The Bakehouse Texas Chocolate Chip Cookies (Texas-Sized Bakery-Style Cookies)
Bakehouse Bakery-Style Giant Chocolate Chip Cookies are the best chocolate chip cookie recipe for big, thick, chewy cookies loaded with melty chocolate. Crispy on the edges, soft in the center, and irresistibly buttery – these cookies are your secret weapon. Friends, it’s a great day! After more than a decade of baking my dad’s Best Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies (and convincing you to do the same thankyouverymuch), I’ve finally developed a cookie recipe all
And Here’s Where We’ll Close This Chapter
Friends, good morning! My parents are coming to Texas next week, and I’m counting down the days. The last time they were here (last Thanksgiving, to be exact), I’d roped them into helping me pull off a surprise wedding before the big family dinner which was, as you’d imagine, no
Nesting Season Has Officially Begun
Are you feeling that—the pull toward nesting? Is your energy dipping? Do you fall asleep earlier? Because, same. I’m leaning into it—slower mornings, softer nights, and heartier meals with the impending colder weather and darker evenings. I won’t be denying it. There’s always a reason for our bodies’ shifts. It’s
My Best Browned Butter Banana Bread Recipe
Meet your new favorite banana bread recipe! It’s moist, deeply flavored, and just the right amount of sweet. It’s an easy, one-bowl loaf that fills your kitchen with the smell of butter and bananas. What could be better!? Every time I move into a new kitchen (which, as an air
Trusting the Water
I have been too excited to come update you on my swimming journey. Right after last month’s post, I started swimming lessons. For anyone who wants to watch me word vomit through this, feel free to watch my Instagram highlights for some laughs. Most importantly, yesterday I was able to
Lightning Bugs, Blueberry Scones, and an Analog Fall
I’m reporting live from one of my favorite corners of the country – tucked into the trees of Northwest Arkansas. We’ve spent the week camping here, hiking with the dogs every morning, cooking outside, and watching the moon rise through the trees as the lightning bugs flicker on. It’s been
An October Baking Moodboard
Friends, hi! I’m ready for October (even though it fully snuck up on me this year). The air has shifted, I’ve taken the shortsleeved sweaters out of hiding (long sleeve sweaters are still a ways away), and suddenly the kitchen feels like the best place to be again. It’s the
Building a Winter Life We’ll Love
Hello! I’m writing to you on a rainy morning. FINALLY. The heat has broken and it is pouring. The world smells so fresh (except for
Apple Cinnamon Texas Sheet Cake
Every fall, I feel this pull (it’s a mission, really) to dream up a new twist on the classic Texas Sheet Cake. It’s a tradition of
Links for Another September Sunday
Word on the street is September is almost over. A month I spent surviving, not thriving. Sometimes when life gets this busy—so busy there isn’t
The Bakehouse Texas Super Soft Cinnamon Roll Recipe
These Bakehouse Texas Cinnamon Rolls are the ultimate cinnamon roll recipe—soft, gooey, and swirled with buttery cinnamon sugar, and of course, topped with a tangy
Notes on Hope, Cake, and Other Sweet Things
Friends, good morning! I’m so grateful we get to catch up today. How are you feeling? Me? Well… a little distractible, if I’m honest, but doing my best to stay on task. The slow change of season has me holding onto hope. Summer was a heavy lift for me this
Tipped Upright
Cautiously, and optimistically, I am feeling better lately! In therapy today, I said I felt finally tipped upright instead of feeling tilted half in and out of water. It feels so lovely to be here, and to everyone who said the only way out is through, boy were you correct.
The Summer I Filled My Cup
Happy September! It is still in the triple digits here, but the light is changing. We have the most beautiful windows in our house, and fondly refer to the fall and winter as “sunset season.” The colors during this time of year are so electric and I love intentionally watching
Welcome to September Summer
Friends, hello and happy Sunday. We’ve landed at what feels like the last weekend of “true” summer before September Summer sets in – which, I do love! It’s that somehow grounding in-between season of back-from-school weeknight dinners, some fresh intentions, a little exhale before the holidays, and eating the very
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Welcome! This has been my little corner of the internet since 2008!
I’m a baker, photographer, cookbook author and teacher. I live laugh love in Bellville, Texas.