Author name: Dorothy Kern

Crookie Recipe

Freshly baked croissants stuffed with chocolate chip cookie dough, some topped with colorful sprinkles, are cooling on a wire rack. The pastries are golden brown and flaky.The Crookie is one of the best viral recipe trends to hit the internet in a long while. Don’t roll your eyes at this – it’s absolutely delicious: a buttery croissant with chocolate chip cookies baked inside. It’s gooey and crunchy and soft and sweet and SO GOOD. I believe the Crookie trend started in…

15 Best Peanut Butter Recipes

Close up shot of XL bakery style peanut butter cookies on a sheet panI share a LOT of peanut butter recipes on this site because we absolutely love peanut butter desserts. My husband is a peanut butter lover so I’m constantly coming up with new ways to use it in recipes. Plus, for many years, it was the only dessert he’d eat (although his palate has expanded in…

Lemon Gooey Bars

Three square lemon bars stacked on a white plate, with a bright yellow color and visible chunks, set in front of a wire rack and a sliced lemon in the background.If you’re a lemon lover, you’re going to love these Lemon Cake Mix Bars. Also called Lemon Gooey Bars, they have just 5 ingredients! They’re gooey and rich and the best easy dessert recipe; these delicious lemon bars are the perfect cake mix dessert. If you love making cookie bars out of cake mix you’re…

Easy Soft Pretzel Bites

bowl of soft pretzel bitesDid you know you can make Soft Pretzel Bites at home? And they’re EASY – semi-homemade with just 4 ingredients? These is an epic soft pretzel recipe you’re going to love. You can enjoy soft pretzel bites at home; no mall trip necessary! While I love homemade soft pretzels and soft pretzel bites, sometimes I…

Greek Pasta Salad

A glass bowl filled with Greek or Mediterranean salad containing lettuce, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, red onion, chickpeas, black olives, feta cheese, and orzo, with wooden utensils and tomatoes in the background.This Greek Pasta Salad recipe is the perfect easy dinner recipe and it’s perfect for a summer potluck. It’s a simple pasta salad with orzo and tons of Greek flavors – feta and briny olives with fresh veggies and a red wine vinaigrette. We absolutely love this recipe! This salad has countless elements to it with so…

12 BEST 4th of July Recipes

white plate with pile of cookies with red white and blue M&MsI excel at making red, white, and blue desserts – it’s actually one of my favorite things. I’ve loved the color combination my entire life and I love adding sprinkles to anything, so it fits. No matter what you’re making or where you’re going for the Fourth of July, you need dessert. Treats are required…

Pistachio Pie (Watergate Pie)

A slice of creamy green pistachio pie topped with whipped cream and chopped pistachios sits on a white plate, with the rest of the pie and utensils visible in the background.No Bake Pistachio Pie is an easy no-bake pie full of Watergate Salad! It’s got a graham cracker crust and a creamy pudding filling with pineapple, nuts and marshmallows. It’s the perfect pistachio flavored recipe! If you remember this pineapple pistachio fluff from the 70s, you’ll recognize this recipe. Except I took it one further and turned it…

Pistachio Pie (Watergate Pie)

A slice of creamy green pistachio pie topped with whipped cream and chopped pistachios sits on a white plate, with the rest of the pie and utensils visible in the background.No Bake Pistachio Pie is an easy no-bake pie full of Watergate Salad! It’s got a graham cracker crust and a creamy pudding filling with pineapple, nuts and marshmallows. It’s the perfect pistachio flavored recipe! If you remember this pineapple pistachio fluff from the 70s, you’ll recognize this recipe. Except I took it one further and turned it…

Easy Oreo Fluff Salad

A blue bowl filled with cookies and cream dip, topped with a whole chocolate sandwich cookie, sits on a white plate with additional cookies and a gold spoon beside it.Easy Oreo Fluff Salad is a dessert salad that’s super creamy with fluffy marshmallows and crunch from TONS of Oreo cookies. This easy recipe is a no bake dessert from heaven with simple ingredients – everyone loves this so much. Seriously I could just face plant into this fluff recipe. It’s a bowl full of fluffy creamy pudding filled with…

