Chocolate Chip Banana Bread with Chocolate Ganache

by Jennifer // June 8, 2020 // 18 Comments

My original banana bread recipe is one of the oldest recipes I make. In fact, the recipe sits in a homemade cookbook that I started in high school when I first started baking a lot. Back then, I typed up... Continue reading →

Fruity Pebbles Marshmallow Treats (small batch)

by Jennifer // May 21, 2020 // 23 Comments

The idea for these cereal bars came about toward the end of my five-day mental preparation to enter the grocery store for the triweekly quarantine haul. I was surveying what we needed and what we didn’t. It’s a long process... Continue reading →

Chocolate Chip Blueberry Bread

by Jennifer // April 24, 2020 // 28 Comments

I was in the mood to make something new the other day, as I so often am, and so I asked my husband if he had any ideas about what I should bake. “What about some chocolate chip blueberry bread?”... Continue reading →

Lemon Poppy Seed Loaf with Lemon Glaze

by Jennifer // February 21, 2020 // 2 Comments

I really love when randomly specific foods elicit vivid memories from times long ago. A lot of foods do that for me, and I think that’s one of the reasons I love it so much. For instance, turkey and cheese... Continue reading →

Cinnamon Roll Cookies

by Jennifer // October 18, 2019 // 16 Comments

I’ve been really feeling the cinnamon vibes lately. I know, I know, we’ve finally fully committed to Fall, and Fall means apples and cinnamon, cinnamon sugar donuts, and pumpkin spice lattes with a sprinkling of cinnamon on the foam (drool).... Continue reading →

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread

by Jennifer // August 30, 2019 // No Comments

I feel like a giant nerd when I say how much I’ve been loving the mornings lately, but I’ve always known I was the early-to-bed, early-to-rise type. It’s gotten slightly more extreme over the last couple of years or so.... Continue reading →

Blueberry Streusel Muffins

by Jennifer // August 8, 2019 // 12 Comments

It’s hard to believe it’s back-to-school time already, but alas, summer has finally come to an end. While I should have probably been preparing lesson plans and laminating sight word flashcards to get ready for the school year, instead I... Continue reading →

Peach Crumble Bars

by Jennifer // August 1, 2019 // 17 Comments

Last summer, I arrived at a Colorado peach festival with my husband on a Saturday afternoon. As we got out of the car and walked toward the festival, he casually proclaimed, “This will be my first time ever having a... Continue reading →

Berry Bundt Cake with Lemon Glaze

by Jennifer // June 17, 2019 // 18 Comments

Last week, my teacher friends and I got together and ate brunch outside in the Colorado sunshine. It was a gorgeous morning for mimosas and chit chat, and the best part of the whole thing (besides being in delightful company)... Continue reading →

Carrot Cake Banana Bread with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

by Jennifer // February 23, 2019 // 2162 Comments

We all know how banana bread typically comes about. Overripe bananas are sitting lifelessly in the fruit basket. Before the fruit flies arrive to dine, you debate between throwing them out or tossing them into a quick smoothie, pretending all... Continue reading →