Don’t you miss writing letters to Santa for Christmas? I do. I loved flipping through giant catalogs, finding things to add to my Christmas wish list. It was almost more fun than getting the gifts themselves. Almost. Now that I’m somewhat of an adult, I don’t write wish lists anymore. The only people that really get my gifts are my mother and my boyfriend (no, Britta and I don’t get each other gifts, we feel like it would just buying…
Seasonal
I, like most people, love carving pumpkins. Two years ago I didn’t carve one and I felt so weird about it, I vowed to never let another Fall season go by without carving a masterpiece (OK I do the same classic pumpkin face every year). It’s been so hot outside (#heatwave2014) that I haven’t felt like picking up a pumpkin to carve, since it doesn’t quite feel like Autumn yet. But I thought I might as well get started on…
Happy Halloween everyone!! Carli and I love holidays and all the festive desserts that go along with them. We made these brownies in honor of this spooktacular holiday. Here’s the recipe! Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs 2 tablespoons sugar pinch of salt one box Ghirardelli Ultimate Fudge Brownie Mix (plus ingredients listed on the box) 1-2 packages of Ghost shaped Peeps mini chocolate chips/chocolate jimmies 8×8 pan (we used a 9×9 and that worked as well) Directions:…
These cookies are our absolute FAVORITE things to make for Easter. They are so easy a five year old could do it, and how pretty are they?! Ingredients: 2/3 cup sweetened condensed milk 1 large egg white 1 ½ teaspoon vanilla 1/8 teaspoon salt 3 ½ cups sweetened coconut 1 cup Nutella M&M Eggs (or other Easter candy) Directions: Preheat the oven to 325°F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper In a large bowl, stir together the sweetened condensed milk, egg white,…