Recipes, Crafts, Travel & Family Advice for Moms
I am sure you are here looking for how many quarts are in a gallon, pints in a quart, cups in a quart and of course how many cups in a pint too! Well you are in luck because I have all the answers for you! The kids and I have been working on getting in the kitchen more. Of course when cooking it also means that we need to measure and that has had some trickiness to it for us. So to make things easier I made a printable liquid measure chart … [Read more...]
I love blueberry muffins, I love having a blueberry muffin for a snack or for breakfast. These Greek Yogurt Blueberry Muffins are full of blueberries and perfect for when blueberries are in season. This healthy blueberry muffin recipe is one of our favorite muffin recipes. Many times I will make a double or triple batch of this healthy blueberry muffin recipe and keep them in the freezer for easy grab, heat up and go breakfasts. If you … [Read more...]
Who doesn't love a peanut butter blossom cookies?!?! Well this Peanut Butter Blossom Cupcake take a fun twist on those yummy cookies. These Peanut Butter Blossom Cupcakes have a thicker peanut butter buttercream so it holds the shape of a cookie and gives it the amazing texture. Just looking at this picture makes me want another one RIGHT NOW with a big glass of milk! This Peanut Butter Blossom Cupcake is made with homemade chocolate … [Read more...]
These Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cupcakes taste just like a Chocolate Covered Strawberry! Made with Strawberry cake mix and amazing chocolate frosting. Finished off with a delicious chocolate covered strawberry! All of my friends tease that my daughter is just too fancy for words. She's the type a girl who has to have her hair done and her nails done. Now by the sound of that, you might think she's a typical teenager but in reality, … [Read more...]
These Elf On The Shelf Sugar Cookies are sure to be a hit this holiday season! All kids who love their Elf on the Shelf will love these adorable cookies! These Elf on the Shelf cookies are made with homemade sugar cookies and homemade royal icing Forget Santa knowing whether you’re awake or asleep. With help from the elf on the shelf, he doesn’t need to keep track of every boy and girl to see if they’re being good or bad. At my house, the kids … [Read more...]
I am always making bread, doesn't matter what time of year it is. We love fresh baked bread of all flavors, including this awesome Moist and Delicious Zucchini Bread Recipe! To be honest, recently the top pick has been this Zucchini Bread Recipe. The kids are asking me to make homemade Zucchini Bread a million times a week. Ok maybe not a million but you know what I am saying. Zucchini Bread Recipe Fresh bread, like this Zucchini Bread is … [Read more...]
If you are wanting an amazing muffin recipe then you need to make these Blueberry Streusel Muffins. This easy blueberry muffins recipe is a family favorite! The crumb topping on these blueberry muffins make them perfect for any breakfast! Blueberry Streusel Muffins Recipe Seriously these easy blueberry muffins are amazing! These blueberry muffins with crumb topping are perfect for when you find blueberries on sale, go blueberry picking or … [Read more...]
If you are looking for an amazing easy cake recipe you are going to LOVE this 2 ingredient cake! Yup that is right there are ONLY 2 ingredients! 2 Ingredient Cake This Orange Cream Cake recipe is super simple and super YUMMY! With only 2 ingredients, this soda cake is a great cake to make with the kids! Really the kids can make it themselves and then you put it in the oven. :) This 2 Ingredient Orange Cream Cake is one that you … [Read more...]
The school year is almost over and for some parents, you are starting to plan your child's graduation party. Whether your child is graduating from kindergarten, high school or college these Easy Graduation Cap Cupcakes are sure to be a hit. They are very simple to make with the addition of some candy to the top of the cupcake flavor of your choose. Here are some yummy cupcakes you could use to make your graduation cupcakes - These are some … [Read more...]
There is just something so classic about a vanilla cupcake. It is so versatile that you can mix so many different fillings and toppings to change the taste. Vanilla cupcakes have a more of a mild flavor unlike chocolate cupcakes, it pairs well with lots of different flavors. Yet if you don't have that great vanilla cupcake recipe it can ruin all of your hard work on any other items you made to put on them. Now the classic cake that I had learned … [Read more...]
