Springtime in Memphis

Memphis is beautiful in the spring.  There are so many colors and things are changing so quickly.  It's exciting to see the first daffodils peaking up out of the ground with a promise of bright colorful bouquets to come.  

Chocolate Truffle Cookies

I've never really been much of a cookie baker.  Cookies have always seemed more time consuming because you have to scoop each one out onto a cookie sheet and you can only bake a few sheets at a time.  Sometimes they spread out too much and are too thin.  Then there's always the problem with such a short baking time that my cookies are always either overdone and too crispy or not done enough.  So I don't make cookies very often, even though I really like to eat them.  Every once in a while, I get a hankering for cookies and quite often my hankering includes chocolate too.  Luckily, I found this recipe for Chocolate Truffle Cookies that soothes my inner cookie monster and turn out beautifully too.

Cinnamon Buns

There is nothing more comforting than a nice, warm cinnamon bun on a chilly morning.  Although they take some time, cinnamon buns are always worth the work.  There's a recipe from King Arthur Flour called Ridiculously Easy No-Knead Sticky Buns that is pretty easy and turned out to be very yummy.

This recipe makes 3 batches of cinnamon buns. At first I thought that sounded like too many, but I gave a pan away to my sister and after finishing off one pan, I was glad I had one to spare.