This easy Mini Cranberry Breakfast Cake made with orange zest and buttermilk is the best way to wake up and makes just enough for an intimate breakfast or brunch with friends. And now on to the recipe… In Baking Mischief’s first year, I’ve posted a few sweet breakfast recipes. There’s the ever-popular Overnight Cinnamon Rolls for Two , my Pound Cake Cupcakes for Breakfast , and my Crêpes for Two , but I have yet to post a breakfast cake, which is unforgivable because breakfast cakes are the best....

This small no-bake marshmallow pumpkin cheesecake is a fun and easy mini dessert you can make without ever turning on your oven. If you’re craving pumpkin cheesecake but don’t feel up to a big baking project or you have a half-eaten bag of marshmallows you should really use up, you need this recipe in your life. It’s fun and simple to make and produces an adorable 6-inch cheesecake that is rich and creamy and so, so good....

This easy crockpot hot chocolate is the best hot chocolate you’ll ever sip. It’s creamy, rich, and completely decadent. Make it in your slow cooker for easy hands-off cooking or on the stovetop if you’re running short on time. I have a ton of hot chocolate recipes on the site, but today I’m sharing my family’s absolute favorite hot chocolate recipe with you. A friend shared this recipe with me when I was in college, and I’ve made it for my family on Christmas Eve every single year since....

This recipe for Chocolate Milk for One makes one cup of amazing, delicious, really good chocolate milk with just four ingredients. Hey, did you know that (under very specific circumstances) chocolate milk can be considered a “health food”? A couple summers ago, I was putting on some serious running mileage and struggling with crashing after my long runs. I did a little research and discovered that the most easily accessible recommended recovery drink for distance runners is actually chocolate milk!...

This ultra rich and creamy peanut butter milkshake is quick and easy to make and packed with peanut butter flavor. Have you ever had a peanut butter milkshake before? I think most of us have at least tried the classics, your chocolate milkshakes , strawberry shakes , Oreo milkshakes , etc. But I feel like peanut butter’s not a super common milkshake flavor, at least not here in Southern California....

This easy teriyaki chicken with homemade teriyaki sauce has to be one of the simplest, most delicious dinners ever. We’re well into September, which means it’s time for a new recipe theme for the month! Last month’s theme was Slow Cooker recipes since it was way too hot in August to be running an oven. This month since it’s (nearly) fall, school has started, and the days are getting shorter, I thought I’d go with a theme we could all use right about now, dead simple recipes....

This Homemade Hard Lemonade for Two is everything great about summer lemonade, tart, sweet, refreshing, but with the added kick of vodka. Happy Fourth of July! If you are in the US, how are you celebrating this year? My whole family is in town, and we’ll be doing a pretty low-key celebration, cooking steaks on the grill (with my favorite steak marinade ) alongside macaroni salad , and whatever else I decide to make between now and dinner time....

This Homemade Lemonade for Two couldn’t be easier to make and is everything summer lemonade should be, bright, crisp, sweet, and just the perfect level of tart. A few weeks ago, I found an old list on my computer that was just titled, “Summer Fun List 2014.” It contained only two things: Make a beautiful fruit tart Make homemade lemonade I have zero memory of writing that list and no idea why it stopped at two relatively easy items, but it just goes to show my usual summer priorities: make good food, hydrate in the most summery way possible....

This perfect sweet and spicy Small-batch Gingerbread Cookie recipe will make 6 to 8 large cookies and about 2 dozen mini gingerbread cookies. It’s that time of year again, time to talk about Christmas cookies! Last week, I posted about these Small-batch Snowball Cookies , and today I have another Christmas cookie for you, Small-batch Gingerbread Cookies! Gingerbread can be a bit hit or miss. Sometimes it’s too spicy, too hard, too soft....

(Not) Saturday Morning Snapshot Dog treat photo shoot outtakes… State of the Blog How was your week? Did you make anything delicious? Have a good Memorial Day? My sister came up for a visit over the long weekend and we had a low-key family BBQ, so I’d say mine was pretty near to perfect. This week on the blog, we had one last Nerd Month post in which I rounded up of some of my favorite nerdy recipes from other bloggers....

