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How to Bake Haskapa Witchy Finger Cookies + Video: Homemade Halloween Treats
Oct21

How to Bake Haskapa Witchy Finger Cookies + Video: Homemade Halloween Treats

This recipe for How to Bake Haskapa Witchy Finger Cookies gives you a nice spooky looking batch of green, gnarly fingers with bloody fingernails and blood dripping out of the torn joint. These cookies are easy & fun to make for the kids too, as they simply cannot mess them up. Witch fingers should look knobby & dislocated, with different lengths, maybe even a few warts on the too. Decorating them after baking with haskap jam...

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How to Bake Blueberry Burst Muffins
Aug16

How to Bake Blueberry Burst Muffins

This recipe for Blueberry Burst Muffins will be a truly delicious surprise. When you taste your first bite, it will be ever-so-tasty, and when you take the next bite, a little pocket of juicy, sweet blueberries will burst upon your taste buds, leaving you looking for more. How to Bake Blueberry Burst Muffins: When I was a child, there was nothing like coming home from school and walking into the kitchen filled with the aroma of my...

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How to Bake Pineapple Upside-Down Cake: Mother’s Day Delights
May09

How to Bake Pineapple Upside-Down Cake: Mother’s Day Delights

This cake is so gooey and delicious – it is irresistible. You will have a treasure of a recipe if you use this recipe for How to Bake Pineapple Upside-Down Cake. How to Bake a Pineapple Upside-Down Cake: This was one of the things I desired for our Mother’s Day festivities this year, as my daughter, Kimberly, asked me to choose what I would like to eat! Type: Dessert Recipe Prep Time: 20 min Bake Time: 30 – 40 min...

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How to Bake a Lemon Jelly Roll + Video: Easter Surprises
Apr11

How to Bake a Lemon Jelly Roll + Video: Easter Surprises

What a perfect time to learn how to make a Lemon Jelly Roll. Easter is the perfect time to present this showpiece of a dessert – A lemon curd filled jelly roll. How to Make a Lemon Curd-Filled Jelly Roll: I usually bake lemon meringue pies or angel cake with special sauces, as well as the traditional Paska, but this year, I will add something just a bit different. Type: Dessert Recipe Prep Time: 20 min Bake Time: 10 – 15...

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How to Bake Spicy Gingerbread Men Cookies
Dec18

How to Bake Spicy Gingerbread Men Cookies

What is Christmas without Spicy Gingerbread Men Cookies? My children always enjoyed decorating & icing these cute men. I would make a few with added flour & sugar, so they would stand up to handling, skewering a hole near the top, so they could be hung on the tree by a pretty ribbon. As well, they were delicious to nibble on. How to Bake Spicy Gingerbread Men: This recipe yields about 2 dozen 4-inch gingerbread men. If your...

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How to Bake Christmas Raspberry Squares: Kimberly’s Favorite
Dec17

How to Bake Christmas Raspberry Squares: Kimberly’s Favorite

Since Kimberly, my daughter, was a small child, she has gravitated towards these Raspberry Squares, and they are clearly her very favorite Christmas treat. Everyone has their own particular favorite Holiday goodie, and so, I have a list of “to bake” items to fulfill each person’s desires for their chosen cookie, bar, squares, cake or candy. It’s wonderful to see their eyes light up as they see I haven’t...

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How to Bake Gingerbread Cookies: Gingerbread Day
Nov21

How to Bake Gingerbread Cookies: Gingerbread Day

National Gingerbread Day is November 21st, and the most amazing aroma should be coming out of your kitchen with this Gingerbread Cookie recipe! The smell of gingerbread is so enticing, you can hardly wait to devour it,  and what smells more like Christmas baking? Gingerbread Tips & Info: Gingerbread dough can get a little heavy & dense if too much flour is incorporated into the dough. So, only add as much flour as absolutely...

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How to Bake Raisin Bran Muffins: National Raisin Bran Cereal Day
Nov15

How to Bake Raisin Bran Muffins: National Raisin Bran Cereal Day

National Raisin Bran Cereal Day is November 15th, and this recipe for Raisin Bran Muffins is just marvelous. Aside from the nutrition facts about bran cereal, what could be better than combining bran with raisins. Bran cereal is chock full of fiber, complex carbohydrates, protein, minerals, phytochemicals & antioxidants, combined with super nutritious raisins. All grains are actually the fruits of grasses. Their structure is made...

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How to Make Sour Cream Donuts: Buy a Doughnut Day
Oct30

How to Make Sour Cream Donuts: Buy a Doughnut Day

It’s Buy a Doughnut Day, and if you don’t want to buy one, then I have a fabulous Sour Cream Donuts recipe below for you. The Love Affair with Doughnuts: I don’t often make donuts a part of my regular diet, but sometimes, I get a strong craving for a honey dipped or sugar glazed donut. I feel like if I don’t have one soon, my body simply will not be happy. Donuts are definitely a treat to which can become...

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How to Bake Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake: National Chocolate Day
Oct28

How to Bake Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake: National Chocolate Day

National Chocolate Day is here and I’m sharing with you a Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake recipe below… But first, a few chocolate facts. Chocolate Facts: What is more decadent than chocolate & very few wouldn’t welcome such a tasty treat at any time. Chocolate & cocoa come from an evergreen tree genus, theobroma, “Food of the Gods.” Cocoa beans grow in a pod of a cocoa tree. They are both identically...

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How to Make Pretzels from Scratch: National Pretzel Day
Oct26

How to Make Pretzels from Scratch: National Pretzel Day

National Pretzel Day is here, and it’s also National Pretzel Month. If you’ve never made pretzels before in your life, don’t let them intimidate you to venture out and make from scratch. You can do it. Hot, chewy pretzels are hard to resist an the aroma so appeals to our taste buds. How to Make Large Pretzels: Pretzels are relatively easy to make & are able to be stored in airtight containers for as long as 3...

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How to Bake Black Bottom Cupcakes for National Chocolate Cupcake Day
Oct18

How to Bake Black Bottom Cupcakes for National Chocolate Cupcake Day

It’s National Chocolate Cupcake Day, and did you know that almost any cake batter can be transformed into cupcakes? Just pour the batter into muffin tins lined with paper cupcake holders. How to Bake Black Bottom Cupcakes: You could bake cupcakes in flat bottomed ice cream cones. Cupcakes can take any kind of decorative & embellished frostings. These are generally baked at 350 degrees F for 18-20 min. It’s best to...

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National Dessert Day: How to Bake Fudge Chiffon Cake
Oct14

National Dessert Day: How to Bake Fudge Chiffon Cake

The 2nd Thursday in October marks National Dessert Day! Isn’t it just the truth that the child in us loves dessert? In fact, there are times that we could very well enjoy dessert for every course of our meal. Satisfy your sweet tooth for a fudge chiffon cake recipe. How to Bake Fudge Chiffon Cake: For this recipe, use a 10 inch tube pan, and room temperature ingredients. Type: Cake Recipe Serve with: chocolate icing, ice cream...

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