Happiness Project Recipe #13: The BEST Chocolate Chip Muffin!

Gooey, gooey chocolate! Lately, finding the best of all muffin recipes has become an all consuming obsession (besides my nuttiness with collecting beautiful cake stands) & since I’m such a sucker for the classics, I had to create the BEST Chocolate Chip Muffin! Had to! After consulting a vast variety of cookbooks, I finally found […]

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Happiness Project Recipe #12: Chocolate PB Pretzel Niblets!

Oh Chocolate! Glorious, glorious chocolate! In addition to random, early morning cravings for oyster crackers & sour patch kids, the thought of chocolate alone sometimes gets me through the worst of pain. Unless, of course that thought becomes a horrible, uncontrollable longing at 1am that MUST be fed (imagine dragging yourself out of bed in the middle […]

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Happiness Project Recipe #11: Saturday Morning Lemon-Poppy Seed Muffins!

Considering how up & down I’ve been with the pain this week, I was damn near frothing at the mouth this morning for something super moist & fluffy. Something that didn’t involve any chocolate for once. I know, I know, who AM I, right?? *wink* So this super moist & fluffy “something” ended up incorporating […]

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Happiness Project Recipe #10: White & Dark Chocolate Cake Brownies!

Oh. My. Word. You don’t know the meaning of true decadence unless you’ve tried this oozing concoction of cake brownie heaven! Considering how much of a chocolate connoisseur I am, I’ve rarely come across a dessert that is simply TOO much for me to handle. Until now. This recipe nearly sugar-shocked me into complete chocolate withdrawal. That’s how […]

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Happiness Project Recipe #7: Sprinkle Cake Batter Truffles!

Mmmm. Cake. Who doesn’t like some really good cake? Especially when it’s bite-size! Before finding this recipe, I had never worked with truffles before so the very thought of creating an actual truffle seemed rather intimidating to me. Was I sadly naive? Yes. You want simple? You get simple! You want messy? You get messy! Best of […]

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Happiness Project Recipe #2: Chocolate Chip Blondies!

Since finishing Pastry School, I’ve recently become a wee bit obsessed with finding the BEST dessert recipes to tweak & re-invent to my own super snobbish version of perfection. One of these said recipes is creating a bar a bit more adventurous than a traditional chocolate brownie (though what’s NOT to love about a chocolate brownie??). Enter the classic Blondie. […]

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My Happiness Project!

Hello friends! Welcome to my recipe blog, where I’ll be sharing some of my favorite recipes featured in my “Happiness Project.” Since happiness, to me, is measured by simple, everyday pleasures, baking has become a very prominent focus in my current lifestyle. And since so much of my happiness (& sanity) comes from baking for others, this […]

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