Hi friends! It's Alicia from The Baker Upstairs, and I have the cutest Halloween cookie recipe to share with you today! These sugar cookie spiders are adorable, easy to make, and super delicious. They're the perfect cookie to make with the kids this Halloween, and everyone will love them! Who else is excited about Halloween? It's one of my family's favorite holidays, and we look forward to it all year long. We like to decorate the house top to bottom at the beginning of October, and we plan … [Read more...]
Caramel Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies
Hello One Little Project friends! It's Alicia from The Baker Upstairs, and I'm back with another tasty dessert recipe to share today! These caramel stuffed chocolate chip cookies are the stuff dreams are made of. They're gooey, indulgent, loaded with chocolate and caramel, and best of all, they're super easy to make! I've mentioned before that I bake a lot of cookies. And by that, I mean A LOT of cookies. Between my stress baking habit, and all the posts I do for my own blog, I always seem to … [Read more...]
Chocolate Chip Banana Muffins
Hello again! It's Alicia from The Baker Upstairs, and I have a super delicious recipe to share with you today! These chocolate chip banana muffins are one of my family's favorite recipes. They're super quick and easy to make, incredibly delicious, and perfect for breakfast, after school snacks, or late night treats. This last week, I had one of those colds that just knocks you down. Since we moved to a new state last summer, I think we as a family have caught every single illness that has … [Read more...]
How to Decorate Easter Bunny Cupcakes
Our house is about a 5 minute walk to the kids' school. Which is truly a blessing most days! In our crazy dash to get everyone's shoes, jackets, and backpacks on and out the door, it's an absolute life saver that we don't have a long walk or drive in the morning. ("Wait, did I remember to put your lunch bags in your backpacks? Let me just unzip and check. NO NO sweetie... don't stop walking, we're going to be late... I can walk and zip at the same time...") Once I get back home after dropping … [Read more...]
Mason Jar Easter Gifts
Have you noticed lately how the stores are just FILLED with inexpensive Easter candy? Like seriously. How much candy does a kid need at Easter? Do you think we go overboard these days? I find it hard not to go overboard when there are so many choices - especially with all the really inexpensive and cute things from the dollar store. So this is me toning things back. *breathe* I'm already having trouble leaving it at just this. There's this guilty feeling in the back of my mind, like somehow … [Read more...]
Homemade Easter Cream Eggs
Hi there! It's Kelly from Typically Simple and I'm back with an oh-so-yummy treat that is perfect for Easter! I love all of the treats that come out just for Easter, like Reese's peanut butter eggs, jelly beans, and Cadbury Creme Eggs. Any sort of treats with chocolate and peanut butter are my absolute favorite, and I recently made a batch of homemade peanut butter eggs that were quite delicious. Since I already had out most of the ingredients that are needed to make homemade Easter cream eggs, … [Read more...]
Chocolate Turtle Poke Cake Recipe
Hello again! It's Alicia from The Baker Upstairs, and I have a super delicious cake recipe to share with you today. This chocolate turtle poke cake is amazingly decadent, so delicious, and (best of all) easy to make! One of my absolute favorite things to do is cook with my kids. Cooking and baking bring me so much joy, and I love being able to share something I love with my children. My girls both love it too, and we've made a wide variety of things together, from homemade bread, to a million … [Read more...]
Red Velvet Chocolate Chip Cookies
Hi everyone! It's Alicia from The Baker Upstairs, and I have THE MOST amazing cookie recipe to share with you today. These red velvet chocolate chip cookies are seriously dreamy. The best part is that they're super easy and quick to make, too! Not to brag too much, but I'm pretty famous for my chocolate chip cookies. When I was about sixteen, I started bringing homemade chocolate chip cookies to school to share with friends. All of a sudden, I had an abundance of friends. :) Everything was … [Read more...]
No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cereal Cookies
Hello again! It's Alicia from The Baker Upstairs, back with another delicious cookie recipe to share! Of all the different flavor combinations out there, I think peanut butter and chocolate has to be the very best one. That combination of sweet and salty is pure perfection. The two flavors were just made for each other! It's not just me, though... my whole family is obsessed with peanut butter and chocolate. My husband has asked for this chocolate peanut butter layer cake for the last five … [Read more...]
Chocolate Crinkle Cookies Recipe
Hello, One Little Project readers! I'm Alicia from The Baker Upstairs, and I am so excited to be a new contributor here. If you can't tell from my blog name, I am super into baking! It's my favorite form of stress relief, and I bake something delicious at least twice a week. I bake most of my own bread, as well as other staples like tortillas and even crackers, but I definitely have a sweet tooth, too. I love to bake cakes, tarts, pies, crumbles, you name it! My all-time favorite thing to bake, … [Read more...]
