Heather's Recipes

Last year was crazy in so many ways.  The biggest and craziest part of the year was the diagnosis of both of my parents with cancer.  My Dad...

One of my family's most cherished Christmas traditions was when my mom would make her Swedish Tea Ring.  Every Christmas Eve, she woul...

I have been making spritz cookies for my husband for almost as long as we have been married.  His Grandma and mom both used to make the...

Whenever I think of thumbprint cookies, I think of the traditional butter cookie with jam in the middle.  My husband loves these.  They we...

This is another one of those Pinterest finds.  I saw this recipe and knew I wanted to try it.  Peanut butter and chocolate.  They shoul...

I have looked at many shortbread recipes and notice how simple the ingredient list is.  I have longed to make shortbread, but worry I'...

I have caught the Pinterest bug.  There is no denying it, that website can suck hours from my week, and I justify it by saying, "I...

Sorry this post is about five days late!  I got busy with substitute teaching, Christmas shopping, and Christmas baking.  The winner is...

In the last few years I stopped buying muffin mixes and have been making all of my muffins from scratch.  I also make homemade rolls and p...

I heard about the Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap in October and found myself intrigued.  I love a good cookie swap, and thought it wou...

I am an almond lover.  I love raw almonds, flavored almonds, almond extract, almond paste, almond anything!  When I saw this recipe in a...

I'm not sure where I got this recipe, but I do know that it is fabulous.  Yummy, sweet, and green, perfect for your holiday table!  (...

I cook and bake a lot.  I make dinner almost every night for my family, as well as bake goodies for friends, teachers, doctors and family ...

This is my fifth year of publishing my annual 12 Recipes of Christmas, and let's face it, without it I wouldn't be much of a blogger...

This recipe came about from a favorite brownie recipe called brownie meltaways.  That recipe is a box brownie mix doctored up with a homem...

My annual Twelve Recipes of Christmas will be here on Monday!  I can't believe this will be my fifth (5th!) year of sharing favorite rec...

This year my husband and I are both turning 40.  Our original plans were to not actually have a party for either of us, but to go away fo...

I am so excited!!!!  I just signed up for the "Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap!"  You can, too.  If you are a food blogger and w...

So this has been quite an ordeal from my last post to today.  Let me update to what is going on. On the night of August 10, my mom was sen...

When I moved to Aurora, IL 12 years ago, I didn't think about how hard it would be to be away from my family in Ohio.  I knew we wouldn...