Easy Slow Cooker Pumpkin Butter Recipe (Small Batch & Perfect)
This was supposed to be a small batch of pumpkin butter for a neighbor who’d just had a baby. I had the sugar measured, the … Read more
Cozy Small-Batch Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Icing
I’m not supposed to have a favorite season for baking, but autumn has always held a sneaky claim on my heart. There’s just something about … Read more
Best Maple Roasted Pear and Walnut Salad with Blue Cheese
Honestly, I wasn’t trying to find a new salad. I’d stopped by my neighbor’s house last Tuesday to return her hedge clippers, and the smell … Read more
Spooky Witch Finger Pretzel Rods: Easy Halloween Treat
My cousin Dave had sworn off Halloween baking for years. “It’s all just sugar cookies with extra food coloring,” he’d say, crossing his arms like … Read more
Halloween Spider Web Cookie Cake: Best Spooky Dessert
My neighbor, a retired baker named Frank, watched me struggle with a batch of Halloween sugar cookies one October afternoon from over the fence. He … Read more
Perfect Mini Pumpkin Cheesecakes: Easy Fall Dessert
Hand me that pie plate, my friend said, holding a sleeve of graham crackers over the mixing bowl. I was mid-lecture about the importance of … Read more
Easy Candy Corn Rice Krispie Treats Recipe
It was 10:47 PM on a random Wednesday in September, and I was hit with the very specific need to make something that looked like … Read more
Easy Make-Ahead Breakfast Sliders (15 Min Prep!)
I wasn’t expecting breakfast to be the highlight of my Saturday. I’d stopped by my neighbor’s garage to borrow a socket wrench—honestly, a total afterthought … Read more
Tender Slow Cooker Hatch Chili Verde Pork
There used to be a tiny taqueria on a dusty corner in Silver City, New Mexico, that made a green chile pork that was nothing … Read more
Adorable Black Cat Halloween Sugar Cookies: Best Easy Recipe
The neighborhood Halloween block party was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten the treat exchange. Everyone else would be bringing elaborate haunted gingerbread houses … Read more