Are you starting to panic about what to get everyone for Christmas? I have some suggestions for you! I don’t consider myself a fast knitter, but I can usually make a hat or headband in under two hours. Some knit hat pattern ideas include the Hearts Aplenty Hat – there are also matching mittens if […]
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Mock Apple Pie Bars
MOCK – adjectivenot authentic or real, but without the intention to deceive. (or maybe I am….)synonyms: imitation, artificial, man-made, simulated, synthetic, ersatz, fake, reproduction, dummy, sham, false, faux, spurious, bogus, counterfeit, inauthentic, pseudo. Disclaimer: The links below may be affiliate links. If you purchase any products after clicking on these links, at no additional cost to you, […]
Cream Cheese Cutout Cookies
I know, I’m addicted to alliteration, but honestly, I didn’t plan that in naming these cookies. It is what they are called! 🙂 In my opinion, these make the BEST cut-out cookies you could ask for. Not difficult to mix and easy to roll out! The only bad part about these cookies? Their addictive qualities. […]
Pineapple Upside-Down Cake
I’ve learned in the past year or so that I am Sugar Addict. Not something I’m proud of. I tried once before to give up sugar and failed, but one of my goals this year was to try again. I want to at least cut down the amount of sugar ingested, because let’s face it […]
Homemade Twix bars
Remember the old adage “What do you do when life gives you lemons? You make lemonade!” Well, that happened this last week. I started my annual Christmas homemade caramels baking only to have them come out super-soft. So soft that they were sticking to the parchment paper and difficult to get off. I just didn’t get it. I’ve […]
Soft Buttery Dinner Rolls
If any of you follow me on Instagram, you would have seen my bread-making baking spree results from last weekend. Somehow I thought it was a good idea to take a bread recipe which I was pretty sure already made two loaves – and double it. There was so much bread that I ended up […]
Sweet Cornbread
Finally! You can stop drooling over the cornbread shown in last week’s chili recipe and make your own! This is our favorite cornbread recipe. It has enough honey added to the mixture that you really don’t need to add anything to it after it’s baked. But why would you do THAT?! Butter melting on fresh, […]
Colorful popcorn
This is an exciting week. Little Chick is “Top Banana” at school. She has waited months for it to be her turn. For a 5-year-old, it’s equivalent 1/10 her life! Top Banana’s wear yellow for the week, they get to hold the door when everyone enters, they get to pick up name clips, and have more […]
Where is Winter (Wednesday)??
What is up with our weather?! I’ve heard this is supposed to be an El Niño year but I don’t remember a year this mild and warm. We had one day of snow – back on the 2nd of December. I’m not even sure it lasted 24 hours before it melted. Just check out our […]
Crunchy Granola Clusters
A few years ago I posted a Homemade Granola recipe that I had tried to duplicate from watching a Food Network show. Even though it tasted delicious, I considered it a work in progress. Partly because I prefer to have granola clusters – something I can pick up with my hands to munch on. Loose […]