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Neatly arranged peppermint chocolate sugar cookies on a marble countertop

Chocolate-Dipped Peppermint Chocolate Sugar Cookies

This easy recipe makes chewy peppermint chocolate sugar cookies, dips them into more chocolate, then covers them with crunchy peppermint pieces! Santa will love these Peppermint Chocolate Sugar Cookies and so will you! Get ready to meet your new favorite Christmas dessert. Double Chocolate Sugar Cookies with Peppermint Whenever I think of Christmas, I start […]

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Soft Cut Out Sugar Cookies

This Soft Sugar Cookie Recipe has a secret ingredient that makes the cookies super tender and moist, while still allowing them to hold their shape in the oven. Paired with a classic sugar cookie icing, they’re perfect for decorating! If you’re looking for more easy sugar cookie recipes, try these soft and chewy sugar cookies, […]

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Black Forest Cheesecake

This post is sponsored by Challenge Butter, but all opinions are my own. This Black Forest Cheesecake is a creamy, decadent chocolate cheesecake with a homemade cherry liqueur topping and fresh whipped cream! It’s the perfect treat for the holidays!

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Easy Sugar Cookie Icing

This smooth and glossy Sugar Cookie Icing is super easy to make in just 15 minutes! It hardens on top of your cookies beautifully, and it tastes as good as it looks. I recommend using my simple cut-out sugar cookie recipe with this icing! Easy Homemade Icing for Sugar Cookies You really can’t buy the […]

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Shortbread Cookies

This easy shortbread cookie recipe makes picture-perfect cookies that are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. Sprinkled with sugar and dipped in chocolate, they have a sweet and buttery flavor that’s totally irresistible. Plus, they keep for weeks! Looking for more classic cookie recipes? Try these oatmeal raisin cookies, soft sugar cookies, […]

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Butter Cookies

These soft Vanilla Butter Cookies are tender, delicious, and melt in your mouth! Dusted with powdered sugar, they’ll provide some classic charm to any holiday cookie tray with minimal effort. For more easy holiday cookie recipes, check out these chocolate dipped Danish butter cookies, these gingersnap cookies, these soft cut out sugar cookies, or these […]

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Pumpkin Cheesecake Cookie Cups

Soft and moist spiced pumpkin cookies are baked in a cupcake pan and stuffed with a creamy cinnamon cheesecake filling in these decadent Pumpkin Cheesecake Cookie Cups. Topped off with a candy pumpkin, festive cookies and no-bake cheesecake combine into one heavenly dessert. Dreamy Pumpkin Cheesecake Cookie Cups I don’t like having to choose between […]

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The Best Sweet Potato Pie

This classic sweet potato pie has a smooth filling made with browned butter, brown sugar and just the right amount of spice! This post is sponsored by Challenge Butter, but all opinions are my own. Sweet potato pie is like pumpkin pie‘s under-appreciated cousin. Pumpkin pie definitely gets the main spotlight for Thanksgiving, but if […]

A cranberry pecan cheeseball on a wooden cutting board with a cup of cranberry juice in the background

Cranberry Pecan Cheeseball Recipe

Made with goat cheese, chives, cinnamon and brown sugar, this sweet and tangy Cranberry Pecan Cheeseball recipe makes one incredible appetizer. Grab your favorite chips or crackers for dipping and go to town! Why You’ll Love This Creamy Cheeseball Recipe I love to serve this cheeseball as a Thanksgiving appetizer or a game-day munchie. I’m […]

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Caramel Pecan Pie

This sweet and salty Caramel Pecan Pie is a Southern classic with a caramel twist and no corn syrup involved! Paired with a flaky butter pie crust made from scratch, every holiday could use a dessert as yummy as this one! Perfect Caramel Pecan Pie Recipe A few months ago, I tried a caramel pecan […]

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How to Blind Bake Pie Crust

Learn to blind bake your pie crust for your pie recipes! You can partially bake it for a baked pie or fully bake it for a no-bake filled pie. Either way, I’ve got you covered!

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Flaky All-Butter Pie Crust

Learn to make the perfect all-butter pie crust with this recipe! The simple method produces a flaky pie crust and can be done with a food processor or by hand! You’ll never need another pie crust recipe! Everyone needs a failproof homemade pie crust. I use this flaky crust in all my favorite pie recipes, […]

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6 inch Vanilla Cake

This 6 inch vanilla cake is perfect for smaller groups, smash cakes and so much more! Make a moist, delicious vanilla cake and learn how to adapt many of my cake recipes for use as 6 inch cakes!

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Baked Feta Pasta

Ripe and juicy cherry tomatoes combine with melty feta cheese, minced garlic and fresh basil in this easy, cheesy Baked Feta Pasta! This crave-worthy casserole is a family favorite, guaranteed. A Cheesy Pasta Dinner Idea This simple pasta bake is a kid-friendly dinner recipe that’s sure to make many reappearances at your dining table. The […]

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Baileys Hot Chocolate Ice Cream Pie

This Baileys Hot Chocolate Ice Cream Pie is an easy dessert with a Baileys chocolate no-churn ice cream layered with marshmallows! It’s like eating frozen hot chocolate in pie form – with a kick! Want more ways to make chocolate pie? Try this French Silk Pie or this S’mores Pie. Baileys and Hot Chocolate Pie […]

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Pumpkin Pound Cake

This Pumpkin Pound Cake is dense, but tender and moist, just like a pound cake should be! It’s loaded with pumpkin and cozy spices for the most comforting pound cake that you’ll make again and again. While pumpkin things start appearing before summer is really even over, it’s just beginning to feel like fall around […]

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Ham and Cheese Sliders

Soft Hawaiian rolls are stuffed with deli ham and Swiss cheese, then covered in a tangy honey-mustard glaze with poppy seeds and baked until golden-brown. These definitely aren’t your average Ham and Cheese Sliders! Easy Baked Ham and Cheese Sliders I can’t even think about these warm and buttery ham and cheese sliders without drooling. […]

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Spooky Halloween Marble Cake

This is the perfect Spooky Halloween Marble Cake for your Halloween parties! The red and black marble cake is decorated with drippy red “blood” with bloody bones and bloody eyeball sprinkles!

Chocolate cookies stuffed with buttercream frosting, covered with Oreo crumbs and topped with gummy worms

Dirt Cookie Cups

Chewy chocolate cookies, velvety chocolate buttercream, finely crushed Oreos and fruity gummy worms make these Dirt Cookie Cups a Halloween sensation! They’re super easy to make and fun to decorate. Indulgent Dirt Cookie Cups Dirt cups are a classic kid-favorite dessert that adults adore just as much as the little ones. This simple recipe takes […]

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Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix

Whip up the hot chocolate of your dreams with this quick and easy Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix. It only needs 4 ingredients, and makes the creamiest cup of hot cocoa. Customize it with your favorite add-ins and flavors! Why You’ll Love This Recipe During the winter, I’m determined to have a stash of hot cocoa […]