"From the Kitchen of Lauren"

From the Kitchen of Lauren. All of those lovely cookies needed homes. So..I packaged them up all sweet and pretty…and gave them to all of our friends! Take a look! A few pictures of the finished product! Now, which one to eat first……….hmmmmmm?  

Patties and Brownie Cut-outs!

Yes, Baking Day continued. I wasn’t lying when I told you this was serious business. And now for a recipe that I make every single year. Homeade Peppermint Patties. Let me just say…you are going to want to adapt this into your yealry Christmas baking ritual. Homeade Peppermint Patties Items Needed: 1 14-ounce can Sweetened {Read More…}

More Baking Day With Torey!

More..More…More! Here is the evidence. Peanut Butter Cup Tarts. Follow the recipe from Oct. 2009, just add festive Christmas sprinkles! PS…the batter is sssooo good to! Just be sure to bake more batter than you eat. Also a prior cookie recipe. Oaty Oatmeal Cookies for Katherine recipe. Only, to these cookies I added randomn amounts {Read More…}

Baking Day With Torey!

BAKING DAY HAS COME! This is part one. Part two will come when I feel like coating a mass amount of randomn things in chocolate. Anyway…I invited my friend Torey to come help. You must understand something here. I don’t bake with people. I’m a perfectionist who never lets ANYONE HELP! Really, not anyone. So {Read More…}

Whoopie Pie Cake Balls!!

After I had made those whoopie pies for my brother, I realized something. If you can make cake balls with cake and icing, why can’t you make whoopie pie balls with whoopie pies and whoopie pie filling. I was off, and on a mission. I crumpled the cake as in the cake ball recipe and {Read More…}

Whoopie Wonders

This is, yet another, big moment. I’m about to reveal my whoopie pie recipe. My prized, loved, and delicious whoopie pie recipe. But it’s ok, I’d rather share it with you, so that you too can make tasty morsels of delight. But there is a story behind these decadent circles. My brother, who is far {Read More…}

Practice Packages

It occurred to me one day. OH MY GOSH, how in the world are all my college friends going to enjoy my delightful cookies if I’m not going to see them over Christmas! So, in the midst of finals, I pulled it out of me to make some cookie packages for my friends who were {Read More…}

Delightful Diva Day: Quiche and Toast

Let me just prepare you for these next two dishes. If you are on a diet of any kind, just leave. You are not even welcome to look upon these recipes. I’m sorry, not for you. Because the only reason these next two dishes are some of the best breakfast recipes I’ve ever made, is {Read More…}

Delightful Diva Day: Coconut Fruit Salad and Chips

I bet you are wondering why in the world you would serve chips with Coconut fruit Salad. Oh ye of little faith. I must introduce you to something fabulash. Would you come along? Hungry Girl’s Coconut Fruit Salad (Also, my favorite combination of all things good for me!) Items Needed: For Salad: 2 cups of {Read More…}

Delightful Diva Day: Scones and Spritzer

Diva Day. Pretty Self-Explanatory. A few divas get together and have brunch, prepared by me, of course! My family and I pretty much invented it, and it stuck! Now, you to can have Diva Day prepared for you per your request. I’m anxious and waiting, and have many a new recipe to try. This particular {Read More…}

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