Samoa Cupcakes: toasted coconut, quick homemade caramel, and chocolate coating over a pound cake cupcake is sure to please lovers of the Girl Scout’s most divisive cookie. Hello and welcome to the only recipe on the site that is not taste tested and approved by yours truly. We are on our penultimate recipe of my Girl Scout Cookie Cupcake series and have reached the dreaded Samoa Cupcakes week. Guys, I have a confession: I don’t like shredded coconut....
These Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes are lightly tangy and satisfyingly rich. They’re a fantastic option for making decadent and creamy mashed potatoes without using heavy cream. Have you ever made mashed potatoes with sour cream instead of heavy cream? If not, you should absolutely give it a try. They’re a super creamy twist on traditional mashed potatoes that everyone will love. Using sour cream rather than heavy cream gives mashed potatoes a rich and slightly tangy flavor that pairs well with meaty mains like Balsamic Chicken , Mississippi Pot Roast , or Chicken Stroganoff ....
This quick and easy version of spaghetti bolognese can be made in around 20 minutes with pantry staples. Craving spaghetti bolognese but don’t have all afternoon to let it simmer low and slow? Make this easy 20-minute version. I’m so excited for you guys to try this one. It’s adapted from the NYT’s Fast Spaghetti Bolognese , and when we were all first stuck at home, this was one of my go-to recipe for days I was craving comfort food but didn’t really have the bandwidth for anything too complicated or time-consuming....
Crispy Roasted Red Potatoes are an essential side-dish recipe to have in your arsenal. Everyone loves them, you don’t have to babysit them while they cook, and they’re pretty much fool-proof. Need something crispy and carb-y and beautiful to fill out your plate tonight? Let’s make some roasted red potatoes! A really good roasted potato recipe is one of the essential side-dish recipes to have in your arsenal. Everyone loves them, you don’t have to worry about or babysit them while they cook, and they’re pretty much fool-proof....
Your complete Easy Roasted Chicken Guide. Everything you ever wanted to know about cooking a whole chicken in the oven that comes out with crispy skin and moist, juicy meat. So, it’s the last week of August, fall is right around the corner, and it’s just about cool enough to start using the oven again. Let’s all celebrate by roasting a chicken. I mean, can you think of a better way to welcome September than with a perfectly golden, crispy skinned, super moist and beautiful piece of poultry?...
You can throw this quick Homemade Taco Seasoning together in about two minutes, and it adds a TON of fabulous flavor to anything you’re using it in. I have a very quick (but useful) recipe for you today: fast and simple Taco Seasoning. Quick Homemade Taco Seasoning Recipe This is a pared-down recipe for those times you need some taco seasoning, but don’t have or want to locate and measure out a million spices....
Lomo Saltado is tender stir-fried beef sirloin, red onions, and tomatoes served with baked french fries and white rice. Carb lovers, you have to try this one! Hold on to your butts, guys, because we’ve reached my most anticipated Nerd Month and Bryan Fuller Week post. It’s Hannibal day! Hannibal is a show I adore and still can’t believe existed. It was rare and lovely and horrifying and beautiful. It definitely wasn’t for everyone, but for those of us who loved it, the show was a treasure....
Making Fajita Vegetables is a great way to use up leftover onion and bell pepper halves, and they’re handy to have in the fridge to toss into a salad or burrito or liven up a plate of scrambled eggs. I’ve been a little fajita obsessed lately and have added a bunch of fajita recipes to the site over the last few months, including Steak Fajitas , Easy Chicken Fajitas , and Chicken Fajita Sandwiches ....
This Hawaiian Naan Pizza makes a deliciously easy dinner that’s cheaper, faster, and healthier than delivery! Hey, remember a couple of weeks ago in my Pasta Primavera post when I teased that a Naan Pizza recipe would be coming soon? Well, today is that day! Happy Naan Pizza Day!!! (Is that already a National Food Holiday? I would not be even a little bit surprised.) Naan makes a perfect pizza crust....
Welcome to part two of Baking Mischief’s meal planning guide, How to Meal Plan Using Google Calendar. This section takes you through why Google Calendar works great as a meal planner, how to set up your meal plan, and includes some extra tips and tricks to get the most out of your meal planning calendar. <img loading=“lazy” src=“https://i2.wp.com/bakingmischief.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/meal-plan-using-google-calendar-image-683x1024.jpg" onerror=“this.onerror=null;this.src=‘https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhe7F7TRXHtjiKvHb5vS7DmnxvpHiDyoYyYvm1nHB3Qp2_w3BnM6A2eq4v7FYxCC9bfZt3a9vIMtAYEKUiaDQbHMg-ViyGmRIj39MLp0bGFfgfYw1Dc9q_H-T0wiTm3l0Uq42dETrN9eC8aGJ9_IORZsxST1AcLR7np1koOfcc7tnHa4S8Mwz_xD9d0=s16000';" alt=“Text, “How to Meal Plan Using Google Calendar” over photo of a computer....
