This amazingly delicious tart is easy to make and tastes like you worked all day! I call is a cheater tart because you make the dough and pat it into the tart pan instead of rolling and then laying it in. It is easy and no one will ever know! I made this for Canadian Thanksgiving (2nd Monday in October) and it was delicious and very festive with the cranberry sauce filling. You … [Read more...]
Gingerbread Baked Oatmeal
A holiday flavor twist on baked oatmeal - this Gingerbread Baked Oatmeal is a must try! This Gingerbread Baked Oatmeal caused a bit of a stir in my kitchen. I set it out on the counter to cool just about the same time that I had dinner getting on the table. My oldest bounced through getting the cups and silverware onto the table and got so excited that I made brownies … [Read more...]
How to Make Gluten Free Flour Blend
those who need food allergy friendly baking ingredients, holiday baking can get expensive quickly! However, if you make your own Gluten Free Flour Blend, then you will start to see real savings. This GF flour blend recipe can be substituted 1:1 in most baking recipes that call for regular flour. It'll last longer if you store it in the fridge, or if you will use it … [Read more...]
Easy Strawberry Puffs
Need a super fast dessert recipe that is a delicious treat? Try these Strawberry Puffs that are a cinch to make and taste fantastic! What I like best about this recipe is that you can use any fruit in season like apples or pears in the fall, strawberries in the spring, blackberries and raspberries in the summer etc. The options are endless! Easy Strawberry … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Chai Snickerdoodle Cookies
I <3 homemade cookies. And I wish I made them more. I really wish I made these more...all my favorite flavors of fall...in cookie form. While it's still humid and up in the 90s some days, we have had a few "tastes of fall" and cool, crisp mornings. I often make pumpkin muffins or pumpkin oatmeal or pumpkin quinoa (recipe coming Friday!) and find that I have a little … [Read more...]
Blackberry Quick Bread
It's the time of year when jams and jellies are in abundance at farmers markets and roadside stands. Or you can make you own jam like Erin does! She used blueberries & strawberries in her recipe, but it would work the same with blackberries! When you stock up on jams, go ahead and grab some berries to make this delicious and easy blackberry quick bread! Blackberry … [Read more...]
Cheesy Sausage Breakfast Muffins
Cheesy Sausage Breakfast Muffins are absolutely as delicious as they sound! These muffins make for an easy make ahead breakfast option, perfect for school lunches, and a great holiday brunch recipe! Cheesy Sausage Breakfast Muffins Cheesy Sausage Breakfast Muffins are a quick and easy recipe for make ahead breakfasts, lunches. Also great for holiday brunch … [Read more...]
Pecan Streusel Stuffed Egg Nog French Toast Bake
Christmas Morning Casseroles. So many options, so many choices. Tradition vs. something new. (I just added a few casserole ideas to my "Holiday Food" board on Pinterest.) Here's one for this year. Or next, if you've already got this year's figured out. (If you're into trying new ones!) It's a basic stuffed french toast bake. That I hopped up with pecan streusel, … [Read more...]
Holiday Baking on a Budget & Holiday Cookie Recipes
Holiday Baking on a Budget: Creative Cookie Exchange Ideas to Sweeten the Season It’s in the mess that memories are made. Right? At least that’s how it seems to be work at our house. Be it in the kitchen or outside in a pile of leaves or with bubbles in the bathtub. It’s the fun and messy activities that make the best memories. My oldest elf Ryan helping scoop … [Read more...]
Cake Mix Cookies
I have no time to bake, yet cookies are needed at pre-school, scouts, the party at dance class, and oh yeah, I did sign up for that cookie exchange. Ok, no time to panic. Let's put away the Martha Stuart aspirations and go with something easy, fast and of course, tasty. When I have no time to bake but have to have baked goods in less than 12 hours (mom, I promised we'd bring … [Read more...]