BEST Peanut Butter Bars

Three peanut butter bars with a chocolate topping are stacked on parchment paper. A spoonful of creamy peanut butter sits in the foreground. The bars have a thick, crumbly base and smooth chocolate layer.5 Ingredient Peanut Butter Bars are such a delicious no bake dessert! These No bake chocolate peanut butter bars taste like peanut butter cups and just take minutes to make. They’re the perfect dessert for peanut butter lovers! Who remembers the old-school lunch lady bars we all used to love as kids? This  chocolate peanut butter no-bake…

The BEST No Bake Cheesecake Recipe

cheesecake topped with frosting, blueberries, and strawberries with the fruits also sprinkled around the cheesecake.This is THE BEST NO BAKE CHEESECAKE RECIPE EVER! It’s got a thick graham cracker crust and an easy no-bake cheesecake filling without cool whip or gelatin. It’s a delicious cheesecake with a fluffy texture, crunchy crust, and only a few simple ingredients. This recipe is the BEST No Bake Cheesecake Recipe I’ve ever had. I mean sure, I love…

Lemon Poppy Seed Bread

A loaf of lemon poppy seed bread with a white glaze sits on a cooling rack. One slice is cut and slightly pulled out. A half lemon is placed beside the loaf. The bread has visible poppy seeds throughout.This is the BEST Lemon Poppy Seed Bread with a simple lemon glaze! It’s soft, moist, and bursting with lemon flavor – the lemon flavor bursts in your mouth. With a tender crumb and delicious flavor it’s going to be your favorite quick bread recipe! This lemon poppyseed loaf is for you if you’re a…

Easy Strawberry Fluff

A white bowl filled with fluffy pink strawberry mousse, topped with a fresh whole strawberry. Another bowl of mousse and whole strawberries are visible in the background.Strawberry Fluff Salad is a creamy dessert salad with strawberry jell-o mix and fluffy marshmallows – it’s the perfect no-bake dessert or sweet side dish – you can even make it in individual cups. Dessert salads are so good and this one is perfect during strawberry season! Social media introduced me to fluff salads –…

No Bake Berry Dessert Lush

berry lush dessert topped with blueberries and bread crumbs.Berry Dessert Lush is the perfect no-bake dessert for summer! Layers of no bake cheesecake with fresh berries and a vanilla wafer cookie crust – it’s a dream dessert lasagna that is perfect with fresh berries! There are so many names for desserts like this: No Bake Dessert, Delight, Lasagna, Dream Dessert. But whatever you…

Oreo Rice Krispie Treats

A close-up of three stacked rice crispy treats mixed with crushed chocolate sandwich cookies, with whole cookies scattered around on a white surface.These Oreo Rice Krispie Treats are the BEST cereal treat I’ve ever made – they’re soft and crunchy and have the perfect amount of Oreo flavor. I knew they’d be a delicious dessert but I didn’t realize what a crowd pleaser they would be – you MUST try this easy recipe! There’s nothing like a…

Ambrosia Salad Recipe

Three bowls of creamy Tropical Fluff fruit salad topped with maraschino cherries, surrounded by pastel mini marshmallows on a light surface, with two spoons placed nearby.An Ambrosia Salad Recipe is the retro 1950s marshmallow fantasy you’ve been dreaming of! It’s a creamy marshmallow fruit salad – the sweet medley of fruit is absolutely delicious. It’s an easy dessert salad that you’ll be making over and over again for potlucks or holidays! Ambrosia salad is my favorite kind of creamy fruit…

Mixed Berry Crisp

A baked mixed berry crisp in a white rectangular dish with a golden crumbly topping. A serving has been scooped out, showing the juicy berry filling and a gold spoon rests inside the dish. Nearby are a towel and a few loose berries.Berry Crisp is so much better when it has an Oatmeal Cookie Crumble on top! This easy mixed berry filling has a combination of strawberries and blueberries and has a delicious crumble on top. It’s so easy to make and so delicious! The best thing about this Mixed berry crisp recipe is the giant oatmeal cookie crumble topping. Since I used fresh…

Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies

A close-up of several cookies studded with chocolate chips and caramel pieces, sprinkled with coarse sea salt, on a white surface. Loose chocolate chips and caramel bits are scattered around.Salted Caramel Chocolate Chip Cookies are the best chocolate chip cookies with a soft caramel center and salted caramel topping. This is one of the best cookie recipes you’ll ever eat – soft and chewy and so delicious, made with simple ingredients. I love cookies – especially my chocolate chip cookie recipe. I also love…

Focaccia Bread Recipe (no knead)

Two thick slices of focaccia bread stacked on a wooden board, topped with herbs and served with a small dish of olive oil for dipping. A bottle of wine is partially visible in the background.This easy Focaccia Bread recipe is no knead and so simple to make. It’s perfect for beginners and tastes so good! The best part of this focaccia is making it with herbs and olive oil or anything you like – even turn it into pizza dough! Focaccia is an Italian bread that’s baked flat. It’s a yeast…

S’mores Blondies

A close-up of a gooey dessert bar topped with toasted marshmallows and melted chocolate on a golden brown cookie base. The bar has a bite taken out of it, revealing its soft texture.Some days you just want an ooey, gooey s’more. Today? Is one of those days. Skip the backyard – marry fudgy cookie bars with S’mores and make S’mores Blondies! Because it’s well established that I don’t do outdoor s’mores, I make indoor oven s’mores. I don’t even like making s’mores in my backyard, so the oven…

Strawberry Cookies

A close-up of three stacked strawberry cookies with visible red strawberry bits, resting on a wire cooling rack, with more cookies and part of a strawberry in the background.Strawberry Cookies that get their flavor from real strawberries (not strawberry cake mix) – these are soft and chewy strawberry cookies and you can make them all year long, not just during strawberry season! When I set out to develop a Strawberry Cookies recipe, I didn’t realize how many times I’d have to try to…

Lime Curd

A glass jar filled with creamy yellow lime curd, with a metal spoon inside. In the background, there are whole and halved limes on a light gray surface.If you love lemon curd then lime curd is going to be your new favorite – it’s creamy, sweet, and tart and perfect for topping cheesecakes, toast, or eating with a spoon. Instead of paying $4 a jar and breaking the bank, I decided to make my own and now you can too! Have you…

Cool Whip Cookies

A stack of three crinkle cookies dusted with powdered sugar, labeled Cool Whip Cookies.4 ingredient Cool Whip Cookies are soft easy fluffy cookies made with cake mix! You can make this cookie recipe with any flavor of cake mix – they’re so simple to make and so delicious to eat. You’re going to never want to stop making them! I love cool whip and I love cake mix,…

Black Bean Burgers

Veggie burger with a black bean patty, layered with fresh tomato slices, shredded lettuce, and guacamole, served in a soft bun on a wooden board. Blurred background shows additional ingredients and another burger.I started making Black Bean Burgers about 10 years ago and we’ve been enjoying them ever since. I absolutely LOVE beans, so making them into a burger was not a stretch. These are an easy 30-minute meal that’s vegan with a gluten-free option. They’re a meatless burger you WILL want to eat! Believe me, I…

Cheesy Garlic Breadsticks

A rectangular cheese bread on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, cut into strips. The bread is topped with melted cheese and garnished with parsley. A small cup of marinara sauce is on the side.Cheesy Garlic Breadsticks are the best gooey homemade breadsticks recipe! These are better than anything you’ll get at the local pizzeria – they’re soft and cheesy and full of garlic flavor. This homemade cheesy garlic breadsticks recipe is a keeper. Guys, here’s something (not so) shocking: I love bread. All kinds of bread. Cinnamon rolls, dinner rolls,…

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