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    Sweet, Simple, & From-Scratch Dessert Recipes

    Learn to create and share delicious dessert, cake, cookie, cupcake and drink recipes in your home from-scratch with easy-to-find ingredients AND little effort. Food never tasted so good!

    The Latest Recipes

    See what’s new around here! My carefully tested & perfected from-scratch recipes are always guaranteed to impress!

    • Slices missing from a pan of homemade dirt cake made with Oreo cookie crumbs, a cream cheese filling, and gummy worms.
      Homemade Dirt Cake Recipe
    • Banana cake with bite taken out on a white plate.
      The Best Banana Cake Recipe
    • Slice of chocolate cake with one bite missing on a white plate.
      The BEST Chocolate Cake Recipe
    • Bowl of pasta salad made with tri-color rotini, veggies, and feta cheese.
      (The Best) Pasta Salad Recipe
    • collage of the best 4th of july desserts, includes 5 images, cheesecake bites, berry crisp, cocoa cola cake, blueberry pie and strawberry pretzel salad
      Fourth of July Desserts

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    • Cookies
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    • Savory
    Hey There, I’m Sam!

    Resident sugar-fiend and your new baking bff. I left my former life as a researcher to study the art of making carefully tested, well-researched (of course), and perfected desserts (and a few savory dishes, too!) and never looked back. Welcome to my sweet little corner of the internet! Take a look around, I think you’ll find something you like!

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    Cookies

    If there’s one thing I pride myself in, it’s my cookies! Carefully tested and perfected, my easy cookie recipes are guaranteed to be the highlight of any cookie tray or bake sale. 

    • Arrangement of black bottom cookies with the center cookie broken in half showing a cream cheese center.
      Black Bottom Cookies
    • Thick and soft gourmet sugar cookies that have been rolled in sugar before baking.
      Gourmet Sugar Cookies
    • Stack of homemade berger cookies.
      Berger Cookies
    • Overhead view of egg cookies made with lemon curd on a cooling rack.
      Egg Cookies
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    Cakes

    Ever wanted to make bakery-perfect cakes in the comfort of your own kitchen? Check out my collection of perfected cake recipes, where I walk you through all of my tips and tricks and show you how to make great cakes from scratch at home!

    • Slice of sourdough chocolate cake with a bite missing.
      Sourdough Chocolate Cake
    • Slice of funfetti cake on a plate with the remaining cake in the background.
      Funfetti Cake from Scratch
    • Square slice of zucchini cake topped with cream cheese frosting with one forkful sitting beside the slice.
      Zucchini Cake
    • Close-up view of a chocolate chip cookie cake topped with a ring of chocolate frosting and sprinkles.
      Cookie Cake
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    Bars & Brownies

    I have a feeling that my favorite cookie bars and brownie recipes are about to be your new favorite recipes! Buttery, chewy, and (in some cases) richly chocolatey, these bars and brownie recipes are favorites in my household, and I think they will be in yours, too!

    • Hands pulling a rice krispie treat apart to show a gooey marshmallow center.
      The Best Rice Krispie Treats Recipe
    • Stack of three peanut butter brownies with a distinct peanut butter layer inside and swirled tops.
      Peanut Butter Brownies
    • Two turtle brownies stacked on top of each other with the top brownie missing a bite.
      Turtle Brownies
    • Stack of three banana brownies.
      Banana Brownies
    More Bars & Brownies

    Savory

    Need something hearty and comforting for dinner or for a potluck? I’ve got you covered with my favorite well-tested, award-winning savory recipes!

    • BBQ chicken meatballs in a skillet.
      BBQ Chicken Meatballs
    • Jar of Italian dressing made from a homemade Italian dressing recipe.
      Italian Dressing
    • Crispy chicken tacos on a wood cutting board.
      Crispy Chicken Tacos
    • Bowl of homemade refried beans topped with cheese and cilantro.
      (Easy!) Refried Beans Recipe
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    Warm Weather Recipes

    glass jar full of homemade lemon curd on a gray marble surface surrounded by lemon halves and small white baby's breath flowers

    Lemon Curd Recipe

    Overhead view of a pitcher of blueberry lemonade.

    Blueberry Lemonade

    Slice of frozen mudslide pie on a plate with a fork.

    Frozen Mudslide Pie

    Peanut butter s'mores bar with chocolate bar pieces pressed into the top surrounded by mini marshmallows.

    Peanut Butter S’mores Bars

    overhead view of three flavors of no churn ice cream including strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate

    No Churn Ice Cream

    Glasses of homemade raspberry lemonade garnished with fresh berries, lemon slices, and striped straws.

    Raspberry Lemonade

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    Easy Homemade Biscuits

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    The Best Pizza Dough Recipe

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    The Best Cheesecake Recipe

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    The Ultimate Creamy Potato Soup

    one bite missing from a slice of vanilla cake with chocolate frosting

    The Best Vanilla Cake Recipe

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    The WORST Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

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