Chocolate and Cherrys baked up on a Sheet Pan! Â The flavor combo is dynamite and it feeds a crowd! Â Oh it’s easy to make too…perfect cake! I could go on and on telling you how good this cake is but clearly you can see that….chocolate-cherry-cake…there is nothing here that is not to love! And wait…
Holiday recipes
We have a plethora of easy on the cook and delicious Holiday recipes for you and your family! Â Hearty casseroles for Christmas, brunch meals for Easter like Eggs Benedict and French Toast casseroles, or fantastic burgers for the 4th of July like Chicken Avocado Burgers, or Thai Chicken Burgers- we have your holidays covered here at Laughing Spatula!
Our Holiday recipes are perfect for any level of cook and include Food for a crowd, appetizers and desserts!
Brownie Cookies
Oh look…more cookies!  I love December!  The bad news is this may be the last cookie post because my family ate the entire batch of Peanuty Butter Cookies I was going to post before I could take a picture!…no I am not kidding and yes, I probably ate my share. But for now we have these…
Chocolate Dipped Nutella Cookies
These cookies are some of our new favorite! Â The nutella adds a nice , not too sweet taste and the chocolate dip and sprinkle of salt give it another layer of flavor! These easy to make cookies are sprinkled with a touch of salt. Â I used Kosher but I like the idea of a…
Perfect Molasses Crinkle Cookies!
These Perfect Molasses Crinkle Cookies are way to good to only make during holidays! Â It’s the perfect all year cookie! I am not such a great baker and that is why I call these ‘Perfect Molasses Crinkle Cookies’ – because if I can make them, you can! I searched for the perfect molasses cookie…
Homemade French Onion Dip!
Homemade French Onion Dip – to compare this to the store bought variety is unimaginable – there is simply no comparison. Okay, so ya. Â It takes a minute or two to ‘whip up’, but it makes a huge batch. Â One for you and one to take to Grandma’s house for the Holidays. Â Grandma is…
Apple Gingerbread Upside Down Cake
Apple Gingerbread Upside Down Cake! If this doesn’t say Merry Christmas I don’t know what would! Did you notice the Christmas ornaments in the background pic?  Yes, I said it…Christmas!  Only 45 more shopping days folks…better get going! I do about 90 percent of all my shopping on-line these days and I’m not exaggerating.  I’ve never…
Pumpkin Pie Spice Granola
This Pumpkin Pie Spice Granola not only tastes fabulous but your house will smell delicious too! Â You can serve this to your family or put in pretty packages for a great gift! My obsession with Pumpkin continues – and it ain’t over yet folks! I got more comin’ up after this! I’ve been making homemade…
Homemade Orangecello
How to make Homemade Orangecello!  This beautiful liquor makes a fabulous gift when put in a pretty bottle but save some for the cook! Oh pretty little glass of boozy deliciousness! Meet Orangecello …. her BFF is Lemoncello and I love them both equally!  I suppose you could ‘cello’ about any fruit?  (see how cool I…
Egg Baskets
These yummy breakfast Egg Baskets have two ingredients!  I love incorporating store bought ingredients that make a recipe so easy!  In this case, store bought fresh  hash browns do the trick! Cute little devils…arn’t they?  Two ingredients – yup two!  Pre-packaged fresh hash browns (like Simply Fresh) and eggs.  Thats it! Bake the hash browns…
Gingerbread Granola
Easy to make gingerbread Granola makes a tasty treat for your family and even better gifts! I am exhausted!  I have been cooking, cleaning, and wrapping all day – there is glitter everywhere!  What is it with glitter?  Why is it on everything!   Today, after wrapping gifts, I literally sparkle. (which is kinda cool if  you…
French Toast Muffins
It’s a tasty tri-fecta! Â It’s a muffin, french toast and bread pudding all in one! Â It’s like French Toast and Bread Pudding had a baby…a really yummy baby! It’s a tasty tri-fecta! Â It’s a muffin, french toast and bread pudding all in one! Â It’s like French Toast and Bread Pudding had a baby…a really yummy…
Coconut Sheet Cake
This Coconut Sheet Cake has a tender white cake with fluffy coconut frosting!  This reminds you of the stuff of your childhood! Holy Sheet Cake this is good! It’s an old time recipe that tastes like the cake that your Grandma used to make (not my Grandma, YOUR Grandma,  mine couldn’t cook worth squat). It has 5…
Marshmallow Vodka
Marshmallow Vodka?  Well thats just crazy!  Crazy good!  Two ingredients.  Vodka + Marshmallows! A mason jar, marshmallows, vodka and 24 hours…that’s all you need baby, that’s all…. Put about 10 marshmallows in a mason jar (or as many as you can stuff in there)….pour vodka over it. Seal. Store for 24 hours. STRAIN , chill…
Pumpkin Sheet Cake with Maple Frosting
Pumpkin Sheet Cake!  This super delicious cake is great for a crowd and is super easy to make.  Don’t wait until the holidays to make this fabulous cake! I love that sheet cakes are so popular again. Who has time to bake up a couple layers and decorate? I can almost guarentee  that you will…
Raspberry Cordial
Nothing says summertime like fresh fruit…like fresh raspberries….like fresh raspberry flavored booze! Like Whoa!  I believe it qualifies as a serving of fruit as well…bonus point, sold!…cha-ching! (And yes, I’ve been sampling…what kinda cook doesn’t taste her own wares?) This takes about 2 minutes to throw together but needs to sit for about 1 week and can go as…
