Author name: Dorothy Kern

Corn Pasta Salad

corn and zucchini and peppers and pasta and tomatoes all mixed together in a clear bowlEasy salad recipes are the best in summer and this Corn Pasta Salad is one of my favorites. Made with tortellini, corn and lots of grilled veggies, this simple pasta salad has a homemade Italian vinaigrette. Similar to my Pesto Pasta Salad and my Pizza Pasta Salad, I used cheese tortellini in this recipe –…

Key Lime Cake

Three-layer cake with white frosting and lime slices on top, displayed on a white cake stand. A slice is cut out, revealing the moist, golden layers inside. Light background enhances the cakes vibrant colors.Citrusy Key Lime Cake is moist and tender and full of key lime flavor! It’s a light and fluffy cake with a sweet and tart key lime cream cheese frosting – the perfect cake recipe for citrus lovers! Recently I remade my Key Lime Pie and then I had a bottle of key lime juice…

Puppy Chow (Muddy Buddies)

A bowl filled with Puppy Chow, a snack made from cereal coated in chocolate, peanut butter, and powdered sugar. Nearby are bowls containing peanut butter and chocolate chips. The surface is white, contrasting with the snacks texture.Puppy Chow (AKA Muddy Buddies) is a sweet Chex mix with chocolate and peanut butter – this easy homemade recipe is easy to make with only 5 simple ingredients! It’s that classic treat you love – but made with extra peanut butter (no butter!) It’s the very best sweet and salty snack – the easiest…

Orange Bars

Three lemon bars stacked on a light blue plate, dusted with powdered sugar. In the background, there are sliced oranges, striped straws, and a small bowl of sugar on a white surface.If you love the flavor of oranges and the texture and crust of lemon bars then you’re in luck: Orange Bars are the perfect combination of both! Orange Squares have a shortbread crust with an orange curd filling – with a bright citrus flavor and crumbly crust, creamy orange bars are the most delicious recipe.…

Lofthouse Cookies Copycat

Close-up of sugar cookies topped with pink frosting and colorful sprinkles, arranged on a light-colored surface. The cookies are soft and round, with a smooth layer of icing decorated with red, yellow, blue, and purple sprinkles.Make Copycat Lofthouse Cookies at home! Skip the store bought cookies and make soft sugar cookies that are cakey with creamy frosting – they’re better than the original Lofthouse cookie recipe and your’e going to love them. Every single time we go to the grocery store Jordan begs for those soft frosted sugar cookies you…

Quiche Lorraine Recipe

A slice of quiche on a white plate. The quiche has a golden crust and is filled with a creamy mixture containing small bits of bacon and herbs. Fresh parsley is scattered on top and around the plate.​Quiche Lorraine is a classic French quiche recipe that seems difficult but is really easy to make. It’s cheesy and savory with a flaky crust and is perfect for lunch, dinner, or brunch! I never had quiche until Easter my senior year of high school. I’d gone to church with a boy I liked and…

Air Fryer Chocolate Chip Cookies

Four chocolate chip cookies are placed on parchment paper inside an air fryer basket. The cookies are golden brown and evenly spaced. The air fryer is positioned on a white surface.Air Fryer Chocolate Chip Cookies are gooey on the inside and crispy on the outside – they’re the best chocolate chip cookies ever! Baking in the air fryer has never been easier – once you make cookies this way you’ll never want to bake cookies in the oven again. I’ve been making my best chocolate…

Easy Refried Beans

refried beans in blue bowlIf you’re looking for a simple side dish for Taco Tuesday or any meal, my EASY Refried Beans are the perfect recipe. You can make this recipe with black beans or pinto beans! With just a few ingredients they’re perfect in quesadillas, on salads, or as a side dish. I started making these beans about…

No Bake Peanut Butter Cup Pie

Slice of no bake peanut butter pie on plateThe BEST Peanut Butter Pie Recipe is this No Bake Peanut Butter Cup Pie! It’s an easy creamy peanut butter pie full of chopped peanut butter cups with a no-bake cookie crust. I originally shared this pie on Crazy for Crust’s 6th birthday. Now we’ve passed 15 years and this is STILL a favorite recipe!…

