strawberry cupcake

I've been on the hunt for the perfect, from-scratch strawberry cupcake that resembles the strawberry cake from Wynlakes Country Club. But its been hard and they don't look like anything like it. So I decided to try out Paula Deen's Simply Delicious Strawberry Cake recipe, which uses cake mix and instant jello mix. I have never in my life made a cake with instant jello mix in it. There is always a first. All in all, the cake turned out delicious and it was exactly like the one served at our country club. Next time I'll use this recipe but probably make the batter from scratch rather than using a mix.

vanilla butter cookies

After some snickerdoodles and orange spritz, I wanted something plain and simple. These buttery vanilla cookies are exactly what I was looking for. These are best right out of the oven, I think I ate a dozen of them.

snickerdoodles

Who doesn't love some cinnamon goodness around this time of the year? Between the apple cider and gingerbread cookies, cinnamon has a place in all our hearts for the holidays. Martha Stewart's snickerdoodles are light and soft, you can't resist having only one.

orange spritz cookies

What a crazy past couple of months! I've been neglecting my poor little blog due to life. And life I mean: graduate school, family, friends, holidays, and most exciting of all expecting a little one. Yes! We will go from two to three May next year! Now, that I am well into my second trimester and feeling much better, along with my winter break from school, I can once again focus on creating yummy goodies in the kitchen. With a week until Christmas, I scrambled together some buttery cookies to send out to friends. The first are these lovely orange spritz!