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Baking, Home

Tres Leches Cake

This cake is perfect for summer picnics and bbq’s! While it does require refrigeration, its cold, creamy and hits the spot! You can change it up by adding fresh fruit, coconut, more cinnamon, chocolate…. Yields one 9 x 13 cake Cake 1 1/4 Cups cake flour 1/2 Tsp salt 1 […]

Home, Soups

Cabbage Soup

Remember the cabbage soup diet from the 80’s?? This is the soup!! As well as I can remember, except I did not add onion soup mix, but you can. You can add other veg as well or even meat to make into a meal. However you make it, its delicious! […]

Everything Else, Home

Magic Goop!

This is a real money saver! Make this and store it in your refrigerator for all of your baking needs, instead of buying expensive sprays! You just brush a coat of this on your pan and viola! Magic! Your cakes come out clean! 1 Cup all purpose flour 1 Cup […]

Canning, Home, Sauce

Applesauce For Canning

I wasn’t going to post my applesauce recipe since applesauce is kind of a “no recipe” recipe. But after some thought, I decided to post it anyway. So here you go! Yields 16 pints 16 lbs Apples, your choice (I use gala or fuji usually, but once I used honeycrisp […]

Christmas, Dry Mixes, Everything Else, Home

Basic Hot Cocoa Mix

This basic mix is delicious, but you can jazz it up by adding crushed peppermints, mini chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, crushed toffee, crushed butterscotch candies, different flavored coffee creamers……. Great for gift giving or to keep in your cupboard at the ready! Ingredients and Variations Ingredients: Unsweetened cocoa powder, […]

Christmas, Dry Mixes, Everything Else, Home

Chai Latte Mix

This is my all time favorite drink mix for fall and winter! I give it as gifts every year in festive little holiday tins. Add a couple tablespoons to hot water, grate some fresh nutmeg over the top and take in some holiday spirit! You can also spike it with […]

Canning, Home

Spicy Onion &Tomato Relish

This is one of my very favorite relish recipes and was given to me many years ago by an Australian lady who was a patient where I worked. This beautiful lady gave me many great recipes and taught me everything I know about jam and jelly making! **Disclaimer** This is […]

Canning, Christmas, Home

Cranberry Onion Jam With Maple & Thyme

A delicious gift giving idea and great for appetizers on the fly! Add to puff pastry as a little tarts with goat cheese…. Top a brie wheel and wrap in puff pastry for brie en croute…. Make sausage tarts with phyllo, maple sausage and this jam! **Disclaimer** This is NOT […]

Christmas, Home

Double Chocolate Brownie Mix

A great gift giving idea for the holidays! Change it up and add candies….. crushed candy cane, chopped Andes mint, white chocolate chips, nuts, butterscotch, peanut butter cups….. Yields 1 quart jar (9×13 pan) 1 1/4 Cups all purpose flour 1 Tsp salt 1 Tsp baking powder 2 1/4 Cups […]