Slow Cooker Brown Sugar Balsamic Chicken and Vegetables
prep 5 mins cook 8 hrs total 8 hrs 5 mins
Slow Cooker Lemon Garlic Chicken Thighs and Veggies
prep 20 mins cook 4 hrs total 4 hrs 20 mins
Salted Caramel Brownie Bites
These Salted Caramel Brownie Bites are made with a simple, from-scratch, brownie batter and are filled with a rich (easy to make!) caramel filling!
prep 5 mins cook 3 hrs total 3 hrs 5 mins
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Welcome to my kitchen! I am Alyssa Rivers and the food blogger behind The Recipe Critic. The blog launched in 2012 as a place to share my passion for cooking. I love trying new things and testing them out with my family. Each recipe is tried and true, family-tested and approved.
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Crazy Good Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Crazy Good Roasted Pumpkin Seeds are sweet, salty and a hint of spice to snack on while carving your pumpkins this halloween season. Tried and true pumpkin seeds that won’t last long! When carving pumpkins snacking is a MUST! Try this Cranberry Pecan Cheese Ball, Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Dip or Baked Cinnamon Sugar Apple Chips. Pumpkin Seeds…
Caramel Pumpkin Snickerdoodles
A soft and puffy pumpkin snickerdoodle with an ooey gooey caramel center. Â These are some of the best fall cookies that I have ever made! Snickerdoodles are easily one of my favorite cookies. Â I absolutely love these Pumpkin Cheesecake Snickerdoodles that are on the blog. Â Biting into a soft pumpkin cookie with a surprise center…
Baked Pumpkin Donuts with Brown Butter Glaze
Hey Recipe Critic Readers, it’s Jenn, from Eat Cake For Dinner.  Happy October 🙂  Are you obsessed with all things pumpkin right now like me?  I think I have already gone through 4 or 5 cans and I have no plans of stopping anytime soon. These donuts were one of the BEST.DECISIONS.EVER.  My family loved these…
Baked Cinnamon Sugar Apple Chips
Hi Everyone! Jenn back from Deliciously Sprinkled! Can you believe it, summer is almost over!? Summer seems to just fly by and with fall just around the corner, these crispy Baked Apple Chips make the perfect Fall snack. And the best part is that they are healthy and super delicious, which is a win-win in my book. These…
Reese’s Cheesecake Brownies
I have a weakness for Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. Â They are one of my favorites! Â They are always my first candy that I search for in my boys Halloween candy and Christmas stockings. Â I even have Reese’s Peanut Butter Bars on the blog that are pure heaven. Â So if you are a…
