My kids love hot cocoa. I try to serve it on Christmas morning in our special Christmas china cups {along with snowmen pancakes, or Christmas tree french toast}. It makes for great Christmas morning memories! Me though? Normally I wouldn’t go out of my way to drink it on any regular day…unless…there was something special about … Continue reading
Does the idea of making homemade pie dough intimidate you? I understand… I have been there. Having a dry, crumbling apart crust that falls apart before you even get it in your pan, or an overly sticky dough that, when rolled out, ends up a holey, sticky mess is very, very disappointing. Very. Disappointing enough that you … Continue reading
Okay, so this is a highly carb filled and baking Saturday! I started off making bread because my mother-in-law mentioned last night she wanted to make bread today. After realizing my father-in-law had done a self fix on his Bosch mixer kneading attachment, I opted to knead the dough by hand so as to avoid … Continue reading
When my youngest daughter was about 10 months old she was diagnosed with dairy and egg allergies. Our other children had never had to deal with any allergy issues so this was a whole new world we were going to have to try to figure out. Over the next few years, I learned quite a … Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago I was trying to think of a quick and easy dessert to make for the parent teacher conferences that our church supplies meals for and what I thought of was…pumpkin pie! “Quick and easy?!” you may ask. Well, with the shortcut of using a store bought graham cracker crust, yes! Of course … Continue reading
With the crispness of the fall air comes a desire for me to bake, bake, bake…with pumpkin! I have been on a baking spree these past couple of weeks. There is nothing quite like the sweet and spicy aroma of pumpkin-y baked goodness filling the house! Some of my recent baking successes I have made … Continue reading
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