Pie, one of those amazingly tasty desserts that has soo many different varieties that you could make a pie a day and still have something new to eat! Then you have the addition of ice cream on top of a nice warm slice of pie and it is heavenly! There are different ways to make a pie crust, you can make a pie crust in a food processor or using the traditional method to make a pie crust, or if you want to get fancy make a lattices pie … [Read more...]
If you are wanting to make a homemade Spiderman Cake then you are in luck with this Step by Step tutorial on how to make a Spiderman cake! You will be able to use these simple directions on how to make a Spiderman Cake and have your Spiderman fan super happy! For this homemade Spiderman cake, you can use any filling and cake you would like. I made the caramel turtle cake. You can also use this Boxed Cake Bakery Cake Recipe as well for other … [Read more...]
When making sugar cookies there are so many recipes out there. Sure they taste good but decorating them is a total pain in the butt because they spread when baking. Thankfully I went to baking school so I can teach you all the trick to having No Spread Sugar Cookies, and you can WOW everyone! This No Spread Sugar Cookies is a total showstopper when you decorate them with Royal Icing. Check out my favorite royal icing here, its perfect and you can … [Read more...]
These are the perfect cookie to leave out for the Grinch to distract him from stealing your Christmas joy on Christmas Eve. You can change up the colors to match any theme you have. This is a great take on a yummy sugar cookie. This christmas sugar cookie is one that my kids love for me to make each year. The Whoville sugar cookies are fun, festive and easy to make, but they look like they will take forever! ;) Don't tell your friends they … [Read more...]
Hey everyone I hope you enjoyed my little video on how to make a lattices pie crust. Here are the recipes I used to make this video for this amazing tasting Lattices Crust Apple Pie. Seriously you will want this in your dessert line up for Thanksgiving! If you have not seen the video yet, scroll down to check it out! Lattices Crust Apple Pie Pie crust Recipe Apple Pie Filling Egg Wash Lattices Crust Apple Pie Tools Rolling … [Read more...]
This Homemade Caramel Frosting is one of my favorite frosting recipes. I love all frosting, don't get me wrong but I love the sweetness of this caramel buttercream frosting. It goes amazing with chocolate cake! Like seriously amazingly! This caramel frosting goes perfect on cupcakes, I especially love it on chocolate cupcakes and vanilla cupcakes. However my favorite recipes to use homemade caramel icing with are Salted Caramel … [Read more...]
When I grew up I knew I was doing something right when I opened my lunch box to find a peanut butter and fluff sandwich. I always got them as this special treat since it is a marshmallow sandwich and not the healthiest of options. Now that I have kids of my own I like to be able to do the same thing for them. Only it ends up be this big mess for my one year old but I can see it on his face how much he loves it so it is well worth it. Now one big … [Read more...]
This Marshmallow Buttercream frosting is one of my favorites. It is so easy to make at home that all of your friends will think you are an expert baker once they taste this amazing marshmallow frosting! This marshmallow frosting is just like my Vanilla buttercream Frosting but with an amazing marshmallow flavor. When making this Marshmallow frosting, I prefer to use homemade fluff, however you can used jarred fluff. I love the flavor … [Read more...]
Making & Decorating Perfect Sugar Cookies These little cookies can make such a wow factor as gifts for friends or a center piece at a party. The only thing is they can take some time to get all of the details to look just right. With this article I will walk you though all my tips on home to make professional looking cookies without having to spend $20 a dozen. Making & Decorating Perfect Sugar Cookies Tools: Rolling pin Rolling … [Read more...]
My husband is in love with the store bass pro shop. We stopped there on out way home for our last vacation and spend three hours there! To make it up to me he bought me my first cast iron skillet and I am so in love with it. I have now been wondering how I ever lived without it. The first thing I wanted to try it out with was something baked. I just knew my yummy fall apple carrot cake would be great in it, if you don't have a skillet you can … [Read more...]
