Heather Baird's Blog, page 13

Easy Toffee Walnut Bars

Easy Toffee Walnut Bars are crowd-pleasing treats and only require a few ingredients! Add them to your cookie baking roster this holiday season. If you like to bake-and-give for the holidays, then you should add…

Easy Slow Cooker Peanut Clusters

These Easy Slow Cooker Peanut Clusters are deliciously salty-sweet and packed with peanuts. This recipe makes more than 6 dozen, so there’s plenty to share for the holidays. This post was originally published 10/30/2009. This…

Earl Grey Shortbread Cookies

Earl Grey Shortbread Cookies are buttery beyond words! The cookies are speckled with black tea and fragrant with bergamot notes. This is an easy riff on my favorite classic shortbread recipe. With just five ingredients,…

Cranberry Spice Layer Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Cranberry Spice Layer Cake has all the flavors of the holiday wrapped up into one cream cheese-frosted confection. I’m hosting Thanksgiving this year, which puts me right in my element. I just love planning a…

Brown Butter Sweet Potato Cupcakes with Homemade Bourbon Marshmallows

Move over pumpkin pie! Brown Butter Sweet Potato Cupcakes with Homemade Bourbon Marshmallows are ready to be the star of your Thanksgiving feast. It’s not too hard to figure out where the inspiration for these…

Apple Fritter Bread with Boiled Cider Glaze

Apple Fritter Bread is filled with chunks of fresh apple, ribbons of cinnamon-sugar, and topped with boiled cider glaze. Nearly dessert, yet breakfast-appropriate. A loaf makes a wonderful homespun gift for a deserving friend or…

Peanut Butter Cup Poke Cake

This Peanut Butter Cup Poke Cake is the ultimate dessert mashup. Rich and decadent with classic peanut butter and chocolate flavor, it’s made for sharing. Make it for your next party or potluck. This Peanut…

Hamburger Cake

Make your next gathering extra-cute with this fun Hamburger Cake! Layers of French savarin cake are stacked with ganache-glazed chocolate cakes for a cheeseburger lookalike. It’s been a while since I’ve made a fun cake,…

Photo Journal: Summer Silver Linings

Hello, hello! Today I’m sharing a few personal updates, along with some recipes I’ve been working on that are featured elsewhere on the web. I hope you enjoy reading about what I’ve been up to…

Healthy Homemade Granola

This recipe for Healthy Homemade Granola is more nutritious than the average store-bought kind. It’s lightly sweetened with honey and maple syrup, and full of heart-healthy oats. Bake up a big batch at home (and…