Christmas Spiced Cinnamon Rolls

December 23, 2019 / Erica Hom

Christmas time is always full of traditions and for my family I wanted to create something that we all can look forward to every year- These Christmas Spiced Cinnamon Rolls! Every Christmas morning I wake up extra early to make cinnamon rolls for the kids to wake up to. There’s no better smell than fresh warm cinnamon baking in the oven first thing on a cold December morning. I’ve tried numerous recipes, from Alton Brown, to a fellow blogger’s to slow cooker cinnamon rolls. And as great as they usually were, I found that there was always something missing for me. Either the rolls weren’t soft enough, or they were too sweet or the recipe was just too time consuming to pull together on a busy Christmas Eve night. Until now! I tested this recipe earlier in the month to make sure that it would be perfect for Christmas morning and I’m super excited to be sharing it with you!

Gooey Cinnamon Butter Squares

May 25, 2019 / Erica Hom

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I know it’s 90 degrees here in Austin, TX, but once in awhile you just need some really good comfort food. For those days when there’s 5 loads of laundry that need to be done while another 2 loads are still waiting to be folded and dinner needs to be made, but darn it, you forgot to buy sweet paprika and not smoked paprika and it might just ruin dinner! …. These are the days when you need something that warms your thoughts and comforts your exhausted, frazzled mothering soul…. And this recipe all that and a bag of chips! I came across this dessert while perusing the cookbook aisle at Half Priced Books. BTW that place is one of my favorite places to visit! It has the vibe of Strand Book Store in New York, without all the dust and unventilated air! And I’m sure that those of you who’ve been there, know what I’m talking about! I love that place, but I seriously can’t breathe in there! Anyhoo’s, I’ve loved Smitten Kitchen for years, but living under a rock, I’ve never seen her cookbook! Just flipping through it made me want to make everything in there! And these Gooey Cinnamon Butter Squares hooked me and the rest of my family right away!

King Cake Cheesecake

March 04, 2019 / Erica Hom

No I’ve never been to Mardi Gras, or had the pleasure of stumbling around drunk in New Orleans in search of beads…. but I have driven down bourbon street….with my kids in the backseat. But that doesn’t mean I can’t tell you about the best dang dessert for Mardi Gras! This idea started through a simple instagram tag from my cousin. “Learn how to make this and ship it to me” she said. It was a picture of the King Cake Cheesecake from Copelands of New Orleans. “OOO…Intriguing” was my only response, but the image stuck with me. This cake has a cinnamon roll bottom, layered with cheesecake then topped with another thin layer of cinnamon roll pastry and frosting. The idea of this was starting to really get to me. I imagined a sweet cream cheese icing giving way to a thick, tangy cheesecake layer which breaks to a chewy soft bready layer of cinnamon roll. Uhhh… yum. I dreamed about it last night and so I thought this was something I had to make. A pastry that combined me love of cinnamon rolls and cheesecake… how bad can that be!?

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