Pesto Tortellini Pasta Salad

A bowl of tortellini pasta is topped with pesto, sun-dried tomatoes, and pine nuts. In the background, theres a small bowl of extra pesto, a bowl of grated cheese, and wooden serving utensils on a striped cloth.Pesto Tortellini Pasta Salad is the perfect simple dinner or potluck dish! It’s like a pasta salad but made with cheese tortellini, basil pesto, sun-dried tomatoes and pine nuts! It’s a hearty pesto pasta salad that I can never stop eating. I think I could live on tortellini…especially with my homemade pesto! Making a Tortellini…

Easter Baskets for Bakers

Collage of Easter baking essentials such as a bunny cake stand, Easter cookie cutters, cookie stamps, mason jar measuring cups and spoons, bunny loaf pan, spring sprinkles, bunny ceramic plate, pink silicone spatula set, and peeps towels.Looking for the perfect Easter basket gifts for the baker in your life? These festive kitchen accessories and baking tools will bring joy and creativity to their Easter baking adventures. From charming vintage-inspired measuring tools to adorable seasonal bakeware, this collection of gifts that will make any baker’s heart skip a beat! Cute and Practical…

Taco Bell Salad Copycat

taco salad in bowl.This Classic Taco Salad recipe is a quick 30-minute dinner loaded with all of your favorite taco ingredients. It’s kind of like a Taco Bell Taco Salad but made at home in no time at all – we eat this at least once a week! I love to make a big ground beef taco salad…

Lemon Shortbread Cookies

A stack of round lemon cookies on a marble surface, with a blurred background showing more cookies and a whole lemon. The cookies are light golden with visible lemon zest.Lemon Shortbread Cookies are sweet and tender with tons of lemon flavor from lemon zest and lemon juice. They’re buttery and crunchy and the perfect shortbread cookie recipe – you can make them any shape you want. These cookies are the best recipe for lemon lovers everywhere. I am a certified lemon dessert lover! I’ve made…

Strawberry Icebox Cake

A slice of strawberry shortcake on a white plate, topped with fresh strawberry slices and whipped cream. A large dish with the dessert is visible in the background, along with a whole strawberry on the side.Delicious Strawberry Icebox Cake – a one pan no-bake recipe full of fresh berries and whipped cream! This no bake dessert is made with vanilla wafers that soften so the layers actually taste like you’re eating cake with fresh berries and creamy cream cheese filling. This is an epic recipe for spring and summer! I’ve mentioned…

Graham Cracker Crust

A pie dish with a golden-brown graham cracker crust sits on a gray surface. Beside it are several whole graham crackers and a small bowl of crushed crumbs. A light blue cloth is draped nearby.A homemade graham cracker crust recipe for baked pies and no bake pies is the best graham cracker crust you’ve ever had! NEVER buy a store bought crust again – this one is easy and tastes SO MUCH BETTER! Why Use My Recipe Graham cracker pie crust is one of my favorite pie crusts – a…

Coconut Macaroons

Close-up of several macaroon cookies coated with dark and white chocolate on the bottom, resting on a cooling rack. The toasted coconut gives them a golden-brown appearance. A blurred background suggests more macaroons.I found the perfect Coconut Macaroons Recipe – they’re made with sweetened condensed milk without eggs! They’re soft and chewy and have so much coconut flavor. This is my absolute favorite macaroon recipe and the only one I make! I’ve tried so many macaroon cookie recipes and not liked any of them; I’ve probably made…

Buttery Homemade Dinner Rolls

dinner roll stacked on other rolls in a black panMy Buttery Dinner Roll Recipe is the ULTIMATE homemade roll! These are soft and fluffy with just a few simple ingredients – they’re the best side dish and they’re impossible to resist. Fluffy rolls like this are easy to make by hand or with a stand mixer – the best homemade dinner rolls are just a short…

