In my kitchen, you’ll seldom find me happier than when I am baking bread. Yeast breads are the comfort food of my youth and something I truly enjoy baking. Focaccia bread is…
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Lately, the kids have been wanting granola bars for snacks, so we picked a box up a the grocery store. Of course during BLIZZARD 2015 we ran out. Of course, this was a…
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The recipe for Butter Dips is one of the most coveted family recipes that I’ve gained in my recipe book in the last year. These delightful tender biscuit like fingers go with virtually…
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Old fashioned recipes are some of my favorites and this church cookbook staple is at the top of my list. Hands down, it was one of the favorite dishes I indulged in over…
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The Chicken Bacon Ranch sandwich craze hit about 10 years ago and I was ON-BOARD. Strips of chicken (grilled or fried), bacon, cheese of any kind and plenty of ranch dressing… how…
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Bacon, Ground Pork, Caramelized Onions, Gooey Cheese, Country Bread… this is the ultimate pork-inspired, Patty Melt sandwich. My husband approves 100% and tells me it blows my $17,500 Sour Apple Pork Burger out…
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This cookie recipe is one that I’ve always kept my eye on in the first baking book I received for my birthday a few years ago. It is still the best baking book…
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This week, my son turned 3 years old. The build up to his birthday was nothing crazy, but he had a definite opinion about his birthday cake. He repeated over and over…
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Giant Chocolate Chip Cookies are the favorite cookie of this house as of late. I’ve tinkered with this recipe from the original Nestle Tollhouse chocolate chip cookie recipe you’ll find on the…
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Move over Pumpkin Pie. Your creamier, dreamier, luscious cousin is going to steal the show this Thanksgiving. You still reign ‘standard’ in the lineup of desserts on the spread of the Thanksgiving…
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Russian Tea Cookies, Mexican Wedding Cookies, Snowball Cookies… they are one in the same. An old fashioned, tender little cookie that is quick to pull together and bake. My Grandma always made these when we…
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Pumpkin Pie… need I say more? This is a deliciously perfect recipe for pumpkin pie and it happens to be the first recipe I ever shared on my blog. I use lard…
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This weekend, my Dad had a birthday and I have made it tradition to bake birthday cakes myself. I don’t bake cakes often (birthdays only, usually), so when I do… I want…
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Fresh Apple Cake with Brown Sugar Caramel Sauce is the most delicious cake I’ve ever eaten. In fact, this may be my MOST favorite recipe to date. I promise. Growing up, each fall when…
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My ultimate comfort food is any type of yeast bread (see: Simple Farmhouse Bread), but quickbreads like cornbread and apple bread come in a close second. This cornbread recipe was born out…