My favorite flaky, delicious buttermilk pie crust (made with a food processor). This is seriously the easiest pie dough you will ever make or work with! Hey, it’s a Saturday. What’s a Baking Mischief recipe doing in your feed!? Welcome to Simple Saturdays! I have a ton of foundation recipes or simple tips and tricks I have been wanting to add to the blog but just haven’t been able to fit into the Monday/Wednesday/Friday schedule....
A quicker way to make creamy and delicious homemade Dulce de Leche. Hey, friends, I have a useful little recipe for you today, a quicker Dulce de Leche. If you’ve ever made dulce de leche at home, you know that while it’s super easy (just heat a can of sweetened condensed milk), unless you have a pressure cooker, it takes a full 3 to 8 hours depending on the cooking method for that can of milk to caramelize....
These Slow Cooker Beef Ribs are fall-apart tender, incredibly easy to make, and take only 5 to 10 minutes of prep time. A couple of years ago, I posted these Oven-baked Beef Ribs . In that post, I call them my fast, “good enough” beef ribs, because while they absolutely hit all those BBQ beef rib sweet spots, they only cook for an hour, so they don’t get enough cooking time to become truly tender....
This recipe for Small-batch Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Buttercream makes just four bonkers rich and amazing chocolate cupcakes, perfect for a late-night chocolate fix or intimate birthday party. Happy Saturday, friends! How is your weekend going so far? Have anything fun planned? I plan on celebrating the lovely spring weather by whipping up a big batch of my Jam Scones to share and then maybe just lying out in the sun with an audiobook (have any audiobook recommendations?...
This Small-batch Chocolate Mini M&M Cookies recipe makes a half dozen perfect chocolate cookies. How do you feel about back-of-the-box recipes? You know, the recipes that come printed on food packaging. Do you ever make any of them? We were devoted users of the Nestlé back-of-the-bag chocolate chip cookie recipe in my house growing up, and as you might remember, my Sharp Cheddar and Broccoli Chowder was adapted from the recipe on a butter box pulled out of my recycling bin....
This incredibly easy Small Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting is a perfect replica of my mom’s potluck favorite. I’ve mentioned on the blog before that we weren’t huge bakers in my house growing up, BUT, my mom did have a few really good go-to recipes in her arsenal that she brought out for special occasions. One of those recipes was (and still is) her carrot cake. If she gets asked to bring a dessert to a potluck, I guarantee you, that’s what she’s going to bring....
This smokey, creamy Bacon Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese for Two is made with butternut squash roasted in bacon drippings, crunchy panko, and sharp Cheddar cheese. You all know how I feel about creamy, cheesy pasta. (Hello Creamy Chicken Pasta with Bell Peppers , Easy Fettuccine Alfredo With Broccoli , and cute little Mac and Cheese for One ). You throw some butter, some milk or cream, and some cheese over carbs, and I am good to go....
These Baked BBQ Chicken Thighs are an incredibly easy chicken dinner that you can throw together with three ingredients in about 35 minutes. Hey, friend. If you’re craving some barbecue but don’t want to go outside and man a grill, this is the recipe for you. This is a super simple chicken recipe that comes together fast and easy. The thighs are started on the stove so you get extra crispy skin and then finished in the oven where the BBQ sauce caramelizes and gets sticky and beautiful....
This Banana Milkshake recipe makes a thick and creamy shake with the perfect ratio of fruit to ice cream to milk. It’s packed full of banana flavor and is pretty much irresistible. You guys know I love my one-banana recipes for using up that lonely banana sitting on your counter. With the one-banana recipes on the site, you can make 6 Banana Muffins , 6 CHOCOLATE Banana Muffins , a cute little stack of Banana Pancakes , and as of today a Banana Milkshake....
This homemade Chai Tea Latte is incredibly simple to make at home. It’s warming, the perfect level of sweet, and you probably have all the ingredients in your cupboard already. Hey, friends. I’ve posted a lot of Starbucks-copycat/inspired recipes on Baking Mischief over the years, BUT until now they’ve mostly been coffee-based (like my Mocha , Caramel Macchiato , Caramel Latte , etc.). Well no more. Tea lovers, get hyped, today’s recipe is for you: Chai Tea Latte....
