Snickerdoodles are a simple and versatile cookie that you can take from a favorite, year-round treat, to a more unique seasonal treat by the addition of some pumpkin. I thought the addition of pumpkin would pair nicely with the cinnamon sugar coating of snickerdoodles. I'm not going to lie— I also liked the idea of combining the word pumpkin...

Happy birthday, Dustin! Today Dustin has entered his mid-twenties (or at least that's what he informed me when I turned 22). Welcome to the club. I have always been a little of jealous of Dustin. At a very young age he found his life’s passion, computer programming. Even though it just started out that way, programming has become more than just...

Happy Halloween! Inspired by this post, Dustin and I decided to make a Halloween bark from some of America's favorite candy bars and the most ubiquitous Halloween treat around, candy corn, to take to a party. I never really thought about making any kind of bark besides the Christmastime goody, peppermint bark, but now that I think about it, it...

Among the millions of pumpkin recipes I have accumulated over the past few weeks, I can't even count the number of cookie recipes I have marked as a "must try" based on the pictures alone. Despite all of these recipes I couldn't find the perfect recipe for cake-y pumpkin cookies that had the right amount of spice to them. Every recipe I saw...

I have been waiting months for fall to arrive in order to be able to make pumpkin flavored treats without seeming crazy. There is not a better smell than the aroma of fall spices— cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves— in a warm kitchen on a cool day. I am stocked up on canned pumpkin and ready to try every delicious-sounding pumpkin recipe I come...