Cookies & Bars

Lemon coconut cheesecake cookies are the cookie that went on vacation and came back with a tan and a better personality. Cream cheese in the dough (that is the cheesecake part, not a whole New …

Lazy chocolate chip cookie bars are the cookie that quit scooping. One bowl. Melted butter. Press the dough in a 9×13. Bake until the edges look done and the middle still looks like it might …

Apple crisp cookies are what I bake when I want cobbler and I also want to eat it standing up. Chewy oat cookie. Little cinnamon apples inside. A handful of streusel on top so they …

Lemon meltaways are the cookie that disappears on your tongue before you have committed to chewing. Butter. Powdered sugar. Cornstarch. A lot of lemon zest. They bake pale, get rolled in more powdered sugar, and …

Apple crisp shortbread bars are pie and cookie sharing a pan without fighting. Buttery shortbread on the bottom. Sweet cinnamon apples in the middle. Oat crisp on top. You get a snap from the crust, …

A 1 minute microwave brownie is the dessert you make when the craving hits and preheating an oven feels like a personality test you will fail. One mug. Pantry cocoa. Sixty seconds. Gooey middle if …

Strawberry oat bars are what I make when I want pie energy and zero pie stress. Buttery oat crust. Thick jammy strawberry middle. Golden crumble on top. You press, you fill, you bake, you wait …

These 3 ingredient brownies with banana are almost too easy to be real. Three ingredients. One bowl. No flour, no sugar, no eggs, no kidding. Just ripe bananas, cocoa powder, and peanut butter — mash, …

If oatmeal cookies and apple pie had a baby, and that baby invited cranberries and pecans to the party, you’d get these apple oatmeal cookies with cranberries and pecans. They’re soft, chewy in the center, …

If fall had an official dessert, I swear it would be these pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting. Not the fussy pumpkin pie that needs you to blind-bake a crust at 6am. Not a three-layer …