The perfect fluffy pancakes

This morning we woke up to snow. C’mon Mother Nature, don’t you know it’s March? At least it was sunny and we were in the mood for pancakes. Elle had on her Bella Bliss Easter jammies, so it only seemed appropriate to make bunny pancakes. I got our pancake Easter molds at Williams-Sonoma a few years back, and every year we make these adorable pancakes. …

The Best Banana Bread You Will Ever Make

Yup, this title says it all. If you are a Bostonian or have visited Boston, you may have heard or better yet, stopped by Flour Bakery. Let’s just say, they know what they are doing, and their banana bread is out of this world. A few years ago, my mom and I found the recipe online for this famous bread, and we have been making …

Christmas Sugar Cookies

Yesterday, Elle, my mom, and I spent all day baking and it was the best day! After searching through many sugar cookie recipes, I settled on this one. A few small things to note. One: we made 1/2 the recipe because the full seemed like a lot, and we ended up with about 20 larger cookies. Two: we put 1/2 the dough in the freezer …