Special Chocolate Scones

What You Need:
2 C of flour
4 T + 1 t of sugar, divided
2 t baking powder
1/2 t of salt
1 stick + 2 T of unsalted butter, cold and cut into pieces
1 C of semisweet chocolate chips
1 large egg yolk
1/2 C of half and half, chilled
How to Make It:
Set the oven temperature to 375 degrees preheating [...]

Host a New Years Eve Potluck

Bring your family and friends together on New Years Eve with a potluck dinner. Each household can contribute something when you have a potluck dinner. That way, the responsibility of the food is not on just one person or family.
If you are fortunate enough to have other members of your family around, plan a potluck [...]

Neon Party Brownies

What You Need:
1 (19.8 oz.) box of fudge brownie mix
1/2 C of vegetable oil
1/4 C of water
2 eggs
1 (16 oz.) can vanilla ready to spread frosting
Neon food coloring
Multicolored candy sprinkles
How to Make It:
Allow the oven to preheat to 350 degrees.
Place foil into the bottom and up the sides of a 13X9 baking pan leaving enough [...]

Sour Cream Cranberry Oatmeal Bars

What You Need:
1 C of butter, room temperature
1 C of brown sugar, packed well
2 C quick cooking oats
1 1/2 C + 2 T of flour, divided
2 C dried cranberries
1 (8 oz.) container of sour cream
3/4 C of white sugar
1 egg, beaten slightly
1 T lemon peel, grated
1 t vanilla extract
How to Make It:
Set the oven to [...]

Vanilla Christmas Fruit

What You Need:
3 (20 oz.) cans pineapple chunks
1 (5.1 oz.) pkg. vanilla instant pudding mix
2 (15 oz.) cans mandarin oranges, drained
3 red apples, chopped
How to Make It:
Drain the pineapple well reserving the juice in a separate bowl.
To the reserved juice add enough cold water to make 2 C.
Whisk the juice mixture and pudding mix in [...]

Making Heavenly Desserts with a Pressure Cooker

Making scrumptious desserts couldn’t be easier than with a pressure cooker. Baking takes time but with a pressure cooker you can have a heavenly dessert in no time. Pressure cooked desserts taste better and are much healthier. These recipes are a great place to start your baking experience with a pressure cooker.
Easy Fruit [...]

Blow the Dust Off That Crockpot

Are you a busy mom trying to find time to make home cooked meals?
I know that a lot of you have at least one of these little gems hidden away somewhere in your kitchen collecting dust. You probably thought that the crock pot was just for making soups or stews.  Or maybe you received [...]

Pressure Cooking-A Healthier Way to Eat

Can you remember the days when Grandma or Mom used a pressure cooker to prepare yummy meals? Many believe those days are gone. With today’s modern pressure cookers, a family can enjoy succulent, delicious and nutritious meals in a fraction of the time it would take to boil, bake, slow cook or microwave those [...]

Pressure Cooker Fundamentals

The fundamentals of a pressure cooker are very simple. Once you learn how easy it is to use and how awesome your food turns out, you will find that having one and using it will make kitchen life a breeze. Cooking foods in a pressure cooker is faster than traditional baking or cooking and [...]

The Snappy Orange Vegetable

They say eating a carrot is good for your eyes. Carrots are also known as “rabbit food” probably because of one famous bunny. Rabbits do like carrots and so do many humans and they are good for more than just the eyes.
Did you know that carrots were not always orange? They used to be [...]

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