It’s been a weird summer around here. For the first time in a few years, I’m actually not thinking about pumpkin. I’m still clinging to summer berries, sunshine, and warm evenings. But the other day I opened my container of allspice for these spiced apple bars. And, suddenly, I could imagine cool mornings, sweaters, and …

  *Post from 09/17/12. Images updated 08/17/16. I don’t know about you, but I’ve never really been able to taste zucchini in baked goods. Sure you can see green flecks sometimes, but you can’t really taste it. To me, the zucchini seems to take on the flavor of everything else. Because of this, I’ve never …

By now I’m sure that you’ve figured out how much we like all things s’mores! While we love the traditional way of making them over an open fire, we also enjoy them as snacks and in other desserts. Really the only way we didn’t eat them was for breakfast. That has all changed. Now we …

I’m seeing signs of the end of summer slowly creeping up on us all around me. Whether it’s the back to school posts of family and friends or the Thanksgiving and Christmas sections that we’ve seen while out shopping, there’s no denying that eventually the lazy days of summer are going to come to an …

*Post from 01/08/14. Images updated 08/04/16. If you haven’t noticed, or if you’re new to this blog, I have a thing for the combination of peanut butter, chocolate, and oats. I like the combination in cookies, bars, scones, cheesecake, etc. My newest way to enjoy this combination? In muffins! The best part? These peanut butter …