Author name: Dorothy Kern

Famous Amos Copycat Chocolate Chip Cookie

A plate filled with homemade chocolate chip cookies, golden brown and studded with chocolate chips, sits on a table with a few cookies in the background.Love those bite-size Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookies in the yellow bag? This is my copycat version and they’re even better: small, delicious bite size cookies that can be super crunchy or soft, your choice! Copycat recipes are one of my specialties: I love creating my favorite store and restaurant desserts at home! Famous Amos…

Homemade Garlic Rolls

A close-up of golden brown, freshly baked garlic rolls topped with herbs and specks of seasoning, arranged in a pile.These are the BEST Homemade Garlic Dinner Rolls! Easier than you think, quick fluffy dinner rolls are something you can make in no time. These are delicious with a buttery garlic and herb coating, perfect as a side dish. It should come as no surprise that garlic bread rolls reign supreme in my house. If…

Crockpot Apple Dump Cake

A plate of apple crumble topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, with two cinnamon sticks on the side and a spoon resting nearby.Learn how to make apple dump cake in your crockpot for the easiest dessert ever! With just 6 ingredients this recipe uses fresh apples (not pie filling) and tastes so much better than any other recipe! This is the BEST Apple Dump Cake ever it uses fresh apples and cake mix! Have you ever heard…

Classic Pecan Logs

Sliced pieces of caramel-wrapped marshmallows coated in chopped pecans are arranged on a wooden board, showcasing their creamy, nutty texture and sweet, chewy appearance.Caramel Pecan Logs are an old fashioned candy recipe with a soft nougat center coated in rich soft caramel and pecans. This is one of my favorite candy recipes! Plus, they make a large batch which is perfect for gifting at the holidays. What is a pecan log? This delightful candy is one I absolutely…

Iced Oatmeal Cookies

A stack of five oatmeal cookies with white icing on top, sitting on a white surface, with more cookies blurred in the background.Old Fashioned Iced Oatmeal Cookies are such a classic cookie recipe! Soft and chewy with crisp edges and a sweet icing that dries hard, these will become your new favorite cookie to make from scratch. Growing up, my mom would always buy those packaged Iced Oatmeal Cookies from the grocery store. My dad loved them,…

Fudgy M&M Brownies Recipe

Close-up of two thick, fudgy M&M Brownies stacked, with colorful candy-coated chocolates baked inside and sprinkled on top.These M&M Brownies are rich, fudgy, and extra chocolatey, with colorful M&M candies in every bite. The candy adds just the right amount of crunch, and you can use classic M&M’s or switch them out for seasonal colors or your favorite variety. I am firmly on team fudgy brownie: cakey brownies have just never been…

Pumpkin Spice Cookies

I love pumpkin spice season! These Pumpkin Pie Spice Cookies are an easy soft and chewy sugar cookie with warm fall flavors – and they’re so good. I took my favorite sugar cookie recipe and added pumpkin spice to the cookie and the icing. It’s an EPIC fall cookie recipe! Pumpkin cookies are really good. I…

Pumpkin Spice Cookies

A frosted sugar cookie with creamy icing sits on a cooling rack. A small candy pumpkin is visible next to the cookie on a wooden surface, completing the festive look of these delightful Pumpkin Spice Cookies.I love pumpkin spice season! These Pumpkin Pie Spice Cookies are an easy soft and chewy sugar cookie with warm fall flavors – and they’re so good. I took my favorite sugar cookie recipe and added pumpkin spice to the cookie and the icing. It’s an EPIC fall cookie recipe! Pumpkin cookies are really good. I…

Peanut Butter Ice Cream Topping

A glass bowl of vanilla ice cream is being topped with thick caramel sauce, with a jar of caramel sauce in the background.Peanut Butter Sauce is perfect as an ice cream topping or on pancakes, waffles, as a dip…or on a spoon. This creamy, thick and delicious dessert sauce has just 4 ingredients and is the perfect sweetened peanut butter flavor! Peanut Butter Ice Cream Topping is the best sauce ever – perfect for any sundae or…

Butterscotch Sauce

A spoon with caramel sauce rests on the rim of an open glass jar filled with caramel sauce, set against a white background.Butterscotch Sauce is a rich dessert sauce made with butter and brown sugar and it takes under 10 minutes to make! It’s easier than you think and tastes way better than the kind you buy at the store. Use this on your banana split or ice cream sundaes all year long. I did not like…

Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies Recipe

Close-up of soft, chewy pumpkin oatmeal cookies with visible white chocolate chips and oats, stacked on top of each other, with small pumpkin-shaped candies blurred in the background.Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies are made with pumpkin puree and pumpkin pie spice for a fall twist on a classic soft and chewy cookie. We love them with white chocolate chips! Pumpkin season is one of my favorite seasons, and I look forward to it every year so I can make all the pumpkin things! These…

Crumb Apple Muffins

Close-up of an apple muffin topped with golden, crumbly streusel in a dark muffin tin, with another apple muffin and part of an apple blurred in the background.Fluffy Apple Muffins are filled with apple chunks and tons of cinnamon flavor with brown sugar crumble topping. This is the perfect muffin recipe for fall! I fell in love with this muffin recipe because of the crumb topping. If the crumb recipe isn’t the best part of any recipe, then I don’t know what…

Hashbrown Breakfast Casserole

A slice of hashbrown breakfast casserole on a white plate, topped with melted cheese and pieces of sausage.Hashbrown Breakfast Casserole is a cheesy NO FAIL egg casserole with hash browns, sausage and cheese. It’s the perfect brunch recipe and everyone loves it! My cheesy egg casserole is something I make every year for Christmas morning and adding hash browns just seemed like a natural progression. One of my readers told me about…

