Author name: Dorothy Kern

Fruity Pebble Pudding Cookies

A close-up of a soft, chewy cookie filled with colorful bits of cereal, giving it a vibrant and textured appearance. The cookie looks homemade and has a golden brown color with visible colorful specks throughout.This is the original Fruity Pebble Cookie Recipe! These brown sugar pudding cookies are soft and sweet and are full of your favorite cereal. The Fruity Pebbles add a crunch and their iconic flavor to the center of the cookie. And thanks to the instant pudding mix, they stay soft for days. As an adult…

Blueberry Cream Cheese Pie

This Blueberry Cream Cheese Pie recipe has a graham cracker crust, a no bake cheesecake filling topped with blueberry pie filling. It’s creamy, cool, and easy to make – you can even make it entirely from scratch. This will become your favorite summer pie! This easy no-bake blueberry pie cream cheese recipe combines two popular…

No Churn Coffee Ice Cream

A close-up of a bowl of creamy coffee ice cream with chocolate chunks, placed in a white bowl with a blue base. A cup of coffee and an ice cream container are blurred in the background.If you are looking for a rich and creamy dessert without the hassle of an ice cream maker, this no churn coffee ice cream is the perfect solution. It combines the bold flavor of espresso with a decadent swirl of Nutella for a gourmet treat that takes only a few minutes of prep. This is…

Lemon Pudding Cookies

A close-up of a stack of golden-yellow Lemon Pudding Cookies resting on a cooling rack, with a sliced lemon visible in the background.Lemon Pudding Cookies are soft and chewy with tons of lemon flavor thanks to using lemon pudding mix. The pudding mix also keeps the cookies soft for days – these are the perfect cookie with a citrus burst in every bite. Soft Lemon Cookies Recipe These cookies are super fun because they are pudding cookies,…

BEST Sugar Cookie Bars

A stack of three sugar cookie bars topped with pink frosting and colorful rainbow sprinkles, with more cookie bars and sprinkles scattered in the background.If you love the flavor of classic sugar cookies but want to skip the rolling and cutting, these sugar cookie bars are the ultimate solution. This recipe produces a super thick, soft, and chewy bar that stays moist for days. It is the perfect easy dessert for potlucks, birthdays, or holiday parties where you need…

Chocolate Sour Cream Frosting

This Sour Cream Frosting is the perfect cooked chocolate frosting for any dessert. It has a super rich chocolate flavor with a smooth and velvety texture and the perfect amount of sweetness – it’s our favorite frosting recipe! Unlike standard buttercreams that can be overly sweet or greasy, sour cream chocolate frosting has an amazingly…

No Churn Ice Cream (lots of flavor ideas)

Homemade ice cream is the BEST, and when it’s No Churn Ice Cream it’s even better. I’ve been making this easy homemade Ice Cream for YEARS and it always turns out perfect – and delicious. Skip the machine and make this 3ingredient ice cream yourself – plus learn how to make ANY flavor you want.…

What is Cream of Tartar: uses and substitutions

cream of tartarHave you ever wondered, “What is cream of tartar?“ Whether you’re making a mile-high meringue or classic snickerdoodles, this powdery staple is a secret weapon in the kitchen. In this guide, I’m breaking down exactly what it is, why you need it, and, most importantly, the best cream of tartar substitutes for those “oops, I’m…

Edible Sugar Cookie Dough

Three scoops of vanilla ice cream topped with colorful rainbow sprinkles in a light blue bowl, with a blurred dish of sprinkles and two spoons in the background.If you have ever been caught scraping the bowl after making a batch of cookies, this recipe is for you. This edible sugar cookie dough is specifically designed to be eaten raw, giving you that nostalgic, buttery flavor without any of the risks. It is a quick, no-bake treat that satisfies your sweet tooth in…

Cranberry Pistachio Butter Cookies

cookies with cranberries and pistachios baked in.Cranberry Pistachio Butter Cookies are a slice and bake shortbread-like cookie that’s buttery, crunchy, and melts in your mouth. This classic cookie recipe is filled with dried cranberries and chopped pistachios for the perfect holiday cookie recipe! I’ve become the Butter Cookie Queen, what with my Classic Butter Cookies recipe being so popular and my…

Chai Butter Cookies

stacked brown chai cookies on a grey plate.Chai Butter Cookies are an easy slice-and-bake cookie with warm chai spices. They’re crunchy with crumbly soft centers and they are perfectly spiced. These have become our favorite fall and winter cookie recipe! Ever since I made Taylor Swift’s Chai Cookies I’ve been obsessed with chai spices. I’m not a huge tea fan, so I…

Pecan Butter Cookies

sliced cookies with pecans baked in and laid out on a grey plate.Buttery, crunchy, melt in your mouth Pecan Butter Cookies are the perfect slice-and-bake Christmas cookie. With toasted nuts and my delicious butter cookie recipe you can’t go wrong! I am obsessed with basic plain old Butter Cookies. These delicious cookies remind me of those Danish Butter Cookies that come in the blue tin (but better):…

Eras Tour Charcuterie Board

A colorful snack board with grapes, candies, cookies, crackers, cheese, and gummies, decorated with rainbow feathers, beaded bracelets, a small disco ball, and Taylor Swift concert-themed items.An Eras Tour Charcuterie Board is the perfect way to make the whole place shimmer! Layer snacks from every era and your board will never go out of style. The colors and flavors of a mix of fruit, crackers, cheese, and sweets will feel like a dazzling haze of deliciousness. You’ll feel like it’s been…

