Hello friends!

I hope that you had a great week and are enjoying a relaxing couple of days! I’m planning to catch up on some chores this weekend, cleaning up and organizing papers; the mundane stuff! What are you up to?

Stay safe and warm! xo

On Brown Eyed Baker This Week

Traditional Focaccia Bread – A traditional focaccia bread recipe with tons of topping ideas that bakes up crisp on the outside and warm and soft on the inside. Perfect for serving with soups and stews!

A top down photo of a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and fresh baked focaccia next to a bread knife on the right.

Homemade Oatmeal Cream Pies – Soft, chewy oatmeal cookies sandwich a tangy cream cheese frosting filling in these delicious homemade oatmeal cream pies!

A square picture with a white plate piled up with 4 oatmeal cream pies.

Alfajores (Dulce de Leche Sandwich Cookies) – Two shortbread cookies sandwich a creamy dulce de leche center in these traditional South American alfajores cookies.

A square picture with a stack of alfajores on a white plate dusted with powdered sugar.

Friday Things #408 – Kid snippets, hot chocolate bombs, knitting, TV, and more…

Top 5 Most Popular Posts This Week:

1. My Favorite White Bread Recipe

2. Grandma’s Banana Nut Bread

3. Classic Burger Sauce

4. Paczki

5. Fluffy and Crisp Buttermilk Waffles

This Time Last Year…

These were the recipes that hit the site during this same week last year…

Orange Cookies with Sweet Orange Glaze

Grandma’s Banana Nut Bread

What I Bookmarked This Week

Loving the glaze on this chocolate chip pound cake.

Totally trying this juicy pork tenderloin recipe; I always think they’re so dry!

We love pierogies at our house, so these sheet pan pierogies with caramelized onions and chipotle sour cream are definitely going on our Lent menu!

Looks and sounds so amazing! >> Caramel Butter Cake with Fudgy Chocolate Frosting

A classic and this version looks amazing! >> Pastitsio

Have a delicious weekend!