This easy apple tart is the perfect weeknight pie. Ready to go in the oven in less than 20 minutes, the hardest part is peeling the apples! This is a weeknight kind of pie. An “I am so tired I can hardly peel these apples and can’t bear the thought of rolling out pie crust” kind of pie. The kind … Read More
How To Make Walnut Basil Pesto
Learn how to make walnut basil pesto in mere minutes in your food processor. It’s perfect on pasta, pizza, and just on a slice of toast! Oh my good grief, this pesto is good. I made it for the first time a few years ago and this year I planted three basil plants to ensure that I would have enough … Read More
Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes
These strawberry lemonade cupcakes are tender lemon cupcakes topped with a swirl of rich sweet strawberry buttercream. The perfect summer combination! Strawberry lemonade is one of the most perfect combinations of sweet and sour. So of course this combination makes a killer cupcake. We’re taking a little bit of a shortcut on the cupcakes, using a doctored box mix and … Read More
How To Make Strawberry Buttercream
Rich strawberry buttercream is the perfect choice to top your next birthday cake or cupcakes. Made with freeze dried strawberries to pack in all the strawberry flavor possible. What are freeze dried strawberries? Freeze dried strawberries are strawberries that have been, well, freeze dried. Freeze drying is the process of food preservation where the fruit is frozen, then the water … Read More
Peanut Butter Pie
Peanut Butter Pie is the ultimate decadent no-bake peanut butter and chocolate dessert. It only requires about 15 minutes and no oven! The perfect summer treat! Peanut butter pie is one of my favorite pies. Probably because it only takes about 15 minutes to put together and I don’t have to fight with any pie crust. Or maybe because it … Read More
Cinnamon Sugar Rhubarb Muffins
Cinnamon sugar rhubarb muffins are the perfect combination of sweet with a pop of tanginess from the chunks of rhubarb sprinkled throughout the batter! Perfect for breakfast or a nice afternoon pick me up! Do you all grow rhubarb? Rhubarb seems a little bit like zucchini in my area. People who grow it well give away tons of it. You’ll … Read More
How To Make American Buttercream
Learn how to make American buttercream. It’s easy, only requires 4 ingredients and about 10 minutes of time. Perfect for cakes, cupcakes, and cookies! What is American Buttercream? American buttercream is a style of buttercream that simply uses butter and powdered sugar. It’s a straightforward, simple buttercream recipe that requires no eggs and no cooking. American buttercream is a very … Read More
Honey Peanut Butter Ice Cream Sauce
Honey peanut butter ice cream sauce is the perfect thing warmed and poured over ice cream or as a sweet dip for apples. This honey peanut butter sauce tastes like peanut butter fudge poured in a jar. Pretty much because it is peanut butter fudge poured into a jar. Keep a jar in your fridge for your ice cream sundae … Read More
Old-Fashioned Hot Fudge Sauce
Thick, rich old-fashioned hot fudge sauce is delicious poured over ice cream, especially paired with salted caramel sauce, sprinkles and a cherry of course! Hot fudge sauce is thick, creamy and doesn’t taste plastic-y at all. It seems like maybe a little bit intimidating because what we’re going to do is make a ganache. But like an easy ganache. Ganache … Read More
Homemade Potato Bread
Homemade potato bread is an easy direct method bread made with all-purpose flour and leftover mashed potatoes. Slather it with some salted butter for the perfect afternoon treat. My family has been making this bread recipe for years. Pretty much after any Sunday dinner we would whip up a batch using the leftover mashed potatoes. It was the first bread … Read More