These unbelievably good Gooey Chocolate Caramel Oat Bars are easy to make and have an intrinsic crowd-pleasing quality that makes them pretty ideal for almost any situation for which you need to bring or serve or provide a dessert. Potlucks, showers, casual dinner parties, school events, bake sales, etc. will all be so much better for these scratch-made confections.
The Perfect Brownie and a Monday Mantra
Hello, Monday. We meet again. I’ve never been someone who loathes and detests and abhors a Monday. They’re fresh, Mondays are, and new … a chance to begin again. There’s something really nice about them to me, so when I see people bemoan the dawning …
A Healthy Candy Bar
With my neck outstretched and eyes squinting, I stood on my tip-toes and methodically scanned the supermarket, hoping my gaze would once again lock on my daughter. You try to not look alarmed or at all unusual in those moments, as a parent. “Oh hello! Hi! It’s …
london fog
It was foggy the day I left for London. A thick blanket of low-hanging clouds swallowed the Blue Ridge mountains that surround my small Appalachian hometown that day and I couldn’t decide if it was a good omen for my travels ahead, or a foreboding …
Boozy Chocolate Waffles and a Kentucky Hug
The sour, unmistakable smell of fermenting whiskey filled my head as soon as I stepped inside the distilling room. There’s not another scent quite like that and I recognized it immediately, harkening back to a visit I made to the Woodford Reserve distillery several years ago. I listened attentively as …