• Stack of no bake Peanut Butter S'mores Bars
    Baking Projects,  Food Feelings

    No Bake Peanut Butter S’mores Bars

    Okay look. I think I need to explain how I think about myself in the kitchen. I am a diligent recipe follower. You’ll never catch me in a comment section with an “I substituted 4 eggs instead instead of the canola oil and air fried it at 500° for 30 minutes and it didn’t turn out :((((” Baking recipes get…

  • Copycat Gideon's Bakehouse coffee cake cookie test 2 after shaping
    Baking Projects,  Copycat Recipes

    Gideon’s Bakehouse Coffee Cake Cookie Copycat(?)

    Gideon’s Bakehouse describes their limited edition coffee cake cookie as “an extra Buttery Vanilla Bean Cookie filled with Cinnamon Strudel and topped with our Homemade Double Baked Butter Crumbs!” Divine right? Unfortunately, I don’t live anywhere near Gideon’s Bakehouse and they infamously don’t ship their goods. Tragic. As far as I could find, no copycat recipe for this specific cookie…

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    The Weird Grief of A Pimento {and} Cheese Sandwich

    There’s a particular memory I have of my father—most likely a conglomeration of dozens of these tiny occurrences. I remember seeing him with his back to me, standing at the kitchen counter. There’s a tiny jar of red peppers, a much larger jar of Blue Plate mayonnaise, and some yellowy-orange cheese. I can hear the soft tinkling sounds of a…