This cream cheese frosting recipe is FANTASTIC. I was so excited at how great it turned out. The frosting recipe also comes from the cookbook Cupcakes! by Elinor Klivans and I made it to top my pumpkin ginger cupcakes. Cream Cheese Frosting Makes 3 cups ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature 6… Continue reading Cream Cheese Frosting
Pumpkin Cupcakes
I LOVE pumpkin. Pumpkin anything. Pumpkin pie, pumpkin bars, pumpkin bread, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin smoothies, you name it. So when I saw this recipe for pumpkin cupcakes I knew I had to make it for Thanksgiving. This recipe comes from the book Cupcakes! by Elinor Klivans. Pumpkin Ginger Cupcakes 12 cupcakes 1 ½ cups unbleached… Continue reading Pumpkin Cupcakes
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Buttermilk Wheat Rolls
For Thanksgiving I told my grandma I would bring homemade rolls. I'd only made homemade rolls once before and they only turned out okay. Since then though I’ve made several loaves of bread and countless pizza crusts so I figured I’d be okay. Or else I'd be running to the store for the heat 'n… Continue reading Buttermilk Wheat Rolls
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Cranberry Sauce
Until last year the only cranberry sauce I knew came out of a can. Turns out, homemade cranberry sauce is a snap to make. Cranberry Sauce 12 ounces cranberries 1 cup sugar 1 cup orange juice First rinse the cranberries and sort out any bad ones. Next combine orange juice and sugar in a medium… Continue reading Cranberry Sauce
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Turkey – Basic Cooking Instructions
In honor of Thanksgiving this week I thought it would be appropriate to write about how to cook a basic turkey. It’s actually fairly easy, it just takes a long time. I wish I could post pictures but we are not making a turkey this year. My husband LOVES to make the turkey but this… Continue reading Turkey – Basic Cooking Instructions
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Croutons
Over the summer we had a lot of barbeques and grilled out a lot. So I have had a lot of leftover buns in my freezer since the summer ended. I am sick of them taking up space in my freezer but I hate to just throw them out, so I thought I could try… Continue reading Croutons
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Homemade Marshmallows
A few days ago I posted about homemade hot chocolate mix. I love to put marshmallows in my hot chocolate. One big, giant one. That got me thinking, how hard is it to make your own marshmallows? I’ve actually investigated this before briefly. What I found was a Martha Stewart recipe involving candy thermometers. At… Continue reading Homemade Marshmallows
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Hot Chocolate
Once when I was going through a rough patch in my life, a friend of mine brought over a jar of homemade hot chocolate mix. It was just the right gift for me at the time. It showed me she cared without her spending a ton of time or money and hot chocolate can be… Continue reading Hot Chocolate
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Compost Part I
My FIL retired this summer. Since he retired he has been busy with so many projects that I don’t know how he ever had time to work for the past 30 years.One of the projects he wants to start planning for is a big vegetable garden for next year. He wants to have it at… Continue reading Compost Part I
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Cornbread!
It's been awhile but I'm back! Posting everyday was getting a little overwhelming so I may only post every other day for awhile. It's been getting cold in the midwest and that means lots of soups and chili! It also means cornbread, which I love with everything. I always make my cornbread from scratch. It… Continue reading Cornbread!
Everything Is Homemade 