Happy Saturday, friends!

I hope this mid-December weekend has you feeling relaxed and peaceful. We have been enjoying driving around and looking at Christmas lights; I hope to start some baking and wrap up the shopping odds and ends I have left. What are you up to this weekend?

On Brown Eyed Baker This Week

Easy Chocolate Fudge – This easy chocolate fudge is made with chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk and is done in 15 minutes. A holiday staple! 

A single piece of chocolate fudge with a bite taken out, with other squares of fudge in the background.

Peanut Butter-Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies – Peanut Butter-Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies combine three of everyone’s favorite cookies: chocolate chip cookies, peanut butter cookies, and oatmeal cookies! One of the most popular BEB recipes for over a decade!

A stack of peanut butter oatmeal chocolate chip cookies next to a jar of milk.

Homemade Marshmallows – Fluffy, light-as-air homemade marshmallows come together with a few ingredients for the ultimate melt-in-your-mouth treat.

A small mug of hot chocolate with three homemade marshmallows floating on top.

Friday Things #503 – A recover milestone, holidays chat, a finished book, sandwich night traditions, how to live a full life, The Crown, and more…

Little boy sitting at a counter holding a decorated gingerbread man cookie.

1. Easy Peanut Butter Fudge

2. Homemade Chicken and Dumplings

3. Classic Beef Chili

4. Grandma’s Banana Nut Bread

5. Easy Hashbrown Casserole

1. Oven Thermometer

2. Large Silicone Dough Rolling Mat

3. Mini Whisks (Set of 2)

4. Large Cookie Scoop

5. Chip Clips (Set of 16)

This Time in Years Past…

These recipes hit the site during this same week in previous years…

2021: Cowboy Cookies

2020: Cream Cheese Pound Cake / Cheesecake Brownies

2019: Danish Butter Cookies / Peanut Butter Cup Cookies / Peanut Brittle

2017: Lemon-Chocolate Chip Soft Biscotti

2016: Mini Cheesecake Cookies / How to Make Sugared Cranberries / Sparkling Cranberry White Chocolate Cupcakes

2015: Ultranutty Pecan Bars / Nutella-Pretzel Truffles

2014: Chocolate Crinkle Cookies

2013: Classic Thumbprint Cookies / Panettone (Italian Christmas Bread) / Peanut Butter Swirl Chocolate Bark

2012: Homemade Torrone

2011: Gingerbread Men Cookies / Eggnog Fudge / Peppermint Whoopie Pies

2009: Date Nut Spice Bread

What I Bookmarked This Week

I love the combination of these flavors >> Orange Rictotta Pound Cake with Chocolate Chips

So cozy >> Garlic Butter Chicken Marsala Meatballs

A delicious holiday breakfast >> Brown Sugar Banana French Toast Casserole

So festive! >> Gingerbread Coffeecake Muffins

I can’t wait to try this pretzel dip!

Have a delicious weekend!