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I absolutely love gingerbread and ginger cookies. They are full of flavor and with a hint of kick from the ginger and are just Christmas in food form. I’ve made a couple of different ginger based deserts over the years but wasn’t happy with the cookies – until now. I found this recipe on the
If your house is anything like mine, in the fall you buy a lot of apples: they are in season and go into delicious pies and cobblers. But what about those apples that don’t get eaten and made into pies, what to do with them? Don’t throw them out! Instead turn them into fresh apple
I have not had time to come up with a new recipe for you all and I have some big news coming soon! In the mean time, enjoy this Bourbon-Pecan Upside-Down Cake! Get the recipe here! What is your favorite fall treat? Let me know in the comments! Have a great Friday and a fantastic weekend!
It’s starting to get cool here in Texas and that means it’s time for pumpkin stuff! I don’t buy all the pumpkin spice things but I do like to make some. This recipe calls for pumpkin purée which is admittedly fairly easy to find at the store this time of year. However, if you like
As the days, hopefully, get cooler something that I love to make is apple cider. Here is the link to my original recipe but below I have noted some changes that I have made in following iterations of this recipe. For the summer I used a spice mix of lavender, cinnamon and cloves and after
If you can’t tell from this blog I really enjoy making things from scratch and I did a lot of baking and prepping last weekend. In addition to making more pickles (some are spicy this batch) and banana bread I decided to try my hand at making granola. This is a fruit and nut granola
If you read my Thanksgiving post you might have seen this delicious cake. It is one that I had wanted to try for a while but hadn’t had the chance. So when Keltin needed something sweet or savory for his company Thanksgiving potluck I knew what I needed to make. Good thing I did too
Happy Thanksgiving followers! If you don’t celebrate Thanksgiving I hope that your Thursday is fantastic. I am currently at my grandparent’s house cooking up a storm with my Nana. I have been baking all week both for family and for work Thanksgiving potlucks. Checkout this Bourbon-Pecan Upside-Down Cake! Seriously delicious. I hope that today is
I love cooking in cast iron. My dad cooks in it a lot and I grew up learning how. Today’s recipe is a modified version of one that I found in a cast iron cook book. This is probably one of my favorite fall recipes, just perfect for cold weather. Hearty and savory. Note: I
I have been out of town recently on some pretty awesome adventures that I can’t wait to share with all of you. So I haven’t had time to cook up a new recipe this week. Instead I’m going to share something to warm you right up on a cool fall day: Lavender Hot Chocolate. This
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