My fellow holiday food bloggers and I are cooking up Halloween treats today. Mine aren't spooky but they're totally holiday ready! Every year, if I happen to find myself in a department store or confectionery shop before the holidays, I come upon a stunning display of caramel apples.

Tomorrow is the Jewish holiday ofPurim and part of the traditional celebrations is a triangular filled cookie called a hamantaschen (literally, Haman's hat). To say I love them would be a gross understatement! My mother was not much of a baker so our pastries came from bakeries, including my beloved annual hamantaschen.

This Chocolate Glazed Donut Whoopie Pie recipe came from my love of Krispy Kreme Chocolate Iced Kreme Filled doughnuts. Since Krispy Kreme doughnuts aren't available in Minnesota I wanted to figure out how to make doughnuts at home. My grandma used to make homemade doughnuts.

This easy cookie recipe for Hot Chocolate Cookie Cups is made with Pillsbury Sugar Cookie dough. They're filled with chocolate ganache and have a pretzel handle! I checked the weather and read that there are multiple Alberta Clippers on the way.

This easy no-bake recipe for Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Stuffed Nutter Butters is made with eggless cookie dough. What's not to love about cookie dough? I'm not talking about cookie dough that is used for baking! I mean the cookie dough that is for eating.

With Easter just a couple of weeks away, my kids are counting down the days until their spring break starts. We aren't planning on taking a long vacation to somewhere tropical, but we are going to go on a couple of weekend road trips.

Summer heat is upon us and nothing makes a warm home hotter than turning on the oven. Since I can't imagine a week in the kitchen without eating goodies, I was happy to learn that the theme for #CreativeCookieExchange in July was No-Bake Cookies. Hooray!

Just a couple months ago, my husband and I eloped to Austin, Texas. We had a blast on our short trip, soaking up the SXSW music and eating some unforgettable Tex-Mex cuisine. I sought to recreate my favorite dish, breakfast tacos, back here in California, and the results were delicious!

by Carol Arroyo TheBakingPan Recommends: The BEST instant read thermometer I've used for cooking and baking; the ThermoWorks Splash-Proof Super-Fast Thermapen Thermometer is incredibly fast, accurate, and well worth the investment. I use my Thermapen Thermometer for checking room temperature ingredients, tempering chocolate, baking bread, making pastry creams, sugar syrup, caramel, and candy, cooking meats and fish, and deep frying.

by Carol Arroyo TheBakingPan Recommends: The BEST instant read thermometer I've used for cooking and baking; the ThermoWorks Splash-Proof Super-Fast Thermapen Thermometer is incredibly fast, accurate, and well worth the investment. I use my Thermapen Thermometer for checking room temperature ingredients, tempering chocolate, baking bread, making pastry creams, sugar syrup, caramel, and candy, cooking meats and fish, and deep frying.