Celebrating Every Day
The moment I take my red mixer out of the top cabinet, my girls come running. “What are you making?” We love to bake together, but mention the word ...
Category: Baking
Blueberry Crumb Pie
“Pies make everyone happy.” -Laurie Halse Anderson Do you have a favorite pie? Or does picking a favorite seem like an unfair question? There are af...
Frosting That Makes The Cake
The creamy sweet taste of homemade frosting is simply the best. It’s what has my girls hovering in the kitchen waiting and begging to get a spoonful or tw...
Thursday Morning Teacakes
It had been a long week and by Wednesday night I was tired. As it goes with parenting, sometimes more worry fills my mind than should. My daughters have had som...
Mini Cheddar and Chive Scones
When you walk past the gray weathered siding, through the vine covered gable and in the bright red doors at Ouisie’s Table you instantly feel like you are dinin...
Lemon Madeleines
Crisp and buttery with a delicate center, these shell shaped tea cakes are delicious. There is a reason these light as air cakes are still beloved nearly two hu...
Shortbread Sweeties
Sometimes I daydream about ingredients and these cookies were something I had been dreaming about for a little while. I wanted to use a pretty poured fondant ic...
A Buttercream Butterfly Garden
We are not ones to let a little thing called January get in the way of celebrating and imagining some summer birthday fun. Each year when the first frost comes ...
Peppermint Black and White Cookies
You never know where baking inspiration will come from. My family was doing some Christmas shopping this weekend and my daughter and I were waiting in a long li...
Santa’s Favorite Sugar Cookies
It’s just not officially Christmas time in our house without making a batch or two of these classic buttercream frosted sugar cookies. These cookies make ...