Baking

It's almost summer, which means it time for fun outdoor activities like camping, hiking, and BBQs. The classic summer treat? S'mores, of course! Everyone loves them so I decided to turn them into a more elegant dessert I could serve at patio parties to adults and kids alike, so I came up with this pie recipe for S'mores Pie. It's an easy recipe and a huge crowd-pleaser. Try it at your next party!

Ready to serve your kids a healthier dessert or snack option that they will actually eat? These soft, chewy Carrot Oatmeal Cookies are baked with a touch of honey and cinnamon. This recipe is packed with whole grains, and seeds, to make the perfect midday pick-me-up. If yor looking for a new cookie recipe try making these simple healthy bites.

Still not sure what to serve at brunch on Mother's Day? If you want to make Mom a special, sweet treat for breakfast, try these Lemon Muffins. One bowl is all it takes to whip up these delicate and flavorful muffins that can be made by the most novice, even youngest, baker in the house. The bright lemony tones are so cheery and perfect for Mother's Day. Bake some up before she wakes!

Ready for warm, pillowy-soft whole grain biscuits speckled with thyme and parmesan cheese? These mouthwatering biscuits have no white flour and the easy recipe can be made in no time. Whip these up to serve for brunch with salty, crumbly cheeses, or creamy goat cheese and sweet jams. Or make these as a side dish for dinner as a healthier alternative to store-bought bread.

Whether you are a seasoned chef or an occasional cook, pots and pans are needed in the kitchen.

Is it almost Baby's first birthday? If you have a first birthday party coming up, we have a sweet cake for a one-year old you should bake for your little one and your guests. This recipe is simple (even for cake-decorating novices) and yields impressive results. This delightful dessert is the perfect end to your birthday party!

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Surprise your friends and family this spring with a Rainbow Layer Cake. This seemingly plain cake has a secret surprise: at first glance, it seems like any old dessert, but when sliced, you get an explosion of colors kids will love! Make this recipe for a birthday party or as a festive treat at your next family fun event.

Celebrate Mom this year, and all she's done for you by baking up her favorite cupcakes and topping them with these free printable Happy Mother’s Day Cupcake Toppers. These cupcakes are the perfect way to tell mom you love her in a sweet dessert, and they'll make a wonderful addition to your Mother’s Day brunch table. Don't let Mother's Day pass without making this edible gift (the recipe is easy!).

A Bunny Bottom Cake makes a fun centerpiece for your Easter buffet table, and a delicious dessert after your holiday dinner. This cake is super easy to make! You don’t have to have any cake-decorating skills, and you can cover up any mistakes, as the whole thing gets covered with coconut. The kids will have a blast helping you put it all together! Try this recipe today.

Are you looking for a fabulous centerpiece for your Easter brunch? Or, maybe you need a last-minute edible gift your kids can help make for their grandparents or a hosting family? This edible Easter Egg Cookie Bouquet might just be the answer. The recipe is easy to make, just bake up some shortbread cookies on a stick and let your kids help you decorate them. Arrange them in a new flower pot, and you've got an Easter bouquet the whole family can enjoy for dessert!

Your guests will love to find this bunny peaking out of an Easter basket on your dinner table at Easter brunch or for dessert after Easter dinner. This Easter Bunny in a Basket Cake makes a wonderful centerpiece, and a delicious cake (enough to feed your whole extended family!). Bake up this recipe and it will soon become a holiday favorite.

Easter is a holiday that ushers in a spirit of spring and renewal, so celebrate with your family by setting a gorgeous table full of sweet treats. If you need some holiday inspiration, we've rounded up 15 absolutely stunning Easter Cakes that will get your creative juices flowing while making you drool. Take a look at these mouthwatering Easter recipes!

With Chocolate Stout Cupcakes you can have your beer and eat it too! Chocolate and stout are a match made in dessert heaven and they come together in harmony in this decadent cupcake (perfect for St. Paddy's Day!). Stout enhances the deep, chocolatey flavor without imparting an alcoholic taste. Serve these babies up to your Saint Patty's Day guests and watch these disappear!

Lightly sauteed apple slices baked under a moist, spiced, whole-grain muffin makes a delicious on-the-go breakfast or a wholesome snack. These Upside Down Apple Muffins also provide a naturally sweet dessert option for kids who will love these nutritious muffins. Bake up this simple recipe today!

This festive Rainbow Cake is an impressive birthday party cake, made from a deceptively easy recipe. Even if you are a cake-decorating novice, you can handle this simple cake recipe. This is perfect for a St. Paddy's Day celebration (just don't expect to find a leprechaun at the end) or great for a spring party or a birthday party.

Granola bars are surprisingly so simple to make at home, you'll never buy the store-bought ones again. Commercial granola bars contain artificials, preservatives, and tons of sugar you can easily cut out by baking up a homemade batch with this simple recipe. These Fig & Hazelnut Granola Bars are the perfect on-the-go breakfast, lunch-box addition, or quick snack—these are sure to be a new family favorite.

Nutritious snacking is an important part of a maintaining a healthy relationship with food, and instilling healthy eating habits in your children early—during toddlerhood—is important. Although you may want your toddler to avoid sweets altogether, that's almost impossible, so control sugar consumption by preparing nutritious sweet snacks at home for your little ones, without preservatives or artificials. Try this recipe for your toddler and older kids,

A Classic Pound Cake is a fantastic dessert because it's delicious served plain or iced and decorated. This recipe for pound cake is totally versatile, as it can be used as a great fundamental base for many different kids of cakes, or eaten as is. Best of all, you can make this cake with your kids who will love mixing together the dry ingredients and pouring the batter into the cake pan.

