Fresh bread can “make” a meal for me. I love the way it smells while it is baking, and the taste of warm bread from the oven. The downside to freshly baked bread, however, is that it often takes several hours to make! What I love about this bread is that not only…
Category: Baking
Caramel Apple Oat Squares
I love fall. Caramel with apples is one of my favorite fall combinations. This dish in particular combines caramel and apples, with a “crisp” twist! It makes a big pan, so it’s great to take to a fall gathering and share with family and friends. It also uses the convenience of canned apple…
Apple Pie with Crumb Topping
My husband likes to stop and visit with people. Here recently, he stopped by a vineyard a little less than 15 miles from us. Before they planted a vineyard, they planted a whole bunch of apple trees. And the generous old man who started the vineyard thought it would be fun to take…
Banana Oat Bread
It never fails… No matter how much I try to carefully count out the number of bananas I think our family will consume before they turn super-ripe, I often end up with a few extra that ripen beyond what we like to eat. I have two other banana recipes (another bread, and some…
Healthy Morning Muffins
I love sharing baked goods with my family. My kids gobble up muffins just about as fast as they come out of the oven (after cooling, of course!). Since they eat muffins so well, I try to make them as healthy as I can. This Healthy Morning Muffin recipe contains both fruit (bananas…
Peanut Butter Sheet Cake
I recently made this Peanut Butter Sheet Cake to take to a family reunion over Memorial Day weekend. It was very well received and several people asked for the recipe. It’s a great recipe for when you want to make dessert for a crowd.
Homemade Vanilla Extract
I love looking for ways to make some of my favorite things at home. In this case, it was vanilla extract! I found myself with an excess of vanilla beans on hand (thanks to Amazon!) and I wanted to make some special gifts to give. A few glass bottles later, I had some…
Cake Batter Cereal Treats
Looking for a way to mix up your regular cereal treats? There are so many possibilities for cereal treats, such as one of my favorites, peanut butter! I found this recipe for a twist on these traditional treats on Pinterest, and thought it looked like a way to make them even more exciting…
