Snack Recipes
Amazing Applesauce Cake
So, how did I get the idea for applesauce cake? Let me tell ya. A couple of months ago I was listening to our public radio station as I was tooling around town running errands. While news is all important and good to know, I really listen for the human interest...
Apple Walnut Breakfast Muffins
If you are on the go a lot, these Apple Walnut Breakfast Muffins are a great take-along meal and/or snack. And that is exactly what I was looking for. You see, since finding out I was allergic to eggs and yeast, in addition to having to be gluten free, my breakfast...
Easy Homemade Granola
Do you love granola? I mean love, love, love it. Like as much as I do. Do you want to make your own granola with this super easy homemade granola recipe? I don’t know about you, but I have always been a super huge granola fan, but… I just never really liked the stuff...
Chocolate Chocolate Chip Mint Cookies
So, Valentine’s day is tomorrow. I don’t know about you, but to me nothing says I love you better than chocolate. And nothing says I love you more than any and everything better than chocolate chip mint. Chocolate chocolate chip mint cookies to be precise. Yeah, I...
Great Last-Minute, Homemade Christmas Presents
Most of these homemade Christmas presents on this list are things that members of my family will be getting this year. A lot of them I have been working on throughout the year, but you can make them in a day quite easily. Or even just an afternoon. So if you have...
Peppermint Hazelnut Clusters
Mmmm... Peppermint Hazelnut Clusters! So remember what I said a couple of posts ago about peppermint and chocolate? Yeah, here we go again. But trust me. These peppermint hazelnut clusters is so worth it. Unfortunately, I have not been able to stop gobbling these...
Hot Chocolate Recipe, Peppermint Optional
Why a hot chocolate recipe? Why not? I am a little bit obsessed with chocolate and mint together. OK. That’s a big fat lie. I am HUGELY obsessed with chocolate and mint together. See these Chocolate Mint Brownies. Oh, and I have a peppermint hazelnut clusters recipe...
Gluten Free Banana Bread
You are going to love this gluten free banana bread. When I was little, my mom used to make sourdough banana bread. It took a while because of the sourdough starter. I think usually a day or two just for that. And of course, since I knew she was going to make it a day...
Easy Apple Butter
Easy Apple Butter Recipe When I started telling my friends about how we go to the u-pick apple orchard every September here (all two years so far), I got lots of questions. “What kind of apples do they have?” “When do you go?” “When are you going?” “Do they have...
Easiest Smooth Homemade Applesauce
As I finish off my little nightly bowl of Grandma’s homemade applesauce, I am writing another applesauce post. Yes, I know! Why, oh why, do you need another homemade applesauce recipe when I already gave you the perfect one? Well, let me tell you. I accidentally...
Pumpkin Apple Muffins
So. Have you gotten sick of pumpkin recipes, yet? I used to not like the flavor of pumpkin at all. I didn't even start eating pumpkin pie until I was in my late teens. Even then, I only liked it for the whip cream. As I've gotten older, I have liked the taste more and...
Apple Pie
Fresh apples! Do you know how to get the freshest apples? Pick them yourself. Oh yeah! We are lucky enough to have an apple orchard up the road a little ways that has u-pick apples. It’s about ½ hour from us. Gizdich Ranch. Yeah, it took a while to be able to say that...