Enjoy the best flavors of summer with these irresistible, sweet and delicate Cherry Pie Thumbprint Cookies. Have a question about one of my recipes? The best place to get answers is the Overtime Cook Recipes Facebook Group! Today's post is going to be a short one, but the recipe is going to make up for it, I promise! I've been swamped lately, especially with photography work. When I originally quit my full time marketing job, I had dreams about what it would mean to be a full time food blogger. I imagined having endless hours to make a ton of food, time to post multiple recipes each week. But in reality, life goes in funny directions some times, and lately, my work as a freelance … [Read more...]
Oatmeal Raisin Bundt Cake
A childhood favorite cookie turned into a delicious cake: Oatmeal Raisin Bundt Cake! Have a question about one of my recipes? The best place to get answers is the Overtime Cook Recipes Facebook Group. Click here to join the conversation. Y'know that old joke about how oatmeal raisin cookies that look like chocolate chip cookies are the main reason I have trust issues... Well, jokes aside, I actually really enjoy a good oatmeal raisin cookie. And when I love a recipe, I naturally want to play with it. It's just what I do. #shrug So I thought about oatmeal raisin cookies, and suddenly found myself wondering what would happen if you made an oatmeal raisin bundt cake. When I finally … [Read more...]
Fudgy Mocha Brownies
Fudgy Mocha Brownies are a rich, flavorful and indulgent dessert that you'll be dreaming about for a while! This post is brought to you as part of an ongoing partnership between this blog and Best Select. Thank you for supporting the brands that keep this blog running. Have a question about one of my recipes? The best place to get answers is the Overtime Cook Recipes Facebook Group! As author of a dessert and baking cookbook, I'm sure you can imagine that I get a ton of questions about baking - about techniques, tools, and, of course, ingredients. One of those I get asked about all of the time is cocoa - specifically, the difference between unsweetened (or regular) cocoa powder … [Read more...]
Cocoa Pebbles Bundt Cake
Cocoa Pebbles Bundt Cake is easy to make, delicious, and has an addictive texture! Have a question about one of my recipes? The best place to get answers is the Overtime Cook Recipes Facebook Group. With Rosh Hashanah just behind us, I know it's hard for you guys to think about doing a ton more cooking and baking. And I'm truly sorry to be the one to remind you guys of this, but stopping now isn't really a very good plan. Sorry, don't shoot the messenger! Luckily, you guys know I'm here for you! I'm always here to help. If you haven't yet, take a minute to browse through my recipe index for hundreds of totally free, incredibly delicious, kosher recipes. Lots of them are easy, and … [Read more...]
Chocolate Corn Muffins + 5 Year Bloggiversary
Chocolate Corn Muffins are dense and flavorful, like any good muffin should be! Have a question about one of my recipes? The best place to get answers is the Overtime Cook Recipes Facebook Group Five years of blogging. Five. Full. Years. Can you believe it? I know I can't. I had big plans for this year's bloggiversary. Five years, in my mind, deserved something spectacular. I considered various forms of layer cakes - layers of cake, frosting, and other delicious treats. But then I had second thoughts. You see, for five years I've been sharing recipes that are exactly the opposite of this elaborate cake I had in mind. My recipes have always been about approachability - the ones … [Read more...]
Oatmeal Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies {Without Butter or Margarine}
Chewy Oatmeal Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies are delicious - without any butter or margarine!) ***Before we start – have you signed up for my email newsletters? You’ll get new recipes, cooking tips, menu suggestions, kitchen deals – and more! Click here to signup.*** What is it about a snow storm that makes people want to bake cookies? I dunno, but there's definitely something about that. In anticipation, I planned to post this recipe yesterday. I figured that with the Northeast all snowed in under a "blizzard of the century," you'd all be baking cookies, and would appreciate a new one to try. Well, turns out that the entire world (or so it seems) was baking cookies, but … [Read more...]
Cinnamon Apple Biscotti
These Cinnamon Apple Biscotti are full of amazing flavor and are easy to prepare thanks to an exciting new product! These make a perfect Rosh Hashanah dessert! Note: this is a sponsored post on behalf of Muzon Foods. Thank you for supporting the brands and products that I love! Updated to add availability in Brooklyn. Other location info coming soon. You all know how much I love apples, and love putting them into recipes. (In fact, I just mentioned it in my previous post!) Well you probably also know how much I love to bake, and to try new baking products. I've been known to roam up and down the baking aisle of my local grocery stores, looking for inspiration in the various … [Read more...]
Grape Upside Down Cake
Grape Upside Down Cake is beautiful and impressive, plus it's yummy and has a fabulous texture! I was all set to post a new real food recipe, but then I decided that this cake is too perfect for Tu B'shvat to resist posting today. Seriously folks, you need to make this for Tu B'shvat. But then, keep the recipe handy, because it's so delectable, so pretty, so great, you'll want to make it again, and again. And again. And then again. The great thing about upside down cakes is that a plain round cake looks beautiful. No frosting, no piping bags, no sugar roses. Just a gorgeous cake that will impress everyone you serve it to. Oh, and did we discuss the texture yet? It's...well, perfect. … [Read more...]
Coffee Crinkle Cookies
These coffee crinkle cookies have no butter or margarine, but they do have an incredible texture and they're packed with flavor! Have we discussed recently just how much I adore coffee? Seriously, I like to say that it's coffee running through my veins - not blood. And while part of what I love about my beloved coffee is the caffeine, the buzz, the liquid energy, I also love the flavor. No, I really do. So much so, in fact, that I've even had decaf coffee a couple of times in my life. I know, crazy, right? But what can I say, coffee is just so awesome. So. Naturally, for a flavor this good, this beloved, I needed to come up with a rocking cookie...because, cookie. And boy did I … [Read more...]
Healthy Apple Spice Muffins
Healthy apple spice muffins are so delicious, you will forget that they are good for you! I'm going to make a confession right now. You'd think that being on a diet and trying to eat delicious food that's still healthy, I would be coming up with all kinds of delicious new recipes to share with you. But sadly, that is just not the way it's been going. I am trying to make plenty of healthy food in minimum time, and I find myself lacking time, inspiration and motivation to play. I find myself turning to all of my old favorites, instead of creating new and exciting recipes. Don't worry, I'll get my creativity back soon. In the meantime, I decided to share one of my favorite healthy muffin … [Read more...]