Rich, chewy chocolate hazelnut cookies mixed with crunchy hazelnuts. A delicious salty-sweet treat for any day of the week! Whenever I’m looking for a really indulgent treat, my mind automatically thinks of these chocolate hazelnut cookies! Picture this: Intensely, rich flavor, soft centers, chewy edges, crunchy roasted hazelnuts… I mean… what’s not to like!? I…
Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Pretzel Cookies
Salty sweet chocolate chip pretzel cookies made with nutty browned butter, crunchy pretzels, and dark chocolate chips. The best of the best! I will forever be a cookie/brownie girl. FOREVER. As I’ve mentioned before, Cookie Monster is my spirit animal. This could only mean that my love for chocolate chip cookies lives on. What could…
30-Minute Arroz Con Salchicha (Cuban-Style Yellow Rice + Sausage)
A 30-minute version of the Cuban staple “arroz con salchicha” (Cuban-style yellow rice with Vienna sausages) using long grain rice, spices and chicken sausage. This post has been sponsored by MAGGI®. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I don’t know about you but when you’re brought up in a Cuban household, one of the…
Arroz Con Leche
An easy-to-make and deliciously creamy arroz con leche recipe (rice pudding) made Cuban-style with sweetened condensed milk, cinnamon, and lemon zest! My mom is a self-taught cook. She learned all the things and she learned them well. She’s a Virgo after all. We all, however, are forever our own worst critics. Needless to say, she often…
Spanish Hot Chocolate (Chocolate Caliente)
An easy sweet, thick Spanish hot chocolate made with bittersweet dark chocolate and whole milk. Best served with churros. As I mentioned in my homemade churros post, Miamians love celebrating “chilly” weather with hot, freshly fried churros and deliciously thick, hot chocolate. It’s become a fun tradition here even though, we won’t leave our homes…
Super Moist Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
Deliciously sweet, easy to make, moist chocolate chip banana bread made in one bowl! The BEST banana bread recipe for breakfast or snack. Grab those super ripe bananas and turn them into this easy banana bread recipe with chocolate chips that you and your family will absolutely love!
Double Chocolate Frosted Peppermint Cookies
Soft and chewy chocolate peppermint cookies frosted with chocolate buttercream then topped with crushed peppermint candies. The perfect holiday cookie! I’ve been making these chocolate peppermint cookies since forever! See this horrific photo from my personal IG account. Amazing shot, huh? Aside from these cookies being my very favorite cookie recipe to make during the…
Salted Caramel Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies
Soft, classic chocolate thumbprint cookies with salted caramel centers, drizzled with melted dark chocolate and chopped hazelnuts. Feels like I’ve been baking all month. Not complaining. I actually LOVE to bake more than cook. I don’t do it often because guess what I end up having for breakfast every morning? You guessed it. Cookies! Not…