the BEST Homemade Bread | simple recipe, tips, and tricks.
This simple and easy homemade bread uses only a few ingredients just like the old-fashioned homemade bread like Grandma made. I’ve included tips for
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Items you would generally pick up at your bakery section in your local grocer. Cookies, bars, cakes, and more. Don’t buy them from the supermarket…make them at home!
Toasted Coconut Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
These toasted coconut cupcakes are topped with a sweet, fluffy cream cheese frosting. They would make a tasty addition to a dessert table.
the Easiest Gingerbread Cookies recipe
These gingerbread cookies are delicious and one of the easiest recipes to make. We adore gingerbread cookies around here, because they never fail to make
The Best Gingerbread Cake Recipe – Easier than Store-Bought
Are you craving cake? No need to run to the store, here is the recipe for the best gingerbread cake. This is the best gingerbread
Easy, fifteen-minute puff pastry: the ultimate video guide
Many puff pastry recipes are time-consuming. Here’s a puff pastry recipe that takes just 15 minutes to make. Check out this quick puff pastry recipe.
Peppermint Chocolate Swiss Roll Recipe
Fluffy peppermint filling all rolled into a chocolate cake for a delicious swiss cake roll recipe. Easy treat to make that the whole family will
Gingerbread Christmas Cookie Tree
This gingerbread Christmas tree is much, much easier than a gingerbread house. A fun and easy holiday craft for kids to make!
Caramel Cookie Cup – a family favorite!
Are you looking for an easy Christmas cookie? These sugar cookie cups are filled with creamy caramel sauce for a delicious and easy cookie! Top
the BEST Homemade Toffee Recipe
Yummy buttery toffee with light crisp crunch and just the right amount of chocolate and nuts. Simple ingredients made with love…perfect classic candy!
Jam Thumbprint Cookie recipe
Thumbprint cookies are a Christmas cookie classic that are baked and frozen in mass quantities in preparation for the Holidays. These easy and tasty cookies
Super-Moist Apple Almond Cake – perfect for coffee or tea!
A simple apple almond cake that makes use of humble almonds and apples to create a delicious, heart-warming, and lovely super moist cake that you’ll
Spiced Gluten-Free Pear Cake -simple, delicious, & gorgeous
A gorgeous gluten-free pear cake that LOOKS hard but requires only a few simple steps. Gluten-free, spiced, and full of flavor…serve this up for your
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Go ahead, look through the long list of gluten-free yummy treats and find your new favorite treat or the next recipe to bake this weekend!
Blueberry Cake with Almond Crumble
There she is…quietly waiting for you to grab a slice and enjoy. Unassuming, calm, simple, and old-fashioned. And, my friend, utterly special! You’ll love this
Royal Icing Recipe
When it comes to decorating roll-out sugar cookies, royal icing trumps all other forms of icing for looks, storage, and ease of use. This recipe
Fool-Proof No-Chill Sugar Cookies (great for a GF option!)
Easy, fool-proof sugar cookies that don’t require any chilling time before you roll them out. Best part is that they are tasty tasty tasty! These
Santa hat brownies
These cute Christmas Santa Hat brownies are so easy and fun to make! Kids love making and eating these!
the BEST Cranberry Sauce
Until I was an adult I thought cranberry sauce came shaped like a tin can and had ridges in it. I most likely had homemade
Butternut Squash Cake Recipe (naturally sweetened)
This cake is full of yummy spice cake flavor but is also chock full of nutritious butternut squash. The best part? Not a drop of
Baked Coffee Cake Donuts {with Whiskey Frosting}
Coffee, Whiskey, and donuts. Need I say more? Okay…easy, fast, baked!
Cake Mix Valentine’s Day Cookie Sandwiches
Aren’t these Valetine’s Day cookie sandwiches precious? These Valentines Day cookie sandwiches are cute as can be, oh so tasty, and incredibly easy to make.
The Best One Bowl Homemade Pineapple Cake
Oh my gosh guys, this pineapple cake! Like seriously, you guys. This is the cake you’ll be making ALL THE TIME and wonder how you
Mini Pumpkin Pecan Pie Bites
These little bites are basically the BEST thing you can make this holiday season. Mini pumpkin pies with pecans on top. So simple, sooo cute,
Baked Red Velvet Donuts with Cream Cheese Frosting
What did Levi want for his birthday? Donuts. We made up these baked Red Velvet Donuts with Cream Cheese frosting in no time. Easy, soft,
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