I have a bright little dessert for you today, one that will serve you all through the dreary days of winter and into the spring: Lemon Pound Cake! Small-batch Pound Cake This is a small-batch recipe that will make two mini-loaves (these are the mini loaf pans I own) or one very short and squat loaf in a regular-size loaf pan. The cakes come out incredibly moist and lemon tangy and exactly everything you want a slice of pound cake to be....

I have another entry for you in my “Waste Not” series, a series dedicated to reducing food waste in the kitchen. Last time we tackled What to Do With Leftover Buttermilk. Today let’s chat about pumpkin puree. What is pumpkin puree? Canned pumpkin puree is a glorious product of convenience. It’s pure pureed pumpkin in a can (literally the ingredient list just reads, “pumpkin”) without the time and effort of processing an actual pumpkin in your kitchen....

Hey, friends, I have a quick and simple, sweet and spicy recipe for you today: Cinnamon Sugar. Whether you’re looking to make up a big batch to keep in your spice drawer (would recommend!) or need just enough to sprinkle over your cereal, this recipe has you covered, and it’ s a handy little no-recipe recipe to have in your back pocket. The Best Cinnamon Sugar Ratio The perfect cinnamon to sugar ratio is 1:4....

In this time of cozy, indulgent comfort foods it’s nice to have some lighter recipes to pepper in between the goulashes and the creamy pastas and the decadent pies. This turkey vegetable soup is one such option. (And it’s such a good one.) It’s made with lean ground turkey and a TON of veggies: onions, carrots, celery, shredded cabbage, and zucchini. So each bowl is super filling, warming, and packed with plenty of texture and flavor....

Welcome to another week and another Monday. How was everyone’s weekend? I had the most lazy, self-indulgent couple of days and did nothing but lie on the couch, and do a massive Netflix binge of Daredevil and Happy Valley. It was delightful. Almost as delightful as today’s recipe. Segue! Today’s Meatless Monday recipe (number 3 for this month after my Slow Cooker Baked Potatoes With Broccoli and Cheese Sauce and Mexican Vegan Vegetable Stew) is one of my absolute favorites, Homemade Margherita Pizza....

A couple weeks ago, I shared a pretty massive in-depth guide on how to start meal planning. (If you haven’t read that post and you’re interested in creating a meal planning system, go read it! It takes you step-by-step through setting up a system that will work for you.) In that post, I talked about one of the essential components of meal planning, where to keep your meal plan. This post may contain affiliate links, which means I receive a small commission if you make a purchase using them....

A solid chili recipe is one of the best recipes to have in your arsenal because it is endlessly versatile. You can serve it as a hearty main smothered with cheese and sour cream, as a simple side with ribs or a good sandwich, or add it as a topping to something that could use a little spicing up. And unlike most chili recipes that take hours to cook, this turkey chili can be on your table in a little over 30 minutes with very little hands-on cooking time....

So, true story: up until about a week and a half ago, I was dead certain that today was the day after Thanksgiving. At the end of September, I wrote Thanksgiving into my editorial calendar as the 17th (because as everyone knows, Thanksgiving is always the 3rd Thursday of November) and just went on living my life, planning posts, doing whatever it is I do. This was obviously not even a little correct, as I learned while trying to coordinate Thanksgiving plans with family, so what I’m basically saying is this recipe was supposed to come out the day after Thanksgiving, not a week before it....

Remember a few weeks ago when I posted this Dulce de Leche Latte and talked about trying to find new recipe ideas for the absolutely ridiculous amount of dulce de leche I’ve had around my house the last few months? Well, I’m back with another of those recipes. Have you ever tried a dulce de leche milkshake? Thick and Creamy Dulce de Leche Milkshake I first tried this combo when I was testing milkshakes for that How to Make a Milkshake post I published a few weeks ago, and friend, it is so good....

Heya, I have another recipe for one for you today. When I started posting these single-serving recipes with my Scalloped Potatoes for One, I wasn’t sure how much of a demand there would be for them because I know lots of people don’t like cooking for just themselves, but that post has been pretty popular, and so has my Mac and Cheese for One, so clearly I’m not the only one who doesn’t mind cooking for just myself!...

