Keep It Sweet Desserts Weekly Wrap-up 12/20/16

Posted on December 20, 2016

I’m still here! I had no idea I’d take such a hiatus from blogging, but moving into a house under construction was all-consuming. We are just now finishing up the last touches (or are we???) and even my kitchen is still being finished. It’s been operational since right after Thanksgiving, but it’s almost, almost done now!

Right now, I’m feeling in a bit of a personal rut. It seems the work on the house, toddler mom life and some other personal challenges have (hopefully temporarily) shut down my creativity. So rather than dive back into recipe creating and forced posts, I’m going to post when I’m really inspired. When I share a recipe, you will know that I love it and am excited about it!

In the mean time, I’ve been keeping busy in the kitchen with some friends’ recipes and some of my own. Here are some recipes that I’ve made and enjoyed:

Mini Chocolate Cupcakes from Dessert for Two (L had been requesting cupcakes and this was the perfect quick recipe!)

Soft Almond Flour Sugar Cookies from Ambitious Kitchen (they had amazing texture, especially for a gluten-free cookie)

Big Cranberry Crumb Cake from Keep It Sweet Desserts (I wanted to have something special in the freezer for holiday entertaining)

Chocolate and Pistachio Cookies from Keep It Sweet Desserts (always a hit!)

(Fresh) Cranberry Chocolate Chunk Brown Butter Cookies from Keep It Sweet Desserts (a great gift)

On a much more positive note regarding our move, we’ve been having a great time meeting people and making friends in a new town. L’s school has been a great place for me to meet other moms and I’ve already found a circle of other women that I look forward to seeing regularly. It’s been really nice and L is very happy with pre-school (he adores his teachers).

Very excited to play in the snow!

Snowsuit time

First adventure snowman building adventure!

Toddler snowman building!

I hope you have some fun and fulfilling holiday plans. I’m looking forward to visiting with family and friends and settling into our home.

Now for the regular updates….

New recipe/blog posts:

Big Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

The most amazing pumpkin cookies! Chewy middle and crispy outside!

Keep It Sweet Thanksgiving Favorites

Keep It Sweet Thanksgiving Favorite Recipes

Six Peppermint Chocolate Desserts You Need To Try

Six Amazing Peppermint Chocolate Dessert Recipes

This week’s most popular recipe/blog post:

Chocolate Covered Oreos Three Ways

Perfect homeade gift- chocolate covered oreos!

Five favorite things I pinned all week:

Peppermint Mocha Layer Cake from Baker by Nature

Peppermint Bark White Chocolate Cheesecake from Mel’s Kitchen Cafe

Chocolate Tiramisu from Dessert for Two

Chocolate and Pumpkin Self-Saucing Pudding Cake from The Flavor Bender

Pumpkin Chocolate Mousse Cake from Sugar Hero

I hope that you all are having a wonderful week!

Make something from the blog? Be sure to share it on Instagram with the tag #KeepItSweetDesserts.

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