Happy New Year! I used to help my Yiayia (my grandmother) make this bread every winter break. She did not use measurements, instead she eye balled everything. Now that she’s gone, I decided it was time to figure out an actual recipe. This bread calls for you to hide a coin in the loaf. On […]
Dessert
Chocolate Peanut Butter Corn Flake Bars
Every Christmas my husband reminisces about these peanut butter corn flake bars that his cousin would make for the holidays. This year I decided to try to make them (without the recipe). After much trial and error, the below recipe is as close as I could get to my husband’s favorite Christmas treat. Please let […]
Chocolate Ghost and Bat “Croissants”
What’s better than a hot chocolate croissant? Shaping it into a fun Halloween bat or ghost! Although not technically a croissant, this recipe uses Pillsbury crescent dough for the buttery taste of a croissant without all the work. Kids will celebrate the Halloween festivities with the cute shapes. Back when I was a kid, I […]
Rainbow Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Frosting
There’s no better way to celebrate a child’s birthday than with rainbow sprinkles! But what if we combine birthday cake, cinnamon rolls, the best frosting, AND rainbow sprinkles? Well, then you have my Rainbow Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Frosting! While it might be time-consuming, you’ll enjoy the effort with every bit of gooey, colorful, […]
Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Bark
This healthier option to a buckeye ball cuts the sugar. Making it into a bark with the sweet and salty combination is sure to please your taste buds. Sign up to hear about my next recipe by entering your email address below:
Mini rum cakes
Nana Fran loves rum cake, so for her birthday, I turned ordinary yellow cup cakes into extraordinary mini rum cakes! I also made them oil-free by substituting the oil for a combination of Greek yogurt and applesauce, which do not change the flavor while keeping the muffin moist and fluffy.
Armpit Pudding
Yes, you read that right. Armpit Pudding. This was a fun project for the Girl Scouts, and is a tasty treat. Try it with your kids – it’s a great way to have them get out some extra energy on a day when we were snowed in. We found two different recipes, and tried them […]
Air-Fried Ice Cream
Someone recently reminded me of the heavenly treat from my childhood from ChiChi’s and Casa Lupita. Delicious layers of caramel, ice cream, and crunch. Yum. The traditional dessert is deep-fried, so I decided to see if my air-fryer could replicate the texture. It worked! So I turned my kitchen into Casa Christina and my kids […]
Apple Muffins
Using a homemade apple syrup as the sweetener, you won’t miss the refined sugar in these tasty muffins. If you would like to hear about my next recipe, subscribe to my blog.
Tiramisu
I like to think this recipe was what made my husband fall in love with me. Way back 16 years ago, I made it for his birthday shortly after we started dating. The rest is history. Let this dessert bring you amore, too! While separating the eggs may seem complex, if you just follow the […]