Warm, seasonal Anjou pears, topped with crumbly, sweet, spiced oats and baked to gooey perfection, makes a comforting winter dish, that will keep your family cozy during these frigid months. Try this recipe for dessert today. (Hurry, before these pears go out of season!)

The kids can help you make these super easy Heart Bug Cupcakes for their school Valentine’s Day party or to give out to friends and family as a special snack, or edible gift on Valentine’s Day. The recipe is simple and these cupcakes will become a holiday favorite!

Celebrate Valentine's Day with a totally natural, gluten-free, red-velvet dessert! Raspberries are not only delicious, and one of the most nutrient-dense fruits on the planet, they also happen to be a gorgeous, vibrant color—perfect for the romantic holiday. These beautiful, sweet cupcakes are a cinch to make with this simple recipe.

Looking for a light snack that won't make you shudder with guilt? In 30 minutes, you can have a batch of deliciously seasoned, guilt-free, baked Sweet Potato Chips. This potato recipe is perfect for your superbowl party, or an afternoon at home with your kids. You can even make this recipe as after-school snack!

Shortbread cookies are popular in my house year round—we love to make Linzer cookies using different cookie cutters, depending on the season. This is a great cooking with kids project, as little ones love making special shapes and watching them bake up. On Valentine’s Day we make this Linzer Heart-Shaped Cookie recipe. Making this sweet dessert is the perfect winter afternoon activity to get you in the us in the V-day spirit.

Are you looking for something special to make for your Valentine? Anyone can give plain, old flowers, but if you want to give something really special, why not make your sweetie an edible bouquet made of delicious cupcakes? You don't have to be a cake-decorator to bake these up, simply follow this easy step-by-step tutorial to make a Cupcake Rose Bouquet. This is also perfect for Mother's Day, Easter, or a shower.

Whether you're getting psyched for the Super Bowl, celebrating a birthday for the football fan in your life, prepping for a tailgate party, you can whip up this recipe for an impressive dessert that will have sports' fans cheering. If you're a cake-decorating novice, you can handle this easy cake recipe. If you don’t have a football-shaped pan, simply use an oval cake pan and shape the ends to create a football before baking.

Frittatas are so simple and versatile—you can throw in almost any vegetable or cheese you have in the fridge and easily whip up this classic Italian egg dish. Although traditionally prepared on a skillet, in this recipe, the frittata is baked in a muffin tray, to make individual cups. Enjoy as an on-the-go weekday breakfast, or for brunch on a delicously lazy Sunday morning.

Does your little princess want a Princess Cake for her birthday party? Don't worry, you don't have to hire a cake decorator! This cake recipe is easy—you can make this Princess Cake yourself (even if you’re a cake-decorating novice!). This recipe will wow your little one and make her birthday extra-fabulous, so bake up this treat for your precious princess!

Looking for a fun dessert idea for a New Year's Eve party? Ring in the New Year with these indulgent and celebratory cupcakes. Even if you have no cake-decorating experience, you can pull these off! Try this recipe for New Year's Eve Party Cupcakes ans your guests will be be impressed.

Are you looking for a last-minute edible gift idea or a great dessert you can serve on Christmas? This recipe for a Christmas Tree Bouquet is more creative than standard cookies, and makes a great holiday treat, or centerpiece for your holiday dinner table. These are really simple to make; simply bake up some shortbread cookies cut into Christmas trees decorate them! Just don’t forget to add a stick before baking!

The Grinch is a Christmas icon and a classic holiday film for kids and grown ups! Now you can recreate The Grinch in this easy recipe for sheet cake that will be the star of your Christmas dessert table. This Christmas recipe is perfect for a holiday Grinch party! Everyone can watch the movie, and share their favorite Grinch quotes. The kids will love it, and the adults will have a good chuckle.

These classic cookies are still my very favorite holiday treat. My mom made these for me when we were little and now I love making them with my daughter. I truly can’t think of a Christmas cookie that stands out more for me than this one. Here's my tried and true recipe—try it this Christmas. Don’t forget to get the kids involved, and let them stick the kisses on top of the cookies once they’re baked!

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Before my daughter wrapped up school in May I did a baking project with her class. We baked these cute little loaves of banana bread with the kids.

I know. I had you at Nutella, right?

As a person who loves to cook, I would much rather stay in and have a nice romantic dinner for Valentine's Day.

Check your pantry: you’ll need banana, marshmallow and peanut butter. Oh yea, sugar and butter, too. Why are we pulling out the big guns? Only to make the best cupcakes ever, is all! 

Spiced like a mug of hot cider and covered in snowy powdered sugar, these Spiced Cider Meltaways are the perfect cookie to leave for Santa.

Summer foods come and go in the blink of an eye. They stir an excitement that comes when you know something is fleeting. Fall foods linger, kindling the warm comfort of reliability. Pumpkins, apples—they’ll be around for a while. Making them exciting—for months on end—is up to us.

I adore scones for breakfast in the morning. They are the perfect balance between cake and bread.

MUJI's silicone ice trays are the perfect selection to add style to any occasion.

Are you a Bake Sale Betty?  You know one of the moms who always gets asked to donate homemade baked goods to every fundraising event in town. 

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I love going to those restaurants that have unlimited baskets of breadsticks, don’t you? I could skip all the rest of the food and just feast on the delicious, garlicky breadsticks.