Erin typically does the cooking, but every once in awhile, I force her to let me cook. Usually, that means me grilling up a steak. However, I convinced her to give up her culinary duties one morning and let me griddle up some pancakes. I was really feeling chocolate pancakes, and I wanted to throw a seasonal twist into it, so chocolate...

While I didn't make myself a cake for my birthday, I did make a special breakfast combining two of my absolutely favorite desserts inspired by Cake Spy and a recipe in my Cookie Dough Lover's Cookbook— chocolate chip cookie dough stuffed cinnamon rolls! I really wanted to make cinnamon rolls from scratch like I did for the pumpkin pie rolls...

I am planning on eating as much gingerbread as humanly possible this December— for breakfast, lunch, and dessert. Dustin would probably kill me if I served him something gingerbread for dinner! I love the flavor of gingerbread in waffles and pancakes, and have very fond memories of some delicious gingerbread pancakes from Kerbey Lane in...

Thanksgiving morning started out on a sweet note with pumpkin French Toast casserole and a Texans victory (even if just by the skins of their teeth). What a nerve-wracking week to be a Texans fan! For the Texans first ever Thanksgiving day game (morning game for us West Coasters), we decided to prepare this French Toast dish the night before...

Usually, when I make pancakes at home, they end up too thin for my liking. Don't get me wrong, they are tasty. But they aren't like the thick and fluffy pancakes you get from the best brunch spots. That being said, I had buttermilk and some leftover pumpkin puree in the fridge with no planned uses, so I was bound and determined to make thick and...

While we have had success with no-yeast cinnamon rolls, I am now officially convinced they can never replace cinnamon rolls made with yeast-raised dough and lots of time and love. I made The Pioneer Woman's Famous Cinnamon Rolls with my mom around the holidays a few years ago and had since forgotten how delicious they were. The original recipe...

Dustin ended up working from home on his birthday since there isn't too much going on at work at the moment. That meant we got an entire day together to hang out together and celebrate! We started out the lazy morning with mini cake batter donuts. I added food coloring to the glaze to make them more festive— green was Dustin's color of choice....

Last year around this time, we went apple picking as a family (Bonnie included). We had a great time, but the only thing that was missing from our trip was the experience of eating donuts alongside freshly pressed apple cider, something Dustin remembered very vividly from his trips as a kid. We haven't managed to find time to go apple picking...

At first it was a little weird, but now we really enjoy football and brunch on Sunday mornings. With the Texans as the national game of the week on Sunday morning, we finally got a chance to make our own football brunch— so much better than the bar food we usually eat. This seemed like the perfect morning to make creme brûlée french toast...

I love cinnamon rolls. I have a special list of variations on a cinnamon roll that I want to try. Apple cinnamon rolls are one variation that I can now cross off of that list. My cinnamon roll list is one that just keeps growing and growing, but I rarely get to cross off. When I saw this recipe for apple cinnamon rolls with Jack Daniel's cream...