Cranberry Orange Sour Cream Muffins

Friday, December 19, 2025
Bright, citrusy, and bursting with tart cranberries, these Cranberry Orange Sour Cream Muffins are a bakery-style treat you’ll want to make all season long.

The sour cream keeps the crumb incredibly moist and tender, while fresh orange zest and cinnamon add a fragrant, sunny flavor that pairs perfectly with cranberries.

Best of all, this from-scratch recipe is versatile and easily change it up with mix-ins.

The recipe makes 12 fluffy muffins or turn the batter into a beautiful cranberry orange loaf.

Whether you’re baking for breakfast, brunch, or a cozy afternoon snack, these muffins strike the perfect balance between sweet and tangy, with a soft texture that stays fresh for days.


cranberry orange muffins made from scratch on a christmas plate and fresh cranberries


Sugar Cutout Cookie Recipe

Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Nothing says Christmas baking quite like sugar cookies, and we have 3 recipes in our collection for all our sugar cutout cookie lovers out there.

Rich butter cookie cutouts, classic crispy cutouts, and even a shortcut using a store-bought cookie mix with additions, all will make the best Christmas cookie cutouts.

These soft buttery classic cookies are tender, rich, and perfectly shaped for festive cutters, making them a holiday favorite year after year.

With simple pantry ingredients and an easy-to-handle dough, this recipe is ideal for baking with kids, hosting cookie-decorating parties, or filling cookie tins everyone will rave about.

These butter cookie cutouts are not only a Christmas classic in our family,  but are made throughout the year for other holidays.

Simple, dependable, and irresistibly buttery, they’re the perfect bite of buttery bliss every time you eat one.

Whether you keep them traditional or decorate them extravagantly, this recipe will become a cherished part of your Christmas baking tradition year after year.

Whether you decorate them simply plain, with Royal icing or buttercream, sugar, powdered sugar, or sprinkles, these butter cookie cutouts always bake up beautifully.




Cranberry Bliss Bars

Tuesday, December 16, 2025
These Cranberry Bliss Bars are the perfect balance of sweet, tangy, and creamy, everything you want in a holiday-style dessert, and delicious enough to want to make all year round.

With a soft blondie-style base, bursts of dried cranberries, melty white chocolate, and a luscious cream cheese frosting, these bars are always a show-stopper.

Whether you’re baking for a party, gifting homemade treats, or just craving something special, this recipe delivers big flavor with simple ingredients.

If you're a fan of spice cakes and cookies, you may also want to try my Spanish Bar Cake recipe, Pumpkin Spice Bars, and my Brown Butter Cinnamon Cookies. They are all loaded with fall flavors.


cranberry white chocolate pistachio bliss bars