A completely homemade copycat Starbucks Caramel Macchiato recipe. Easy to make from scratch and absolutely delicious! The photos in this post have been updated. Don’t worry. You’re in the right place. 😉 Some of the recipes I post go through careful planning and consideration before they come forth into the world. Some are complete accidents. This is one of the latter. While the family was all together for the holidays, I made caramel sauce for one of our pies and had a ton left over....

Quick and easy baked Chicken Parmesan for Two can be on your table in under half an hour and is a fantastic, filling weeknight meal when you have a craving for pasta. Sometimes eating healthy can feel like a drag. I love veggies. I love light, healthy meals, but there are days when all I want is to just bury my face in a plate of pasta. Who’s with me?...

These were my favorite posts of 2017. Well, that’s it, friends. We’re (nearly) at the end of 2017, a year that has somehow felt both incredibly short and a-million-years long. This will be my last post of the year, and to close things out, I’m taking a look back in the archives and sharing my favorite Baking Mischief recipes of 2017. These are the recipes I was most excited for you to try, the ones that were the most fun create, and the ones I loved the best....

Moist and sweet cornbread muffins topped with homemade honey butter make a tasty and easy side dish! Cornbread is one of those foods people seem to love or hate, and even people who love it have very specific requirements for their cornbread. Are you a savory or a sweet cornbread person. Dense and gritty or light and fluffy? Me? I love cornbread. How do I like my cornbread? Like cake. I like my cornbread to be cake....

Saturday Morning Snapshot Took a break from photographing today’s recipe to eat today’s recipe… State of the Blog We finished up May Nerd Month week two! This week was Bryan Fuller week, which meant I got to spend all week talking about shows I love, posting Fullerverse-themed recipes and sifting through Tumblr for juuuuust the right GIFs of cannibal puns. It was great. NBC via HannibalLecterMD Seriously though, I have like 10 more of those GIFs....

These Thin Mint Cupcakes are moist chocolate and peppermint cake covered with a smooth chocolate coating. A delicious cupcake version of the most popular Girl Scout cookie. Welcome to the last cupcake in my Girl Scout Cupcake Series! Over the course of the month, we’ve had Tagalong Cupcakes , based on my personal favorite Girl Scout cookies. There were the intensely peanut buttery Do-si-do Cupcakes. And last week, we had Samoa Cupcakes for people who like that sort of thing, which I hear are delicious, but cannot confirm....

These cream biscuits can be on your table in about 20 minutes. With buttery, lightly crispy outsides and soft, fluffy interiors, they’re a quick and crowd-pleasing side dish. Everyone should have a good biscuit recipe up their sleeve. And for nights when you have a pot of soup simmering on the stove and need a quick and easy side dish to serve alongside, you couldn’t ask for a better biscuit recipe than this one....

These easy banana pancakes for two are made with just one overripe banana and a handful of pantry staples. They’re quick to make, fluffy, and packed full of banana flavor. Say hello to your new favorite small-batch pancake recipe, friend. These pancakes are perfectly fluffy, incredibly good, and designed to serve two. Like my buttermilk pancakes for two , this banana pancake recipe will make exactly four good-sized pancakes, so you can enjoy them with someone else or make them solo and freeze the extra two for next weekend (always an excellent option)....

This easy Beef Stroganoff recipe is made with tender top sirloin, onions, garlic, and mushrooms simmered in a rich sour cream sauce and served over egg noodles. It’s quick to make, delicious, and the ultimate comfort food. Every year Google compiles a list of their most popular searches in different categories, including recipes. Do you know what the most searched for recipe was in the United States for 2017? My very favorite food in all the world, beef stroganoff....

You’ll be so glad to have these freezer burritos in your freezer. They make the perfect easy lunch or dinner when you need something hearty and filling but fast. One of the very kindest things you can do for yourself is to take a little extra time on a Saturday, prep a few meals in advance, and freeze them for future you . Knowing there’s something homemade and delicious waiting in your freezer when it’s been a year of a day is such a load off your mind....