I have taken a little 2 week hiatus from baking (sorry for slacking Steph!) so this weekend I decided to do nothing but bake! Well and sleep, read, workout, go to church, watch the Oscars, take two naps… ok so I didn’t spend the whole weekend baking but I did try some new recipes including […]

Last week I decided to go home. Now, usually I consider Boise home. I’ve lived here going on 8 years. My friends are here, my job is here…I readily claim this city as my own. But every now and then, I still get homesick. For my real home. For the town I grew up in and […]

We are so excited to have the lovely girls from the Simply Living blog guest posting for us today! Just like us, they are two friends living apart who share one blog. If you have not checked out their blog, seriously go do that NOW! Then come back and see what they’ve made for us […]

I dropped the ball on posting recipes in advance for Christmas. And Valentine’s Day. And even St. Patrick’s Day. But I will not be behind for Easter. Thus, I bring you Easter Blondies. A good few weeks before Easter. You’re welcome I love Easter. I love the meaning of Easter and why we celebrate the […]

I dropped the ball on posting recipes in advance for Christmas. And Valentine’s Day. And even St. Patrick’s Day. But I will not be behind for Easter. Thus, I bring you Easter Blondies. A good few weeks before Easter. You’re welcome I love Easter. I love the meaning of Easter and why we celebrate the […]

I know, I know. I’m wayyyy behind on the popsicle bandwagon. I tried making some rum and coke popsicles last summer and had such high hopes! Until they didn’t set up (note to self…don’t try making popsicles so strong you can get drunk off them…) and they just tasted…blah. I’m not sure if I didn’t have the […]

Chocolate. Peanut Butter. Pretzel. Cookies. You read that right. Salty pretzels with sweet chocolate and creamy peanut butter. All jammed into a cookie together with their friend oatmeal. I struggled coming up with a name because there are so many good ingredients in these bad boys! But I figured “Oatmeal-Chocolate-Chip-Peanut-Butter-Pretzel-Cookies” sounded like a bit of […]

Tiramisu. Have you had it before? The soft, sweet yet not too sweet, coffee-y, melt in your mouth Italian dessert? The flavor is unique, and I’ve never heard of anyone not liking it. I don’t think I ever tried Tiramisu until college. We don’t often go out to eat, and even less often order dessert. But […]

In looking over the past few months of recipes here at Long Distance Baking, I’ve come to realize we use a lot of frosting around here! But it is usually more behind the scenes, while the baked treats get all the attention. It’s time for frosting to be front and center…and today, it’s all about the […]

I LOVE ice cream (and milkshakes)! It is my favorite dessert and if you were to ask my favorite food, 75% of the time I’d say ice cream. Mint chip from Baskin Robbins to be exact. Or toasted almond from Leatherby’s (an awesome local ice cream parlor). Or anything with coffee and/or Oreos. Like I […]

Only one weekend into the NCAA tournament aaaaannddd my bracket is officially busted. Kelly’s too. We tried to be different and not pick Kentucky to win it all, but that clearly didn’t work out in our favor. Filling out brackets is a yearly tradition. I remember when we were little, Dad would print out brackets for […]

Read about online dating part 1 here.  Well online dating, we’ve made it almost 3 months but now it’s time to go. It’s not you, it’s me. Really, it’s me. Although, I do not feel that you really listened my responses to those survey questions in the beginning because some of my “matches” were questionable. It’s […]

Everyone has those family friends who are like your second set of parents or grandparents. My early childhood has memories of making seashell necklaces, going on extreme scavenger hunts and getting chocolate kisses from the older neighbors across the street. We never lived close to my grandparents growing up, so our neighbors Laurie and Wally […]

How is it 2015?! I say this every year…but I really can’t believe how fast this one went. It was a big year for LDB! We traveled to Portland, Oregon together and attempted to eat our way through the city. We spent a beautiful weekend in Napa, California for a friends’ wedding and met our first blogging […]