Did y’all know that tomorrow is national chocolate chip day?! I think we need to celebrate by eating handfuls of chocolate chips. Here are some of my favorite recipes made with chocolate chips and I’m working on another chocolate chip cookie recipe that I’ll share with you on Monday! Old Fashioned Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies This was the first recipe I posted on Sam’s Dish over 4 months ago! This is a soft and chewy cookie with just a hint of cinnamon. Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake I wasn’t a fan of cookie cakes before trying this recipe and now I can’t get enough! It’s moist and delicious with or without frosting. Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars…
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Sam’s on Vacation!
I had plans to prep posts for this week before we left, but it came down to packing or blogging and I chose packing. So no new posts this week while I’m enjoying a much needed vacation with my husband!
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Saturday Coffee & Dish
Hey y’all! April was a whirlwind around here! The beginning of April my sisters came to visit over spring break and we had the best time! We don’t get to hang out just the 4 of us very often, so when we do it is special time for us. Our weekend included lots of shopping, some redecorating around my house and lots of eating! If you follow any of us on social media you probably saw some of the pictures we posted that weekend. I’ve been working on my spring cleaning list and don’t know what all I need to include! Have any tips, leave them below in the comments. Usually about the…
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Sour Cream Coffee Cake
Growing up coffee cake was one of the breakfast foods my mom made all the time, probably because it could easily feed our large family. I remember many breakfasts sitting around the kitchen table with my family, eating coffee cake and talking. Now this isn’t the recipe I grew up eating, But this cake tastes even better the next day. Yep, you heard that right, it tastes even better the next day. So go ahead, bake it the night before and then sleep in. The sour cream keeps the cake moist and gives it a delicious flavor. I love baked goods that include sour cream! Using melted butter in the topping creates little craters in the cake, these little pockets of…
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Simple Chicken Sausage and Broccoli Pasta
I don’t know about you, but around here meals that can be ready in less than 30 minutes are lifesavers. Life is busy and spending hours cooking a delicious and healthy meal just isn’t something I have the time or desire to do every night. With simple ingredients and a little bit of time this simple and tasty pasta dish is ready to enjoy. This pasta dish has three main ingredients; pasta, broccoli and Italian sausage. It’s then covered in Parmesan and olive oil for a light sauce. You know when you make a recipe again after a long time and it isn’t as good as you remember? That didn’t happen with this…
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Donut Muffins
We could all act surprised that I’m posting another muffin recipe, but let’s be honest, I’m muffin obsessed! I first made these muffins shortly after I got married and they have been a favorite ever since. I wish I could say that all of the recipes I’ve tried over the years have been this much of a success. These muffins are moist and not overly sweet even with the cinnamon/sugar topping. The cinnamon and nutmeg in these muffins gives them just the right amount of flavor and reminds me of a homemade donut and that’s where they get their name, Donut Muffins. Delicious even before the topping, but dipping these muffins in the butter and…
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Double Chocolate Brownies with Cream Cheese Frosting
There’s just something about frosted brownies when they are cold that have always had a special place in my heart. I’ve made these brownies twice over the last two weeks and both times they were consumed by very happy people. The only criticism they received was that they were too chocolatey. So if chocolate filled with chocolate and then covered in chocolate isn’t your thing, then please just leave these brownies for the rest of us. If you are one of those people, I feel sorry for you, I really do. You have to be careful when baking brownies that you don’t overbake because they will dry out. I like my brownies to be fudgey, so…
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Vanilla Latte at Home
Vanilla Lattes are my current coffee obsession and since I’ve started making them at home I can avoid the expensive coffee shop and all of the calories that comes with it! I don’t usually share photos of all the ingredients for a recipe, so today is your special day. I bought a milk frother a couple months ago and it is amazing! I like to add the sugar and vanilla to the milk before warming it for about 30 seconds in the microwave and then use the frother to transform the milk into warm frothy goodness. The hubby bought me a Keurig for Christmas a couple years ago and I love that…
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Cornbread
A few years ago when I got married my aunt gave me a family cookbook that included many of our favorite recipes from over the years. To say that I come from a family that loves to cook and eat delicious food, might be an understatement. While I don’t remember ever eating this cornbread at one of our family gatherings when I was younger, it was a staple at my house growing up. My mom got the recipe from her mother-in-law and my siblings and I always looked forward to meals that included cornbread. This cornbread is fluffy, moist, and slightly sweet. I’ve actually cut back on the sugar from what the original recipe called…
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Enchilada Casserole
If you follow me on Instagram you might have seen that my sisters were in town over the weekend. I loved having them here and when we weren’t shopping we were cooking and eating! They all share my love of cooking and mexican food. This enchilada casserole is just one of the recipes we made over the weekend. It has a simple enchilada flavor that while warm, is not overly spicy. The base of this casserole is a homemade enchilada sauce that simmers while you prep the other ingredients, like browning the ground beef and shredding the cheese. Like I mentioned before the sauce is warm but not spicy, so if you like a little bit of…
