Ingredients: 1 Cup unsalted butter, 226 grams 1 Cup granulated white sugar, 200 grams 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 teaspoon almond extract 1 egg 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 3 cups all purpose flour, 360 grams Directions: PREHEAT oven to 350° F. In the bowl of your mixer, CREAM butter and sugar until smooth, at least 3 minutes BEAT in extracts and egg. (PLEASE NOTE there is 1 egg in thisRead More
Holidays
Pumpkin Pie
Ingredients 1 (9 inch) unbaked deep dish pie crust 3/4 cup white sugar 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves 2 eggs 1 (15 ounce) can LIBBY’S® 100% Pure Pumpkin 1 (12 fluid ounce) can NESTLE® CARNATION® Evaporated Milk Directions Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. CombineRead More
Thanksgiving Turkey
14lb Butterball or largerOlive Oil1/2-3/4 stick of Butter32oz Chicken Broth Dry Rub: Preheat oven to 200. Rinse off the turkey in the sink and remove the giblet bag & neck. You might think to yourself, “maybe this turkey doesn’t have a giblet bag.” I assure you that it does! You find that bag! It’s usuallyRead More
Peanut Brittle
This is my great grandma’s recipe that she was known for. People looked forward to getting a tin of her peanut brittle around Christmas each year. She taught me how to make it before passing away. No one else in the family really made it well and there are a few little tricks that makeRead More
Chocolate Pudding Pie
Chocolate Pudding 1 box 1 Graham Cracker Crust Cool Whip 2c Milk or Almond Milk Mix up the pudding with milk and beat for 2mins. Pour it in the crust and refrigerate so the pudding sets up. Too with Cool Whip. You could add some chocolate chips, shaved chocolate, crushed candy canes or some hotRead More
Mashed Potatoes
5-6lbs Potatoes 1 stick butter (or 3/4c Olive Oil) 1/2 c milk/almond milk 1/2 c plain yogurt (dairy free optional or real sour cream) 1tsp onion powder 1 Tbsp Garlic Salt 1 tsp Black Pepper Peel the potatoes then cut them into pieces and boil until tender enough to easily pierce with a fork. ThisRead More
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
This is pretty easy. The hardest part is culling all the seeds out of the squishy pumpkin innards. Here is a recipe we found. I think we cooked the seeds a little longer. You want them to look roasted and be fairly crunchy. https://www.jessicagavin.com/how-to-roast-pumpkin-seeds/
Roasted Butternut Squash
I found this recipe at https://www.aheadofthyme.com/roasted-butternut-squash/ and just tried it this year. It was great! We just get the butternut squash pre-cut at Costco. butternut squash – one medium head butternut squash peeled and cubed into 1-inch pieces (about 5-6 cups). olive oil rosemary – I used dried rosemary buy you can also substitute withRead More
Cheesy Corn
Dump in all ingredients and let it get real happy for 4+hrs on low in crock pot! Lower the temperature and let it simmer until it’s time to eat.
Hot Apple Cider
Jug of cider 128oz Cinnamon Sticks 6-8 Whole Cloves 8-10 1/2 Lemon or 2Tbsp Lemon Juice Dump in ingredients. Cut lemon in half. Simmer and serve hot. It’s ok to purchase regular apple juice which is often less expensive than cider.