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Recipe: Apple Butter
Fall is here! Oh, and so is thanksgiving – happy thanksgiving to all my Canadian fans! When October hits I know it’s time to pluck the apples from our tree. Last year we pruned it, so it didn’t produce any apples. This year, however, the apples were plentiful. Time for apple butter. Here we go…apple butter in the slow cooker. Much like the strawberry-ruhbarb butter I made last month, this one has little sugar and keeps for about 4-5 weeks in the fridge. Ingredients 5…
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Recipe: Summerlicious Rhubarb Squares
Summer and rhubarb just go together. No rhubarb? No summer! This recipe doesn’t depend on strawberries – nope – this recipe lets the rhubarb shine all by itself. Time for summerlicious rhubarb squares. Ingredients 6 cups of chopped rhubarb 2 cups of sugar 1/4 cup of water 3 tablespoons of corn starch a tablespoon of vanilla 1 1/2 cup of oats and brown sugar 1/2 cup of cake flour 1 cup of white flour 2 sticks of butter 1/2 cup of walnut pieces First –…
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Recipe: Cookies and Cream Cookies 2
I found it!!! Oreo Cookies ‘n Cream Pudding Mix. Time to make these cookies and cream cookies 2 the right way. Back in November/December of 2013 I ran a series – 12 days of cookies, and these cookies n’ cream cookies were awesome. Only issue, I used vanilla pudding mix instead of Oreo pudding mix. It’s better with more Oreo! This time, I also used the triple double Oreo cookies – so good. Try it! Ingredients 1 cup of soft salted butter 1/2 cup of…
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Recipe: Easter Cake Mix Cookie Cake
Easter is less than 2 weeks away – what does that mean? Time for Easter treats! Let’s bake up this Easter cake mix cookie cake. Ingredients white cake mix box 2 eggs 1/2 cup of canola oil 6 vanilla girl guide cookies 2/3 cup of pastel peanut m&ms First – get all your ingredients together and mix the first 3 in a large bowl. Next – chop up your girl guide cookies into 4-6 pieces. Mix in 2/3s of the cookie chunks. Mix in just…
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Recipe: Golden Oreo Cake Mix Cookies
Oreo cookies are fantastic – but the younger sister, golden, is often forgotten. This recipe for Golden Oreo cake mix cookies highlights the younger sis, the Golden Oreo! Bake up! Ingredients Box of while cake mix 2 eggs 1/2 cup of canola oil 8-10 golden Oreo cookies First – get all of your ingredients together. Now, chop up your Oreo cookies. Each cookie into about 6 or 8 pieces. Mix all of your ingredients together and Bake at 350 degrees for 12-14 minutes. Your first…
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Recipe: Mango Roll-up Snack
Fruit is always a good snack, but sometimes it’s not so much fun to eat. This recipe turns mango into a fun roll-up snack! I’m sure you’ve seen the long post on Pinterest about mango fruit roll-ups – this one is a tad different – has more balance as far as flavour, but doesn’t compromise the natural fruit goal. Ingredients 3 mango 1 tablespoon of agave syrup 1/2 teaspoon of salt First – peel and cut the mango into chunks. Next – put them in…
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Recipe: Butterfinger Brownie
It’s not very often that the grocery store has butterfingers – and little ones, ta-boot! This recipe is a combination of a couple and it’s fantastic! Remember my deadly brownie? Or my cake mix cookies? Those two are combined here, but with butterfingers, of course! Ingredients 20-24 mini butterfingers bars 1 box of marble cake mix 1/2 cup of reese’s peanut butter chip 2 eggs 1/2 cup of canola oil 3 cups of salted pretzels 1 cup of butter 1/2 cup of sugar First –…
