Okay, I know we all buy oatmeal intending to one day wake up and desire a healthy breakfast that's easy and filling, but then never actually eat it because seldom is anyone ever actually in the mood for oatmeal, and when we are it explodes in the microwave making us regret our desire to make good choices in the first place. Is that just me? Well I hope not. Cause if you also experience such things then you too have a full container of oats in your pantry just begging to be made into something you'll actually eat and like. Hence... chai granola. Crispy little chunks of homemade granola filled with the delicious flavors of the beloved Chai tea. Let's make granola together...

If you like coffee and salted caramel, you'll love this cake. The cake itself is a fluffy vanilla-coffee flavored cake that we literally pour freshly brewed coffee into. It's pretty stinking good. Then we'll layer it with homemade salted caramel sauce and Buttercream that we've whipped our salted caramel into. Elaborate? maybe. Worth it? very.
If it sounds complicated, don't worry. I've got step by step photos to help you along the way Let's make cake together...

Since Starbucks all over are closing, I wanted to show you how I make iced coffee at home. Really all I do I brew a pot of coffee and let it cool to room temp, then refrigerate it for when I want iced coffee. It really is as simple as it seems. But ratios are important! Also it seems stupidly simple that you can just brew coffee and drink it iced, but when I tell people that’s what I do they seem amazed. So I figured whoever else is in the dark on this issue should be brought to the light. So follow along and let’s make dope af iced coffee together.

My friend Becca from Happily the Hicks and Becca Sue Photography is pregnant with a little girlie! I can't wait to meet her and squeeze her. Her older brother, James had the most adorable nursery, and I'm expecting the same for her. Her's will be peach themed. When Becca told me that I just knew I had to attempt a Peaches and Cream Cake! Thankfully it turned out ridiculously great on the first try! It's so peachy and tangy ang moist and creamy! It certainly lives up to it's name and you definitely need to try it!!! Let's make cake together...

Salted Caramel Buttercream is the perfect accompaniment to any chocolate cake, but especially to our vanilla-coffee flavored cake, making it our yummy Salted Caramel Latte Cake. So so good. Let’s make buttercream together...

Salted Caramel can be cooled and cut into bite sized little chews, poured over a cake or brownies while warm, or whipped into a frosting. I've done it all three ways (and even put it in coffee and poured it over popcorn!). Caramel has a stigma as being really difficult to make, and this can certainly be true, but I've found this to be the easiest and most fool-proof way to make it. Even if you don't have a candy thermometer. I hope these step by step photos make it easy for you so that you can whip out salted caramel at a moments notice... cause.. a lot of moments need salted caramel. Let's make caramel together...

Cream cheese frosting is a ridiculously simple but completely necessary go-to. It's so freaking good. I don't really know what else to say about it except.. let's make it...

These brownies are so freaking good I don't even know how to explain them. Like there's no way I can do them justice. They're thick, they're not really fudgy or cakey, they're somewhere in between. This technique I got from a Tasty video but I've changed up the recipe a bit. I used dark chocolate chips in the brownies and then topped them with Espresso Chips but you can use any combination of chocolate chips to suit your taste. Let's make brownies...

"LET'S GET READY TO RUUMMMBBBLLLLEEEEEEEE" lol. That's me introducing ANOTHER collab with Becca from Happily the Hicks. Obviously I love her and her recipes. You know what else I love? HER PHOTOGRAPHS. She's the best. We decided to collaborate on the perfect fall picnic. Fall Picnic? yeah, cause you'll die if you go on a picnic in Texas summer. All the pictures here of the actual picnic she took and they're beautiful. (if you're in the market for getting some photos taken definitely check her out!) For our picnic I wanted a super yummy super fall sandwich. I don't know why, but I was super set on having an oat wheat bread that was in cute little hoagies. But I couldn't find any anywhere! So I just decided to make some. Get that recipe here. Anyway. Let's make a sammich...

I am SO FREAKING PUMPED about how these turned out. It was really just a shot in the dark but they came out SO YUM. They're so soft, so squishy and super delish. I made these in sort of a sandwich roll shape specifically for a picnic I was going on with my friend Becca. But after eating them my mind exploded with thoughts of making them into little rolls for Thanksgiving or even making them the day after Thanksgiving to stuff all of your leftovers into?! yes? I think very yes. I think it's also possible to make one large loaf.. in a cast iron(?!!!) or even a dutch oven! Ugh so many possibilities. Let's make some Oat Wheat Bread...

Do I really need to say much to get you on board here? They're squishy, sweet, pumpkin-y with warm fall spices. I mean, hot, freshly fried dough covered in a glaze... what's not to want? The only "problem" is that they taste best fresh. So there's you're excuse to throw self-control out the window. Let's make Pumpkin Doughnuts together...

I've been meaning to put this on the blog for a while now, but every time I make it I'm in a hurry and don't have time to take the photos. Until the other day. Like most good dinners I make, this recipe came from my sister. When Jeremy and I got married she gave me a recipe box with a bunch of handwritten recipes. They have been SO useful. One that we make fairly often is this. I love this Jambalaya because it's super easy, so flavorful, so warm, pretty spicy, and is 90% pantry staples! The only thing that isn't is the meat and those things stay good for months in the fridge. So keep this as your oh-crap-I-didn't-plan-dinner dinner. You won't be sorry. Let's make Jambalaya together...

I've already posted two pumpkin recipes this fall... and I fully intend to keep posting them until I absolutely can't. So, I figured I should probably show you how easy it is to make Pumpkin Puree at home! PLEASE, Let this be the year you make pumpkin purée. Turn a $4 pumpkin into six cans worth of pumpkin purée. It’s easy. It’s fresh. It’s so much more flavorful! Promise you’ll try? Let’s make pumpkin purée together.

Texans have some insane pride. I honestly don’t know why. Like, what’s so great about Texas? It’s hot, it’s definitely one of the least pretty states, it take FOREVER to get anywhere, and we get tornados. So really, someone tell me why Texas is so great. I’m a born and raised Texan but I still don’t get it. The more places I travel the more I don’t get it. Since I live in Texas that means it’s 100° in the Fall. Yay! So that means no campfires, no warm fall treats, no making S’MORES. I actually didn’t used to like s’mores. Or marshmallows. But I’ve turned a new leaf and the other day ALL I could think about was how much I wanted a s’more. More specifically I wanted the bite of graham cracker and chocolate. Cause that’s the best part. After crying over the fact that s’mores wouldn’t be a reality till late December or January... I found another way. I decided to take a Rice Krispie Treat and turn it into s’mores. I’m sure something like this already exists, but I’d never tasted one or tried to make one before. So I set out and did it. And they’re dangerous. Jeremy and I ate half the tray in one day. So then I took the rest to my parent’s house and they were gone in minutes. They’re SO good. These are definitely the solution when you don’t have the means to make s’mores. So let’s make s’mores bars together...

Squishy pumpkin cake layered with Cinnamon Cream Cheese and topped with Streusel. What’s not to love? This fall recipe is not what I’d call healthy, but there are way worse things to eat... I mean, at least it has pumpkin in it. This coffee cake is soft and perfectly spiced, great for a sweet breakfast or a coffee date with friends. Let’s make coffee cake together...