Strawberry Shortcake Layer Cake

A sliced three-layer vanilla cake is topped with fresh strawberries and white frosting. Each layer contains cream and strawberry pieces. The cake is displayed on a white cake stand against a light gray background.My Strawberry Shortcake Cake recipe layers of moist vanilla cake filled with fresh juicy strawberries and topped with a stable whipped cream frosting. It’s soft and sweetIt’s the PERFECT cake for strawberry season when you have so many fresh berries! Strawberry shortcake is one of my favorite memories from childhood. Every summer for my dad’s birthday, a family gathering or just because,…

Easy Butterfinger Pie Recipe

A slice of creamy pie on a white plate, topped with whipped cream and crumbled bits. The pie appears to contain nuts or chocolate chips. The plate is placed beside a fork, with the rest of the pie visible in the background.Butterfinger Pie tastes just like the famous candy bar with a creamy peanut butter filling and crushed butterfingers mixed in! This is a quick and easy pie recipe that is a perfect excuse to buy Butterfinger Candy Bars! Who are my Butterfinger fans? Butterfinger pie is so easy to make and has the best filling…

Strawberry Pretzel Salad Dip

A white bowl filled with creamy pink Strawberry Pretzel Salad Dip topped with cherry sauce sits on a plate surrounded by mini pretzels. In the background, theres a small bowl of cherry sauce and a few scattered pretzels on a light-colored surface.I turned Strawberry Pretzel Salad into an easy, fast, and delicious DIP recipe! Strawberry Pretzel Dip is a fluffy sweet cream cheese dip with tons of strawberry flavor and it’s perfect for dipping pretzels! Somehow we entered a time warp back in January and when we stepped out it was mid-May. I’m not quite sure…

Gifts for the Experienced Baker

Collage of baking gifts, including cake pans, flavor extracts, whisks, measuring spoons, cookbook, mixing bowls, scale, bread kit, thermometer, plant, and baking t-shirt, under the title Gifts for the Experienced Baker.Finding a gift for the experienced baker in your life can definitely be a challenge, especially if they seem to have every baking tool under the sun! Have no fear because this gift guide has some of the best baking accessories, specialty ingredients, and unique kitchen gadgets that will surely impress even the most seasoned…

Strawberry Shortcake Cupcakes

Vanilla cupcake with white frosting topped with a fresh strawberry, surrounded by more cupcakes.Strawberry Shortcake Cupcakes are my favorite vanilla cupcake recipe filled with fresh strawberries and a whipped cream frosting! These moist cupcakes are the perfect way to enjoy strawberries all season long! Strawberry Shortcake Cupcakes combine my love of vanilla cupcakes and strawberries and whipped cream into one delicious handheld dessert! My dad’s birthday is in…

Crockpot Spaghetti Sauce

A slow cooker filled with vibrant red tomato sauce, garnished with chopped green herbs. A striped kitchen towel and fresh parsley are partially visible on the side.To make an easy marinara sauce, you need this Slow Cooker Spaghetti Sauce recipe. It is a delicious, smooth, and fresh tomato sauce that cooks all day in the slow cooker so it has that cooked all day taste. It’s perfect for pasta night or you can freeze it for quick weeknight dinners! Whenever I’m…

Chocolate Chip Brookies

Stacked squares of brookies, a dessert combining chocolate chip cookies and brownies, are shown. The top layer is cookie dough with chocolate chips, while the bottom layer is brownie.This Brookie Recipe is one of my favorite cookie bar recipes! These are rich, fudgy, indulgent bars are made from scratch – they’re one part cookie bars, one part decadent brownies – the ultimate treat and one of the best desserts in the world. A brookie is a dessert mashup of epic proportions: it’s part homemade brownie recipe and…

Viral TikTok Cinnamon Rolls

Cinnamon rolls in a glass baking dish, topped with a glossy layer of icing. The rolls are golden brown and swirled with cinnamon filling.TikTok Cinnamon Rolls went viral a few years ago and you’ll see why – this is the Viral TikTok Cinnamon Roll Recipe and they’re SO easy and delicious. Easy cinnamon rolls are baked with heavy cream keeping them gooey and rich and perfect. Don’t waste any more time – try this recipe today! These gooey…