The Perfect Snickerdoodle

These snickerdoodles are soft, chewy-edged, and the perfect balance of sweet & mildly tangy thanks to the essential addition of cream of tartar–and they come together in just 30 minutes!

If one person asks me for a recipe, I smile and send them a link.

If five people ask me for a recipe, I make a mental note to bring it the next time I need to ask Fred to borrow some cash.

If a whopping fifteen people ask me for a recipe, however, that’s my cue to drag my sorry little butt out of blogging hibernation and publish the … Read more

Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies

These Chocolate Ganache Thumbprint Cookies are two thumbs way up! Ring in the new year with chewy, chocolatey cookies filled with a rich chocolate ganache center.

New(ish) year, new ways to lolligag!

While most folks spend January and February discovering hot yoga or organic wheatgrass protein shakes, our family is usually busy finding new ways to lolligag. Over the holidays, this household becomes the shampoo commercial equivalent of lazing around: Wake, eat, nap, annnnd…repeat.

We’ve become the champions of chilling, the pros of procrastinating, the experts of ineffectualness. Heck, I think we might even have earned ourselves a visit to … Read more

S’mores Bars

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You don’t need to wait for summertime to enjoy these s’mores! A thick, chewy graham cracker cookie bar serves as the foundation for your favorite chocolate and lightly toasted gooey marshmallows. All the yum, none of the fuss!

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Smores Bar

We’ve had our emergency bags packed for a week now, but we’re the lucky ones by far. This whole ordeal with the LA wildfires has felt eerily reminiscent of the COVID-19 pandemic: Office and school closures, masks everywhere, county-wide emergency notifications–a whole lot of confusion about whether to stay put or just hightail it out of the city as fast as you … Read more

Chewy Chocolate Espresso Cookies

Rich notes of espresso pair perfectly with chocolate in this thin, chewy-edged cookie that blends sophistication with pure indulgence. Best enjoyed with a glass of milk (or coffee)!

Every once in a while, a recipe comes along that is so mind-blowingly scrumdiddlyumptious, it’s worth dragging yourself out of the Blogging Bogs of Banishment to post about it. This, my friends, is one of those awesome recipes.

Though I’ve never been a fan of coffee (the drink), I grew up in a household where coffee (the flavor) was the stuff of dessert legend. My grandma in particular was the Matriarch of … Read more

The BEST Salted Caramel Snickerdoodle Bars

These are possibly THE most requested dessert that I now bring to parties, gatherings, and potlucks galore! Stuffed with a rich layer of salted caramel, these perfectly chewy snickerdoodle bars are made with oil instead of butter and come together in just 20 minutes.

Here you are, scrolling idly on your internet browser, and you catch a startling flash of these salted caramel snickerdoodle bars. For a moment, your finger pauses as you consider swiping past. You can almost feel the caramel oozing off the screen, a crystal mess of cinnamon-sugar showering your plate as you sink your teeth into … Read more

Dark Chocolate Thin Mints

A dark, delightful twist on traditional Thin Mints cookies! These elegant, homemade Dark Chocolate thin mints make a stunning addition to cookie party trays and are definitely worth the extra effort. (Original recipe from Baked by an Introvert.)

What’s shaped like a hockey puck, darker than an episode of Squid Game, and more delicious than the sweet taste of victory when you finally run longer than your panting, sweating arch-nemesis does at the gym (who, unbeknownst to them, has been competing with you in a silent, slightly petty treadmill race for the past six months)?

Guys, welcome to … Read more

Ganache-filled Dark Chocolate Chip Cookies

These glorious Ganache-filled Dark Chocolate Chunk Cookies are a Wallflour favorite! Rich dark chocolate ganache centers are wrapped within a perfectly chewy, crispy-edged chocolate chunk cookie that’s sure to make you swoon. Recipe lightly adapted from Love and Olive Oil.

I’m sorry, Ms. Jackson…These cookies are for real.

It’s very rare in our household that a new dessert becomes an instant Wallflour Boy hit. Unlike me, he prefers 2000s hip hop hits to 90s bubblegum pop and savory foods over sweet treats. There are, however, a few notable exceptions: French apple pie, cheesecake, and anything … Read more

Old-Fashioned Iced Oatmeal Cookies

Nostalgia never tasted so sweet! These old-fashioned oatmeal iced cookies are filled with warm spices & taste even better than the original that we grew up eating. Recipe very lightly adapted from Sally’s Baking Addiction.

This past weekend, I checked an unexpected item off my bucket list: I got to go to the one, the only…Super Bowl!

With an LA Rams victory on the horizon and high spirits flying all around, celebratory tailgates cookies were (of course!) the order of the day in our household. We decided to whip up a batch of these Old-Fashioned Iced Oatmeal Cookies, … Read more

Oatmeal Lace Cookies

These Oatmeal Lace Cookies are the heavenly light delight you never knew you were missing–and take only 20 minutes to whip up! Overtones of brown sugar caramel blend perfectly with chewy oats and a crisp crunch.

What’s crispier than a newly-minted $10 bill, tastier than Chris Hemsworth lounging shirtless on the set of Thor: Ragnarok, and even sweeter than coming home to a hot shower & homemade quesadillas (courtesy of the one and only Wallflour Boy)?

100% these Oatmeal Lace Cookies. Friends, bookmark these now and thank me later–20 minutes later, to be exact!

Taste, texture, time. These cookies … Read more

Chocolate Truffle Cookies

These chocolate truffle cookies are a chocoholic’s dream come true! Deep, fudgy flavors meet incredible texture in this surprisingly light, easy-to-make dessert. You’ll find yourself easily inhaling one, two, or maybe even five! Lightly adapted from Allrecipes.

So I happened to be reading the Wikipedia entry for the seven deadly sins the other day and realized at one point that I was making a mental checklist as I went…I’ve been known, for instance, to procrastinate going to bed because I’m too lazy to even get off the couch (sloth), and please never ask me about my utterly gorgeous … Read more