Category: Desserts

Recipes for cookies, cakes, brownies, fudge and other treats that are easy to make yet still impressive

  • Celebrate Pi Day This Weekend (With Mini Apple Pies)

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    By far, the most exciting part of middle school math was the hallowed day of March the 14th, when the algebra and pre-algebra teachers would band together to celebrate Pi Day. If you weren’t part of this jubilant festival and have no idea what I’m talking about, essentially this was the day when math instructors everywhere…

    Grandma Opie's Mini Apple Pies (Photo: Nathan Davison)
  • Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Truffle Blossom Cookies

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    A 2020 PSA: If you can’t find Hershey’s Truffle Kisses, don’t drive yourself crazy searching. This year’s limited-edition Valentine’s Day Hershey’s flavor is a dark chocolate molten lava cake flavor. Which is basically the same thing (and ridiculously delicious on their own). I’ve always been a fan of peanut butter blossoms — you know, those…

    Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Truffle Blossom Cookies via LifeBetweenWeekends.com (Photos: Nathan Davison)
  • The Secret to Gooey, Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

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    For years, I’ve been on a quest for the perfect chocolate chip cookie recipe. I’ve tried the ones on the back of every bag of semisweet chocolate chips, the infamous New York Times recipe (including its painful 24-hour refrigeration process), ones proclaiming to be “the ONLY CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE RECIPE YOU’LL EVER WANT!!!!” on Pinterest,…

    The secret ingredient for chewy chocolate chip cookies
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