Why I chose this recipe: If you haven’t guessed already, I love to bake. Thank goodness I married a man with a huge sweet tooth and thank goodness I have neighbors who love having sweet treats dropped on their doorstep weekly. As my husband’s blueberry bushes start to produce, it focuses my baking obsession just a bit. Blueberries can be delicious or, if not in…
Why I chose this recipe: I grew up on the North Shore of Boston in a quaint little town that had a delicious bakery. My father found a version of these cookies at this bakery in my late teen years. When I met my husband a decade later, my Dad was quick to share his special weekly indulgence when we went to visit. It didn’t…
Why I chose this recipe: With the summer vacation just days away, I felt as though I must share one of my favorite summer treats, QCK Whoopie Pies. I have been going to Maine my entire life. My parents were both born there, we visited my grandparents in Maine for the holidays, we skied at Saddleback Mountain during my teenage years, and I chose to…
Why I chose this recipe: One bite of these brownies and you will feel as though you can run a marathon. They are that good! They are so good friends have actually asked me NOT to serve them because they will eat too many of them. (Friends – you know who you are!) I had seen a similar recipe online for a version of these…
Why I chose this recipe: I love raspberries whether they are fresh from the market (I can eat an entire container the same day I bring them home from the grocery store. How I wish they were less expensive), in my morning oatmeal, in my evening salad for the family (ok, honestly I eat most of it), or in a yummy dessert (we can all…
Why I chose this recipe: My favorite Aunt and Uncle live in Wisconsin and every year they invite friends out to see them and to ski the American Birkebeiner race in Cable, Wisconsin. This race was established in 1973 and is an internationally renown 52 kilometer cross-country ski in northern Wisconsin. Before we had children, my husband and I used to join my aunt and…
Why I chose this recipe: This is where it all began for me. Whenever my brother and I would go over to my grandparents’ house, my grandmother would be baking something yummy for us. I would sit on the counter between the sink and the stand mixer and watch everything she did. Nana was very meticulous. She was so precise and neat that she actually…