Pastries, Pies, + Tarts

These gorgeous raspberry cake donuts might be too pretty to eat…but let’s not kid ourselves. They would be the star at any brunch or Mother’s Day celebration!

Rustic apple pie You guys. I made this rustic apple pie right when quarantine happened because I figured I had nothing else to do and I had a ton of apples from a recent produce box order. I have never made a legit pie before. Like from scratch. I have always cheated and bought pie …

Tomato Ricotta Tart I love getting fresh tomatoes from the farmers market, especially in the summer when almost every tomato you stumble upon is an amazing tomato. The farmer’s market always reminds me of my trip out to San Francisco when we went to the Periera family tomato farms and were given beautiful, farm-fresh, vine-picked …

It’s crazy to think but it’s been a month since I went to Mexico! One of my favorite moments about traveling is the food experiences everywhere you go. I knew prior to going to Mexico that I HAD to find real Mexican churros. I wanted to taste the authentic churros that everyone raves about. You …

Love is in the air!!! Okay, I totally don’t buy into the whole Valentine’s Day stuff but what kind of food blogger would I be if I didn’t share at least one Valentine’s Day recipe with you? I have several from years past that you are more than welcome to look at but I think …

I’ve been mulling over chopping off my hair. It’s short as it is but I want the back to be shorter. Although, I don’t want it to be Kate Plus 8 style but more like Victoria Beckham style but I’m not quite sure I can pull it off. I’ve even tried Photoshopping my face onto …

I finally got Jason hooked on Scandal. We now obsessively watch it together every evening. It’s SO good! I love it. Definitely took us a while to get into it but I’m so glad we stuck it through because now we can’t stop watching, haha What’s funny is, since we both work in DC, we’re …

You know that saying, “easy as pie?” I never really understood it. To me, pie isn’t really that easy to make. I think pies actually take quite a while to make, depending on what type you’re making. Or at least for me, all the pies I’ve ever made have taken me forever. Maybe it’s the perfectionist …

These mini cherry pies have all the deliciousness of regular cherry pies but look a lot cuter! These pies are special mini pies. They definitely were a labor of love but they were oh so worth it. The cutest mini cherry pies! Everything is better mini!

These oatmeal creme pies will take you back to the days of school and lunch boxes I had a hard craving for oatmeal creme pies last week. You know the Little Debbie ones that you’d get in your lunchbox? I swear to you I could eat 3-4 of them. It was kind of disgusting but …