Tag Archives: Flour
How to succeed at pie making without really trying
Take one semi-lazy baker. One text conversation about desserts. And 1 hour. What do you get? Mixed Fruit Pie. This recipe will make 2 pies. 5 cups of random frozen fruit from said baker’s freezer 1 cup all-purpose flour (or preferred flour) 1-1/2 to 2 cups sugar (depending on how sweet you like your pie) …
Irish Stew
Stew is one of those meals that feels like a hug in a bowl. My family is Irish, Scottish, German. Our varied heritage means we embrace a little bit from each piece of our backgrounds. Well, mostly we embrace the Irish and the German. I should work on the Scottish. Irish stew is one of …
Chicken Pot Pie
What could be more comforting or more fall – winter-ey than chicken pot pie? That question was totally rhetorical. In my opinion, no store-bought pot pie will ever come close to the taste of a home-made pot pie. I’ll be totally honest, home-made takes a little more time to make, but it is totally worth …
Banana Pumpkin Muffins
My continuing saga to use up my pie pumpkins……. I made pumpkin banana muffins on Saturday night. We had some lovely friends over for dinner and I always like to send them home with some baked goodie for breakfast the next morning. Since I had just baked pumpkin number 3 of 6, I figured pumpkin …
Slow it Down, Slow cooker beef stew.
The Winner of my Yoplait giveaway was Linda of Savoring Every Bite! She recently posted a lovely Pumpkin Rugelach recipe that you should totally check out! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I adore my slow cookers. Yes, I said cookers…as in plural, as in I have 3. Well, I have 4 of you count the little dipper (warming only). …
For goodness sake, I made a Homemade Foreo!
I made an Oreo like cookie. Honestly. What’s better than a homemade Oreo cookie? An over-sized, soft, chewy Oreo cookie…and a foot rub, but the foot rub is totally optional. It does not taste exactly like a Oreo, but it’s super good. I decided to make the cookies soft and chewy instead of crisp. They …
Meatless Monday….3 bean soup.
I hope you had a wonderful weekend! We’ve had a wonderful weekend here in central Texas. The Texas State Fair opened on Friday, we’re planning to visit the fair tomorrow (Tuesday). My children have Monday and Tuesday off this week, for the fair and a teacher in-service (6 weeks grade entering day). On Sunday …
A Waffle recipe, a Swanson Health Products review and a giveaway!
Yesterday I told you a bit about Swanson Health Products. I also shared my sweet and nutty fruit bar recipe. As I told you yesterday, Swanson Health Products sent me a few items free of charge so I could review them. Three of the 4 items I picked were “new to me” items. Ben …
Whole Wheat Apple Crisp
If you have not already, please take a moment and leave a comment on my Giveaway Post! You could win free stuff. Free is good right? Right! **. I’ll wait here…go! The giveaway ends on 9/22/11 at 9:00 pm central. I had planned to try making the Cheddar and Chilies Cornbread Scones, but I’ve got …
White Wheat Oat Quick Bread
If you have not already, please take a moment and leave a comment on my Giveaway Post **. I’ll wait here…go! How was your weekend? Mine was very nice! We went to a house blessing and saw some lovely friends and……We had rain! Can I get a WOOT?! It was lovely to hear the rain …
