Sweet Tooth Sunday-Raspberry Whipped Cream

The unfortunate timing of Lent and Valentine's Day means that we're celebrating V-Day early this year! We will be giving up all sweets for Lent so we need to load up before Wednesday!! I realize that technically since every Sunday is a little Easter, we don't really have to give up Sweet Tooth Sundays, but since we normally have leftover desserts for a few days after, I don't want to waste anything. For the season of Lent, I'll switch over to "Savory Sundays"and I'll be making some delicious non-sweets on these days.

For our last Sweet Tooth before lent since I love my husband so much, I decided to give him the dessert that he wants, which was something fruity. He's been on chocolate- and peanut butter-overload from my past Sweet Tooth Sundays. So this Sunday, it was all about him. This was a light and very easy dessert inspired by this recipe here.

Sweet Tooth Sunday-Avalanche Bars

Happy Super Bowl Sunday! If you're in a bind to make a last minute treat for Game Day, this is really simple. Its a spin on the traditional Rice Krispies Treat.

Sweet Tooth Sunday-Milky Way Puppy Chow

I remember my dad would always get "Puppy Chow" from customers around Christmas time. It was chocolate-covered Chex topped with powdered sugar. I was always weirded out by it for some reason. Maybe I was just intimidated by this dessert that was out-of-the-norm for us. When I saw this recipe come across my Pinterest feed, I decided to give it a go. It's for Puppy Chow made with Milky Way bars. I halved the recipe because we didn't need so much of this sweet treat in our apartment!

Sweet Tooth Sunday-Triple Layer Brownie Cake

Today was a very special day for us for two reasons. First, it was the Niners playoff game (Bartek is a hugeeee Niners fan). And second, and more importantly, we celebrated my Dad's 59th birthday! Everyone came over to our apartment to celebrate, watch football and indulge in lots and lots of junk food. The most sinful of all food was this Triple Layer Brownie Cake. I made it from scratch using a recipe from The Taste of Home Baking Book. I think we all could agree, it was the most chocolatey cake any of us ever had. It came out sooooo delicious!

Sweet Tooth Sunday-Dutch Bankets

I'm backkkkkk!

After a long hiatus to celebrate the holidays, veg out a little and get some work done, I'm finally back to the blog. It was a much needed break but I'm well-rested and now done with a business presentation!

This week's Sweet Tooth Sunday is actually a guest-baker...my dad! He said that he recently had these Bankets while hanging out with his buddies, who all happen to be Dutch. This is an easy version of it using puff pastry instead of creating your own dough. Bankets are almond paste wrapped in a flaky, pastry crust.

Sweet Tooth Sunday-Nutella Snickerdoodle Sandwiches

Last week, I had a cookie swap with some friends. I searched far and wide for a delicious, easy-to-make recipe. I came close to the perfect thing when I find this recipe for Snickerdoodle Biscoff Sandwiches, but not knowing what the heck Biscoff is or where to find it, I figured, "You can never go wrong with Nutella". So I came up with these Nutella Snickerdoodle Sandwiches, and they were amazing!

Sweet Tooth Sunday-Cranberry Apple Crisp

One of my favorite things about Thanksgiving is being able to try new recipes that you see floating around on Pinterest. What better reason to experiment! That is how we tried our favorite Mac N' Cheese and cranberry sauce recipes. 

This recipe was a nice change from the typical apple pie we have on Thanksgiving. I found it on CountryLiving.com

Cranberry Apple Crisp

Ingredients:

4 large apples, peeled, cored and cut into 1/2 inch pieces

1 1/2 c. fresh cranberries

3/4 c. brown sugar

1/2 c. flour

1/2 c. rolled oats

3/4 tsp. ground cinnamon

3/4 tsp. ground nutmeg

1/8 tsp. ground cloves

1/3 c. butter, softened

Heat oven to 375 degrees. 

Lightly coat an 8x8 baking pan with butter or Pam. Add apples and cranberries to it.

In a separate bowl, combine brown sugar, flour, oats, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and softened butter. Mush it with your hands until it's combined and starts to form crumbles.

Sprinkle the crumbs over the apples and cranberries.

Bake for 30-40 minutes, until golden brown. Serve warm with ice cream or whipped cream.

Sweet Tooth Sunday-Lemon Bars

This Sunday is sad for me because it marks the end of our stay-cation. It was full of ups and downs, but it was still time off from work and spent with my husband, son and pup. Bartek and I needed something to cheer us up on this bittersweet day, so we decided to treat ourselves with something summery and delightful. I found this recipe for Creamy Lemon Bars and it seemed right up our alley.