It’s technically still summer, but I don’t care. I’m in full-on pumpkin mode now. Can’t stop this pumpkin train. I shared a small batch of Pumpkin Cupcakes a couple weeks ago, Cinnamon Sugar Baked Pumpkin Donuts last week, and today, I have a Mini Pumpkin Cake for you because you can never ever ever have enough pumpkin. Folks, you have to make this cake this fall. It’s so soft and fluffy and pumpkiny and moist, and topped with my favorite cream cheese frosting, AKA THE BEST Cream Cheese Frosting....

As long-time readers know, I often partner up with Fandom Foodies to bring you themed nerdy recipes. Last month I even hosted our monthly roundup #AFeastOfThrones and got so many amazing Game of Thrones recipe submissions. (If you haven’t checked them all out, you should!) This month, Jenni from The Gingered Whisk is hosting, and the nerdy theme she chose was Harry Potter (#PotterPotluck). Obviously, I was super excited about this because I was a massive Harry Potter book fan growing up–like my original hard covers basically disintegrated from being reread so often....

Cornbread is one of those foods people seem to love or hate, and even people who love it have very specific requirements for their cornbread. Are you a savory or a sweet cornbread person. Dense and gritty or light and fluffy? Me? I love cornbread. How do I like my cornbread? Like cake. I like my cornbread to be cake. Okay, not quite, but my ideal cornbread is definitely sweet....

Saturday Morning Snapshot Made crepes for the first time today! They were somehow both more and less difficult than I had anticipated, but so good. State of the Blog How was everyone’s week? Mine was preeeeety great because I was gifted a kitchen torch and have spent every day since dreaming of all the delightful foods I can set alight with it. Do you have any handy kitchen gadgets you love?...

I have another comfort food recipe for you today, one of my personal favorites, beef ramen noodles. There’s just something about sitting down with a giant bowl of ramen noodles and beef that is so cozy and satisfying. Best of all, this dish is super easy, and once you have your ingredients assembled, it comes together FAST. Ingredient Notes & Substitutions Cornstarch: Cornstarch helps protect the meat while cooking, ensuring that it stays tender, and helps the sauce stick to the meat....

(11/5/16 Update) Hey all, this post is one of the very earliest posts on Baking Mischief, so I gave it a little face lift. I updated the photos, cleaned up the text, and edited the recipe for clarity. I also upped the amount of eggnog glaze on the chai sugar cookies by 50 percent, because I always felt it got a little thin by the time you finished decorating. This means the calories have also been adjusted....

Hey, friends. I have another super simple, super easy, and super good soup recipe for you today, Creamy Chicken Noodle Soup. It’s classic chicken noodle soup made just a little cozier by adding a generous splash of heavy cream. And as you know, heavy cream makes everything taste better. My Favorite Chicken Soup I have a ton of soup recipes on the site (Ham and Potato Soup and my quick Tomato Soup are currently the most popular), but I’m going to be totally honest, I’ve been cheating on all them with this soup....

Hey, remember a couple of weeks ago in my Pasta Primavera post when I teased that a Naan Pizza recipe would be coming soon? Well, today is that day! Happy Naan Pizza Day!!! (Is that already a National Food Holiday? I would not be even a little bit surprised.) Naan makes a perfect pizza crust. It’s not like making French bread pizza or a bagel pizza, where you are well aware of the fact that you are eating pizza on a piece of bread, naan just tastes like really good thin pizza crust, only without the work of making it (though if you want to make some go check out my Margherita Pizza post)....

Hey, folks, FALL IS HERE!! I’m sorry, that wasn’t enough exclamation marks. Let me try again: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’m writing this post on our first rainy day here in SoCal, wearing a fuzzy sweater, new rain boots, and sitting in a tiny empty coffee shop with a cup of coffee at my elbow. This is basically peak happiness for me. And, even better, since it’s officially fall, I don’t have to feel slightly silly sharing fall desserts with you here, so today, we are going all in, and I’ve put together a list of my favorite small-batch fall desserts for you....

It’s the last Monday of 2016! How were your holidays? Were things crazy busy or low-key and relaxing? Did you get everything on your wishlist? My Christmas and the days leading up to it were pretty perfect. My sister was in town and we did a ton of baking for friends and neighbors, and I spent Christmas day with my family during which, I ate waaaaay too much good food....