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Recipe: Cinnamon Rolls
What’s for breakfast this Sunday morning? How about a treat? Cinnamon rolls it is! Yummy in my tummy. Yeast, of course, is a vital ingredient in this recipe! Here’s what else you’ll need: Ingredients 1 cup milk 4.5 tablespoons of butter 3 1/2 cups of flour 1 packet of activated yeast 1/4 cup white sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 large egg 1 cup brown raw sugar 2 tablespoons of ground cinnamon 3/4 cup of butter…I know, more butter. pinch of salt First – warm the…
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Recipe: Pumpkin Parfait
Tired of the same old pumpkin pie for fall dessert? Try pumpkin parfait instead! I made this recipe since I love pumpkin pie and well, my husband loves chocolate…so I thought of this fun way to eat it all in one! Start with some empty, yet tall glasses and oreos! Crush up the oreos and put in the bottom – one of my cups has crushed graham crackers (I’m not a big chocolate person). Next layer is the pumpkin pie mix. When I was making…
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Recipe: Skillet Apple Crumble
Sunday dessert – what’s better than skillet apple crumble? Last weekend I made lamb roast and salad – we hung out and ate with the football game on. We were too full for dessert right away. We live in the country so when it gets dark and quite it’s the perfect time to watch a movie…Lincoln was the pick – and boy, was it ever good. Such an all star cast. What made it better? Skillet apple crumble! Ingredients 1 3/4 cups of flour 2…
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Recipe: Rhubarb Pie
It’s a true summertime treat – rhubarb pie. It grows like crazy in my garden so I bake a lot with it, or sometimes just dunk it in sugar and eat it raw. Here’s what you need for this tart treat! Ingredients 6.5 cups of chopped rhubarb 1.5 cups of sugar 3 tablespoons of corn starch dash of salt dough recipe – try 1-2-3 Here we go – lay out your floured area to work on your dough. Roll it out well, but don’t over…
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Recipe: S’mores Layer Pie
What screams summer more than s’mores? Nothing! When I was little we used to rent a cottage in Michigan and families came from all over the state. This one family, they had two girls that I hung out with, their mom worked at the Hershey’s factory. To a kid, that was like the best job ever! We had s’mores almost every night…they were so good. Ingredients 1 box brownie mix (and ingredients to make it) 2 boxes of instant chocolate pudding (and ingredients to make…
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Recipe: Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies
These cookies are super chewy. Like perfection chewy. The best chewy chocolate chip cookies. What’s the secret? It’s corn starch…odd, eh? But it works! Ingredients 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon backing soda 2 teaspoons corn starch 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/2 cup white sugar 1 cup butter 2 eggs 1 tablespoon vanilla 2 cups chocolate chips First – mix the first 3 ingredients together and set aside. In your stand mixer, mix the sugars, eggs, butter and the vanilla until consistent. Then, add in the…
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Cupid’s Cupcake
Cupid’s Cupcake Wild about Cupcakes is a fabulous cupcake recipe book. My mom got it for me a couple of years ago as a stocking stuffer. Great find, Mom! It’s full of different categories – healthy, chocolate, kiddos, party ideas, and special moments. A bonus, Rachel Lane even offers gluten free, sugar free, dairy free, egg free diabetic friendly options. So awesome! I can’t post the recipe, since that’s a violation of copyright – but you can buy the book, Wild about Cupcakes at Amazon.com.…
