Your favorite grab-and-go breakfast pastry gets a sweet southern makeover with these homemade peach-filled, whiskey-glazed pop tarts recipe with my partners at Jackson Morgan Southern Cream. I can remember coming home from school hoping to sneak a snack before dinner. The first bite I would try to grab would be a pop tart. Frosted strawberry…
Red Wine Cherry Glazed Cheesecake
Ahhhhh, cheesecake. Quite possibly my favorite dessert, there is just something marvelous about the tangy, creamy base with a graham crust. If that weren’t enough, I decided to pair a favorite wine with the mix. Since I already had a glass out, I decided to throw in just a splash of this beautiful red blend…
A Perfect Long Weekend in Oklahoma City
I’m just going to jump straight in on this one… Oklahoma City totally blew me away on my recent long weekend visit with a handful of blogging buddies. Incredible food, an arts scene that will keep your eyes peeled in every neighborhood, and a community packed full of welcoming locals that will have you planning…
Raspberry Brown Butter Chiffon Cake
Sometimes in life… you just need some cake. This month has been one of those months for me. Two big trips, lots of photography client deadlines, and a move (more on that later) mixed right in the middle of it all. I wondered if baking a cake would distract me enough to simmer down a…
Panama City Beach: Sights & Adventures
A little (or a lot) of sun for a quick getaway can be the perfect cure to the need-to-getaway blues. What better way to relax than on the beach? I’m taking you all along my long weekend in Panama City Beach, Florida, to show you how I enjoy the sugar-white sand beaches, parks and endless…
Panama City Beach: Eats & Treats
Few things in life are better than taking a long weekend for some fun in the sun at the beach. For as long as I can remember, every summer growing up meant trips to explore the always sunny Eastern coastline. I’ve just returned (with a toasty nice tan, I may add) from the sugar-white sand…
Coffee Coffee Cake
Steeping my coffee cake game to a whole new level with a super moist yogurt buttermilk coffee cake, complete with coffee brown sugar cinnamon swirls, coffee streusel crumble, and a sweet coffee glaze. Wake up, San Francisco! It’s time to drink your coffee and eat it too. — Everything is better with coffee. There’s something magical…
Banana Cream Mousse Tart with NILLA Wafers Crust
This post has been sponsored by NILLA Wafers. All thoughts and opinions are my own. — A tart that will take those banana pudding memories to a whole new level. NILLA Wafers butter crust is topped with malted chocolate ganache and a banana-packed white chocolate mousse. Finished with whipped cream, bananas, and crushed NILLA Wafers….
Chocolate Rye Brownies with Bourbon Caramel
I guess I’m just going to continue the whole chocolate theme for the month with these. I don’t expect anyone will have too much protest for that, right? These chocolate rye brownies with a bourbon caramel swirl and crunchy pistachios are a unique, toasty twist on a fudgy brownie. Rye flour is something that I’ve…
Chestnut Chocolate Eclairs
Happy New Year, y’all! (I can still say that, right? Ehhh…. Maybe pushing it a bit.) — I took a bit of a much-needed blog breather during the holidays this season. December is usually blog-central, with more traffic coming in for one month than a few regular months combined. I am usually trying to post…