Sweet Tooth Sunday-Mint Fudge

Today's Sweet Tooth Sunday was a simple and easy one. I made fudge for the first time! Craving a little something minty, I chose to put a little spin on the traditional chocolate fudge.

Based on the recipe from the Fluff jar, here is my Mint Fudge:

Sweet Tooth Sunday-Apple Bread

Yummy smells filled the air of our apartment today. In keeping with the fall apple theme, I made apple bread. It's a take on banana bread, but filled with delicious, in-season apples and some apple pie spice.

Sweet Tooth Sunday-Apple Cider Donuts

There is nothing better than visiting an apple orchard in the fall and picking up some fresh-made apple cider donuts! A few weeks ago when we went apple picking, my parents bought a bag of donuts to share with all of us and that inspired me to make some at home.

Sweet Tooth Sunday-Dutch Apple Pie

Today was our yearly Applefest tradition where we go apple picking, drink tons of wine and hard cider, and eat lots of apple-y things. I'll post pictures tomorrow in my weekly recap, but I wanted to share Bartek's birthday pie that I made for him and for Applefest!

Sweet Tooth Sunday-Chocolate PB Pretzel Cookies

I haven't posted a Sweet Tooth Sunday in so long! I haven't stopped my once-a-week sweet craze. I've made some delicious things: Nutella Coconut Ice Pops and After Dinner Mint ice cream. I'll have to post those some time soon.

Tonight, I wanted something easy to make. We've had a very busy weekend, so some nice, peaceful baking was in store.

I found this recipe from Pinterest as inspiration, but I decided to take the original Toll House chocolate chip recipe as a base for it instead.

Sweet Tooth Sunday-Turtle Cupcakes

I haven't posted a Sweet Tooth Sunday in so long. Between our move to our new apartment, being busy with work and utterly exhausted, and having a broken computer, it's been impossible! But I did make some sweet things over the past few weeks...one of them being Landon's birthday cupcakes! I saw these great turtle cupcakes on Pinterest and I had to make them. We did a little "Under the Sea" theme for his birthday and had some really awesome balloons for him...but it was the cupcakes that were a hit!

Sweet Tooth Monday-Frozen Peanut Butter Pie

I'm sorry I haven't been posting too much lately! Life, aka my incredibly active son, has been keeping me very busy that I'm too tired to post at night. Since we are taking off of work this week, my goal has been to try to get back to my blogging. And to start it off right, we have a delicious frozen peanut butter pie...

Sweet Tooth Sunday- My First Fail! Twix Brownies

I should have known better than to combine so many sweets together! When I first came across this recipe on Pinterest, I thought it looked amazing! And Twix Brownies?!? Holy cow! But this is what my final product  was...

Sweet Tooth Sunday-Americana Berry Cocktail

I hope y'all are having a wonderful holiday weekend. Let's not forget what we are celebrating this weekend-those who have laid their lives on the line for our freedom. What better way to celebrate our freedom, than by spending time with family and friends. 

Sweet Tooth Sunday-Cherry White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies

This weekend was a family-filled weekend for sure, culminating today with a wonderful Gender Reveal party for my brother and sister-in-law's new baby (pics to come tomorrow). Since the cake was the star of the show today, I decided to make a small and easy treat for us to snack on. 

Adapted from the Nestle Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe, behold the Cherry, White Chocolate, Macadamia Nut Cookie. 

Sweet Tooth Sunday (Monday Edition)-Strawberry Lemonade Bars

This is the second Sweet Tooth Sunday I did yesterday, but was too pooped from all of the Mother's Day festivities to post it!

This is a recipe I found on Pinterest from K&K Test Kitchen . It was great for a hot day like yesterday. The cool bars were crisp and refreshing! Reminding us that summer is right around the corner!

Sweet Tooth Sunday-Strawberry and Blueberry Hand Pies

It was an incredibly busy weekend for us! We looked at some apartments yesterday and had a river-side picnic. Then today we had a big family picnic at a park. And somewhere in between all of this, I had time to do two Sweet Tooth Sundays! I had to do something special for Mother's Day, but the exhaustion is starting to hit me now! I'll post the second one tomorrow.

The first treat I made were hand pies. We all remember Drakes Fruit Pies, right? I feel like I was always begging my parents for these when we would go food shopping. Well, today I made a healthier version of them. Or what I would like to think is a healthier version. This is based on the recipe I found here.