Hey friends, Typically our recipes are fairly whimsical and wild, but in this post I'm focusing on recipes that are fundamentally helpful for parents. Â Recipes that we can easily cook in advance, freeze, and make available for our kids to SERVE THEMSELVES! The concept of ...
Self-Serve Snacks for Kids
Baking in Africa
Oh my, here we go..... Chris and I are headed to Africa this week to visit our precious friends at The Uganda View Orphanage. During our visit, we will be teaching the students how to bake, in order to sell their goods for a wage. Through baking, (and the grace of God) the ...
So Much Love to Give
Hello there, lovely! Valentine's Day is one of my favorite days of the entire year. Â It has nothing to do with lame greeting cards, plastic roses, or fat angel-baby cherubs, it has to do with love. Â Love is my self-proclaimed area of expertise. My experience with ...
Christmas Cookies
Hello sweet friends, I am updating this cookie post for Christmas, 2020. Â Last week I posted a cut- out cookie recipe that is great for the holidays. Â That recipe, along with those published in this post are just about all you could need for holiday baking. Â Also, all of these ...
Oh What Fun!
Happy holidays, you guys! If you have been reading our blog for a while, then you know how obsessed I am with this one particular gingerbread cookie recipe.  I just love it.  I love this recipe because like a good husband in a Hallmark Christmas movie,  it's ...
Cutie Pies!
Hey sweet friends, Do you need to bring a dessert to a holiday party that doesn't have a bar code or price sticker on it? Â Well, hold onto your jingle bells, because I have the perfect recipe for you. Â Warning to all fancy pie people..... LOOK AWAY, NOW. Â We have ...
Bride of Frankenstein Cookies
Hey friends! The other day my daughter and I were riding in the car and she started giving me grief about not putting Halloween decorations in the yard. Â I understand her point because our neighborhood is littered with skeletons, ghosts hanging from trees, fog machines (yep), ...
Dream big. Start small.
You can do it, put your back into it. -Ice Cube Good morning, sweet friends! Do you have a big dream that you are afraid to get going because your overwhelmed and don't know where to begin? Â It's good to dream big, but if you can't put the wheels in motion to get ...
Macaroons Made Easy: A Step-By-Step Guide 2019
Hello sweet friends! We have put together one of the easiest macaroon recipes ever, and because it's so easy, I have been getting all excited about whipping up these pretty little cookies lately. Â It hasn't always been that way, however. Â Honestly, I hate ...
Sweet 16!
A (silly) Guest Post by: Chris Mingledorff I figured that was a nice play on words for a baking blog post. No, this isn’t a post about a birthday or some teenager begging for a car. This is about an anniversary. First things first, let me introduce myself. This ...
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