other sad looks, knowing we were going to hate his choice but wanting to support him in making his own decision.
There are certain desserts that just can’t be ignored, check out this recipe for cookie dough truffles with sea salt. I’m sure you’ll thank me later.
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There are times when I go to the grocery store in a state of mind I can only describe as "weakened." Whether it's tired, hungry, strung out from a difficult day, or all three. Such was the case last night, when I ended up buying a bag of Pepperidge Farm cookies called "Maui." The kicker? I don't really like coconut. It's just that the name "Maui" sounded so pleasant, I figured the cookies had to be good. I didn't even look at the ingredients list.
Girl Scout Cookies are a brilliant example of a forced scarcity. If thin mints and tagalongs were readily available for purchase on the supermarket shelves, do you really think adults and children from all walks would go out of their heads trying to procure them? They'd just be another sugary treat bought only in moments of weakness, usually passed by, growing stale between the Oreos and the Milanos. But because every box needs to be hand-delivered by a tiny agent of deliciousness--because we can only secure a package in moments of serendipity, when one of our co-workers mentions that her daughter is selling cookies, or when a team of girl scouts rings our doorbell on an unsuspecting afternoon--our hunger for those cookies grows. I once kept a box of thin mints in the freezer for eight whole months, savoring every cookie as if it were my last, just in case fate never brought me another sweet-bearing little girl again. Girl Scout Cookies make us joyfully irrational. And they're about to expand their arsenal of delicious baked goods. 
The other day, I was shopping hungry again. I really need to stop doing that! Right there in the center aisle, tantalizingly close and inexpensive, was a box of assorted chocolate delights from Pepperidge Farm. Have you experienced the deliciousness of Pepperidge Farm yet? If not, you are really missing out on cookies that taste like they should cost a lot more than they do. Read more about Travel the World with Pepperidge Farm