Peanut Butter Pumpkin Fudge

A close-up of a pumpkin spice-flavored dessert bar topped with a sprinkle of cinnamon, set on parchment paper with a small pumpkin-shaped candy nearby.Peanut Butter Pumpkin Fudge is an easy fudge recipe. The combination sounds strange but it really works!! This no-fail fudge recipe needs to be on your baking list this fall. Peanut butter and pumpkin totally belong together. I was skeptical too, until I made this bread. Ever since then I’ve been a total fanatic and…

The Ultimate Guide to Snowball Cookies

stacked snowballs covered in powdered sugar in a wood bowl.Snowball cookies are the classic cookie recipe you can make in one bowl, freeze for weeks, and roll in as much powdered sugar as your heart desires. They’re buttery, soft, crumbly, melt-in-your-mouth, and downright irresistable. In this guide I’m going to teach you everything you need to know, from the classic snowball cookie recipe to…

Pistachio Cranberry Snowballs

A bowl of round cookies dusted with powdered sugar, with one cookie broken in half to show a crumbly interior with pieces of pistachio and dried fruit.These are Pistachio Cranberry Snowballs – a new version of snowball cookies. Instead of pecans or walnuts I added pistachios and dried cranberries for the perfect holiday cookie recipe. I have been making snowball cookies (AKA Russian Tea Cookies, Wedding Cookies, or Butter Balls) for over 30 years. They’re one of our family favorite Christmas…

Vanilla Cream Wafers

A tray of sandwich cookies with colorful cream fillings in green, pink, and white, arranged on parchment paper. Some cookies are stacked, and a striped towel is visible in the background.Vanilla Cream Wafers are a delicious little cookie sandwich that’s crispy and perfectly sweet with a buttercream filling. These are the best little Christmas cookie – so easy to make too. I first saw a variation of this recipe on social media and I was intrigued to try them. Vanilla Cream Wafers are little cookie…

Easy Cheese Board Ideas

A wooden cheese board showcases assorted cheeses, crackers, sliced salami, celery, carrots, grapes, nuts, olives, and a small jar of honey. Extra bowls of nuts and olives plus a bunch of grapes surround the board for added variety.How to make the perfect easy cheese board: This is a how to make a simple charcuterie board for beginners post; learn the basics of what to include and how to make a beautiful appetizer centerpiece. I have been making charcuterie boards since before it was cool – we used to make them for Friday…

Hot Chocolate Rice Krispie Treats

A stack of three chocolate crispy rice treats with mini marshmallows and chocolate chips, with more treats and a mug of hot chocolate with marshmallows in the background.Hot Chocolate Rice Krispie Treats are the classic cereal treat with hot cocoa mix added (and, of course, extra marshmallows). Gooey, chocolatey, these are done in under 20 minutes. Rice Krispie Treats are one of my favorite easy no bake treats! I have so many flavors for you to choose from (from peanut butter to…

Lemon Fudge

A white dish filled with neatly stacked pieces of creamy yellow fudge, with more fudge and a green cloth blurred in the background.Easy Lemon Fudge has just 2 ingredients and has so much lemon flavor. If you want fudge and you want it fast and easy – make this 2 ingredient fudge recipe! Once I discovered two ingredient fudge I never went back! This fudge is SO simple and easy to make and has so much lemon…

Parmesan Roasted Brussels Sprouts

A baking tray filled with roasted Brussels sprouts, halved and crispy with a browned, seasoned coating. A checkered kitchen towel is partially visible in the background.Parmesan Roasted Brussels Sprouts are one of my favorite side dishes! They’re tender and crispy around the edges and flavored with Parmesan cheese. Learn how to roast Brussels sprouts the right way, so they come out perfect every time! If you think you’re not a fan of Brussels sprouts, then you’ve never had them roasted.…

Christmas Cake Batter Cookies

A close-up of a frosted sugar cookie topped with swirled vanilla icing and red, green, and white sprinkles, set on a parchment paper background with other cookies nearby.Love cake batter flavor? Make my Christmas Cake Batter Cookies instead of buying the ones at the pink bakery – these are a copycat recipe and are even better than those! Soft sugar cookies with a cake batter frosting, all dressed up with holiday colors! I love making Crumbl copycat recipes, like the pink sugar…

Easy Peppermint Bark

layered chocolate bark with crushed peppermint on topThis Peppermint Bark recipe is so easy to make at home! Layered peppermint bark has milk chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate between layers of white chocolate and peppermint pieces. Skip buying this candy and learn how to make peppermint bark yourself! I love peppermint bark almost too much – it’s such a delicious holiday treat. Some…

Taylor Swift Chai Cookies

A close-up of soft, round cookies topped with a light brown frosting, arranged on a cooling rack with more cookies in the background.​Taylor Swift Chai Cookies are delicate and soft and perfectly chai spiced with a cinnamon frosting. Whether or not you’re a Taylor Swift fan you MUST try making Chai Sugar Cookies because they’re SO delicious. ​I am a ginormous Taylor Swift fan and I’ve been loving making recipes that tie into her songs (like a…

Easy Pomegranate Margaritas

Two margarita glasses filled with bright pink cocktail, each garnished with a slice of lime on the rim. There are halved limes on the white surface beside the glasses. The background is minimal and light.Pomegranate Margaritas are sweet, tart, and perfect for a party (or a Friday night). The combination of the lime, orange, and pomegranate juice makes a delicious cocktail! I got the idea to make these margaritas after watching The Season I Turned Pretty. Belly gets smashed on these fruity drinks in season one and I couldn’t…

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