My good friend called me and said she had a giant zucchini from her garden that I could have. I was so excited and grateful, as I love garden zucchini. I drove over, and sure enough, it was over a foot and a half long! So, I got out of my mom’s moist and delicious …
Baking
This is a simple and quick boxed Blueberry Muffin Recipe that brings them to new heights. All boxes of blueberry mix require that you add water. It is usually 1 Cup of water. Each can of blueberries yields about 1/2 Cup blueberry juice. So instead of using just water, you use as much blueberry juice …
Every Christmas my kids and I make sugar cookies for friends, family, and Santa. We make them using this Best Chewy Sugar Cookie Recipe and this Best Vanilla Buttercream Icing Recipe. It was extra special in 2024 as my daughter’s friends (not pictured) joined in the fun. The supplies you will need to make buttercream …
Elf on the Shelf: Baking Cake. Our elves got to baking today. Pepper Mint and Winter Mint made some cakes in little mini cake pans. They sprinkled edible glitter in green on them as well. My kids each got their own mini cake to eat. Which, not surprisingly, was a bit hit. My favorite was …
This is How to Make Hot Cocoa Bombs Inexpensively. These are the best hot cocoa bombs AND also the best peppermint hot cocoa I have ever tasted hands down no question. I do not say this lightly. I was not expecting much (as I hadn’t made them before) and I was completely blown away. I …
Elf on the Shelf: Christmas Cookies. Today’s Elf on the Shelf scene was found in our kitchen. Our elves, Pepper and Winter, brought the kids Christmas cookies with milk and Christmas Pajamas. The kids loved putting on their Christmas Pajamas and eating milk and cookies while looking at this little scene. Winter left a …
Chewy Cookie Cutter Sugar Cookies That Taste Good I love soft chewy cookies, if you do too, this is the sugar cookie recipe for you. These cookies are your traditional roll out cookie cutter sugar cookie. Normally, roll out sugar cookies require an hour or more of chill time. However, if crunched for time, you …