Crazy for Crust

Starbucks Petite Vanilla Scone Copycat

May 19, 2013 By Dorothy Kern 6 Comments

Do you love Starbucks Petite Vanilla Scones? Well, you're in luck! This is a Copycat Petite Vanilla Scone, even better than the original! Mel and I have had a ritual almost as long as our relationship: we love to walk to Starbucks on Sunday mornings, have coffee, and read the paper. It still is one of my favorite things to do on the weekend, although it's fewer and far between. Life gets in the way too much! I'll never forget one walk back in 2001. We were newlyweds, and it was about a mile to the Starbucks. On our way, there was one of those trailers the cops set up to track your speed, you know, to tell you how fast you're going. It was probably no later than 8am on a Sunday morning, so it was totally dead outside. Mel took off … {continue reading}

Maple Walnut Butter with Pie Crust Chips

May 17, 2013 By Dorothy Kern 63 Comments

Walnuts are super healthy for you, so why not celebrate National Walnut Day with some homemade Maple Walnut Butter with Pie Crust Chips? I got to go on a field trip! One with other adults. No school buses, no whining children. An adult field trip! I totally want to tell you all about this amazing, fantabulous, to die for Maple Walnut Butter. But hang on, I want to talk about walnuts first, mmmkay? Today, May 17, is National Walnut Day. To celebrate, the California Farm Water Coalition invited me and a few other local Sacramento bloggers to accompany them on a Walnut Farm tour. Did you know that walnuts grown in California account for 99% of the commercial U.S. supply? And that they provide 70% of the world trade? And so many of … {continue reading}

Amaretto Coffee Creamer No Bake Cookies #whatsyourid

May 15, 2013 By Dorothy Kern 59 Comments

{This post is sponsored by International Delight.} Amaretto Coffee Creamer No Bake Cookies are perfect when you're craving cookies on a hot day. These No Bake Cookies are filled with almond flavor and Amaretto Coffee Creamer! If you could only choose one flavor to put in your cookies and sweets for the rest of your life, what would it be? Vanilla? Hazelnut? Coconut? Lemon? Mine would be almond. Almond extract is totally intoxicating to me. Sometimes I go to the pantry just to sniff the bottle. That's not weird...right? I remember the first time I made my favorite sugar cookie recipe, it called for almond extract. I scoffed and was all, "pffft. I'm using vanilla." I did that for years until one day, I tried almond extract. … {continue reading}

26 Easy Ice Cream Recipes {No Machine Needed!}

May 14, 2013 By Dorothy Kern 52 Comments

If you love ice cream and don't have an ice cream maker, these 26 Easy Ice Cream Recipes are for you! Even if you do have an ice cream machine (I always forget to freeze mine) you' love these flavors! These recipes require NO ice cream machine! Once you start making easy ice cream recipes, you'll never want to make regular ice cream again! If you like these recipes, please visit the source to pin them! Thank you! Easy {Skinny} Lemon Ice Cream by Crazy for Crust Dulce de Leche Ice Cream by Crazy for Crust Cool Britannia Copycat Ice Cream by Not Your Momma's Cookie Peanut Butter Ice Cream (with some hot fudge and cookies too) Peanut Butter Nutty Bar Ice Cream by Chocolate, Chocolate, and More (OOPS! This one does need a … {continue reading}

The Best Chocolate Cupcakes

May 13, 2013 By Dorothy Kern 116 Comments

This post is sponsored by Minted.com. There are so many Chocolate Cupcake recipes out there...but these are seriously the BEST Chocolate Cupcakes I've ever tasted. The frosting will knock your socks off...so be prepared! Reasons I love internet shopping: "Prices" seem inconsequential. If it's on the internet and you use a credit card, that means it's fake money you're spending. I can add something to my cart and remove it ten times and a sales lady will not look at me like she wants to kill me. I can pretend I look gorgeous in the skirt/bathing suit/shoes/dress because the model is gorgeous in it. And, duh. It'll look the same on me because it looks amazing on her. I can shop at 6am when I should be responding to email and making … {continue reading}

Easy Chocolate Chip Orange Sweet Rolls

May 12, 2013 By Dorothy Kern 72 Comments

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If you need an easy and sweet breakfast, this is it! These Easy Chocolate Chip Orange Sweet Rolls come together in minutes and will satisfy your sweet roll craving! Happy Mother's Day everyone! I hope that you're getting totally pampered today! Me? I plan to do nothing on Mother's Day, which is why I'm writing this post on Saturday. In fact, at dinner tonight it was stressed that Jordan should not disturb me before 6:30am. (That's a big feat for her if she accomplishes it.) We try to have a 6:30am rule on weekends. As in, don't bother us before 6:30, unless it's an emergency. Problem is, Jordan can't quite seem to understand that "being awake" is not an emergency. I told her that an emergency would be if her arm got chopped off during … {continue reading}

Sprinkle Pancakes and KICMount

May 11, 2013 By Dorothy Kern 46 Comments

This post is sponsored by KICMount. Sprinkle Pancakes are a great way to start your Saturday! Add some sprinkles to your pancake batter and watch your kids smile. Then freeze them for the week! These Sprinkle Pancakes aren't new to this blog. But please...don't go looking for them. I beg of you. They majorly needed a facelift because they seriously are my favorite pancakes ever to make on Saturday mornings. You know what else I love to do on Saturday mornings? Check Facebook and drink coffee. That's kind of hard to do while I'm frying pancakes. Pancakes take sooooo long to make. Pour, wait. Flip, wait. Repeat a gazillion times. You know what I wish I could do while I'm waiting for my pancakes to cook? Blog. Check Facebook. … {continue reading}

Peanut Butter Coffee Cake with Chocolate Chip Streusel

May 8, 2013 By Dorothy Kern 81 Comments

This Peanut Butter Coffee Cake is full of rich peanut butter and topped with a cinnamon sugar chocolate chip streusel! This is pure breakfast indulgence - and a good one at that! I'm about to blow your mind with Peanut Butter Coffee Cake that has a chocolate chip streusel. But first, I have a story for you that's going to make you laugh at me. As you know, my cat is weird. I told you awhile back how much she loves my husband. I also think I've mentioned that she only will drink water out of a pink water glass on my nightstand. Callie always has liked to drink out of water glasses. Every once in awhile I'd catch her and tell her no. Then, when we moved into this house, somehow she took to consistently drinking out of the pink water … {continue reading}

Keep It Sweet Desserts Review & Giveaway #KISDesserts

May 7, 2013 By Dorothy Kern 91 Comments

This giveaway is brought to you by Keep It Sweets Desserts. Want to win a dozen fabulous sweets to satisfy your sugar craving? Scroll down to enter the Keep It Sweets Desserts Giveaway! When I first started blogging, I really wanted to open my own bakery. I could see the pretty pink and white striped awning and old fashioned glass pie stands holding my baked goods for sale. And then, well. I sold some cakes and made some cupcakes here and there and ohmigod selling stuff is so stressful! What if it doesn't turn out? What if they don't like it? I created other goals instead, and decided to leave the bakery business to those with an anxiety tolerance that can handle it, like my friend Lauren from Keep It Sweet Desserts. She turned her … {continue reading}

Starbucks Petite Vanilla Scone Copycat

Maple Walnut Butter with Pie Crust Chips

26 Easy Ice Cream Recipes {No Machine Needed!}

The Best Chocolate Cupcakes

Easy Chocolate Chip Orange Sweet Rolls

Sprinkle Pancakes and KICMount

Peanut Butter Coffee Cake with Chocolate Chip Streusel

Keep It Sweet Desserts Review & Giveaway #KISDesserts

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