3 Ingredient Chocolate Muffins

Two chocolate chip muffins stacked on each other, with chocolate chips on top. A muffin tin and some scattered chocolate chips are in the background.My Chocolate Pumpkin Muffins have just three ingredients, are so easy to make, and taste amazing! They don’t taste like pumpkin – they’re just all chocolate for breakfast with chocolate chips and cake mix. Kids love them too! I think my most favorite thing about these chocolate muffins is that they are the perfect excuse…

Rum Punch Recipe

A bright red tropical drink in a curved glass, garnished with a pineapple slice and a cherry, with a lime slice, pineapple, and a glass of orange liquid in the background.Rum Punch Cocktails are great all year long! With 4 kinds of rum, pineapple juice, and grenadine, this easy cocktail recipe packs a PUNCH! I’m showing you how to make a single drink OR a party punch! If you’re looking for a party punch that will take you to the beach, this is it! I’d…

Peanut Butter Cookie Bars

Three stacked chocolate chip cookie bars on a white surface, with more bars and a spoonful of peanut butter nearby.Peanut Butter Cookie Bars are a soft and chewy peanut butter cookie baked in a pan. No scooping or chilling; just press and bake and eat! These have a ton of peanut butter flavor and you can add chocolate chips, candy, nuts or whatever you choose. Are you looking for a peanut butter cookie bar…

Sugar Cookie Frosting

Three decorated sugar cookies—adorned with vibrant sugar cookie icing—rest on a cooling rack: a blue star sprinkled with white, a white star lined in red, and a purple heart topped with colorful sprinkles.Upgrade your sugar cookies with this easy sugar cookie icing recipe that hardens for a glossy and beautiful finish. So much easier than royal icing, this frosting makes decorating a cinch and the cookies are stackable! Sugar Cookie Icing that Hardens While royal icing decorated cookies are beautiful, making the icing isn’t easy. Plus you…

BEST Pumpkin Blondies

Three blondie bars with white chocolate chips are stacked on a white surface, surrounded by more bars and two cinnamon sticks in the background. The cookies look chewy and golden brown.Pumpkin Blondies are a cross between brownies and pumpkin cookies: soft, chewy, and fudgy with tons of pumpkin and pumpkin spice flavor. These are the ultimate fall cookie bar recipe! I created this Pumpkin Blondie recipe from my regular all-purpose blondie recipe, the one I’ve made hundreds of times. By adjusting the amount of brown…

Frozen Mai Tai

A creamy yellow piña colada served in a curved glass, garnished with a pineapple wedge and a red cherry. Another similar drink is blurred in the background on a light surface.A Frozen Mai Tai is the classic cocktail but blended frozen so it’s the perfect summer drink! With pineapple and orange, almond and rum it’s the perfect tropical cocktail! Move over Mai Tai, the FROZEN Mai Tai is in town! This easy cocktail is a frozen riff on the classic tiki drink and it’s become…

Key Lime Bars

Three key lime bars are stacked, topped with whipped cream, with more bars and lime wedges scattered around on a white surface.Key Lime Bars are key lime pie but in handheld bar form: a buttery graham cracker crust with a creamy, tart key lime filling. These are super easy to make with simple ingredients, and they’re perfect whenever you’re craving citrus desserts. I never had Key Lime Pie until I was in my 30s, can you…

Slow Cooker Shredded Beef Tacos

A bowl of shredded beef topped with chopped onions, sliced jalapeños, and fresh herbs, next to a plate with tortillas, on a white surface with a checkered cloth.Shredded Beef Tacos Recipe is an easy crockpot dinner that is assembled in no time. You don’t need to precook anything; just dump and cook. Serve as-is or make tacos with the juicy beef. My favorite slow cooker recipes are ones that are easy to prep and almost completely hands-off, like these slow cooker shredded…

Piña Colada on the rocks

A glass of creamy yellow piña colada garnished with a pineapple slice and cherry. Another glass and a Malibu rum bottle are blurred in the background, with pineapple pieces on the table.Love a Piña Colada but don’t feel like using the blender? Never fear: Piña Colada on the Rocks is here! This easy recipe has 3 ingredients and is easier to make than the classic cocktail. If there is one thing I know, it’s that a Piña Colada is one of the most popular recipes out…

Chocolate Zucchini Cake

A square slice of chocolate cake with chocolate frosting sits on a white plate next to a gold fork, with whole zucchinis blurred in the background.A moist Chocolate Zucchini Cake with rich chocolate frosting is the best way to use up shredded zucchini. This recipe is so simple to make as a sheet cake with tons of chocolate flavor and no one will guess it has zucchini in it! I absolutely love zucchini in desserts! I’ve been baking squash into…

Apple Pie with Oatmeal Cookie Crumble

A close-up of a slice of Dutch apple pie on a dark green plate, with a fork beside it. The pie has a crumbly golden topping and flaky crust, revealing the tender apple filling inside.Love Apple Pie? You must try my Apple Pie with Oatmeal Cookie Crumble. It’s an epic recipe with perfectly cooked apples and the best crumble you’ll ever eat. I have been making crumb apple pie for years (in fact, it was the reason I started this blog). So when I was trying to come up…

Savory Pancake Bake

A skillet pizza is topped with melted cheese, browned bits, and sliced jalapeños. A bowl of shredded cheddar, a jalapeño pepper, and a checkered towel are nearby on a white surface.Have you ever tried a Savory Pancake? It’s a soft and fluffy pancake with tons of savory things, like cheese, bacon, and jalapeños. You can add anything you like and make this as one big skillet pancake or as individual pancakes. They’re perfect as a side dish! I love a pancake for breakfast, but sometimes…

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