7 Tips For New Bread Bakers
Bread baking can be tricky sometimes but once you get the hang of it, it’s one of the most satisfying baking projects out there. Here are 7 tips for new bread bakers that I wish I’d known when I first started making bread. This post contains some affiliate links which helps keep me in sugar. Thanks for your support! My … Read More
Baking Powder Vs. Baking Soda
When should you use baking soda vs baking powder? What is the difference? Learn all about which is which and when to use them. Reader Question: Hi H! Technical question: how come some of your recent cookies don’t have baking powder or baking soda? These are ingredients I almost always find in cookies. Cookies don’t really “rise”, but what do … Read More
Halloween Roundup
Just a little Halloween inspiration in case you are looking for something sweet to bring to your party. Piecaken Spider Web Cookies Nutter Butter Ghosts Nutter Butter Eyeballs Mummy Oreos Pumpkin Spice Latte Cupcakes Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Wicked Easy Garlic Toast
Ok, this is too too easy. However, there is nothing like garlic bread to jazz up your weeknight dinner. Simply take some bread, any bread will do (but I like a nice crusty bread), and toast it. Then rub the warm toast with a peeled raw clove of garlic and then slather with salted butter. Perfect weeknight garlic toast. Basically … Read More
Sunday Funday
Happy Sunday! What are you all up to today? Dave and I are headed downtown to try and find a place to live. Hopefully we’ll find something good. My poor pony has managed to get himself an eye infection, so I have been lucky enough to get to go medicate him every night. There is nothing like a horse barn … Read More
A Friday Giveaway!
We decided to sell our house and move into the city. We are looking for a change of pace and quite a change it will be. Consequently, I am going from a giant kitchen to probably a very tiny kitchen. We got an offer a couple weeks ago that we accepted so it’s go time in terms of packing up … Read More
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Mini Cupcakes
Chocolate peanut butter cup mini cupcakes have a mini peanut butter cup baked in a vanilla cupcake and swirled with chocolate peanut butter frosting! Chocolate and peanut butter-winning combination in my book. My boss loves these cupcakes and asks me to make them whenever he’s needing some cupcakes to gift someone. Sometimes I make them full size, but that’s almost … Read More
7 Things I Wish I’d Known When I first Started Baking and Decorating Cake
Learning how to bake and decorate cake is tricky. Here are seven things that I wish I had known when I first started decorating cake! This post may contain affiliate links which help keep me in flour and sugar. Thank you for your support. Baking and decorating cake is one of my favorite creative outlets. It’s the time where I … Read More