Newly Purchased*

I bought these cool fondant molds the other day at my local AC Moore. It will definitely make cake and cupcake decorating way easier! I have a big project coming up that I am excited about, and hopefully I'll be able to use these molds. More on that later.....

Holiday Cookies

I've been super busy this holiday season.. I usually make something during the holidays and package them all nice and pretty to give as gifts. Last year I made peppermint bark. This year I decided to make cookies! As a result, my kitchen transformed into a cookie factory the week before Christmas. All of the cookie recipes came from Martha Stewart's Cookies book. I found lots of cute pails and tins to package my cookies at Target and the Dollar Tree.

I made:
Snickerdoodles
Cranberry Pistachio Cornmeal Biscotti
Milk Chocolate Cookies
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Double Chocolate Coconut Cookies
Applesauce Oatmeal Raisin Cookies with Maple Glaze
Chocolate Crackles
Thumbprint Cookies

I don't think I took a picture of all the cookies I made, but here are some!

 - Cranberry Pistachio Cornmeal Biscotti -

- Jam Thumbprints -

- Chocolate Crackles -

 - the spread -

 - my cookies all packaged -

(I found these cute felt pails at Target)

Merry Christmas!!!

Thanksgiving Desserts

Boy, oh, boy have I been busy baking... I was in charge of baking desserts this year for my family's Thanksgiving feast. I made pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting, pecan bars, apple pie, sweet potato pie, cornbread muffins, and a cornucopia out of Pillsbury breadsticks!

- breadsticks cornucopia -

- pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting -

- pecan bars -

- sweet potato pie -

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Apple Pie Time!!!

I loooooooove autumn! I love the brisk, nippy weather, the crunching of the leaves under my feet, but most of all the FOOD! I love how you can get everything pumpkin flavored (which is my favorite!) and apple-related things everywhere! Yes, I love fall. This week truly felt like autumn was finally here, so in honor of this I baked my first apple pie of the season.

I'm tweaking the recipe a bit, so I'll post that later! Happy Fall!!!

Bridal Shower*

So a friend asked me if I could cater the desserts for her sister's bridal shower. Of course I said yes! She gave me a list of things that she wanted and the color theme (red and aqua), which made my life way easier. I hope that the bride likes them, and CONGRATULATIONS! I couldn't take the best pictures of them before I had to package them up and send them away, but here's what I have!

- red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting -

- brownie squares with chocolate drizzle -

- chocolate covered pretzels -

- mini carrot cupcakes with cream cheese frosting -