I rarely declare anything to be my "best ever" but this time I can honestly say that this pumpkin pie is the best pie I've ever made, hands down. My family agreed and they wouldn't lie so it must be true. I finally got a chance to use my new fancy pie crust decoration cut …
Continue reading Now We’re Cookin’: The Best Old Fashioned Pumpkin Pie Ever
I have a sugar cookie recipe that I've been using for years and years. I'm not sure where I got it from and while it's nothing fancy, it does make delicious cookies. It's the same recipe that I used on the ones I made last night... Some were plain sugar, some had cinnamon and some …
Continue reading Adventures in Cooking: Trying Something New
I have a lot of fresh pumpkin puree I made from our recent sugar pumpkin harvest so naturally I've been busy making different recipes that use pumpkin in them. My latest, these delicious pumpkin spice muffins, came out so good I had to share! I modified a recipe by Libby's which you can find here. …
Continue reading Now We’re Cookin’! Pumpkin Spice Muffins (with walnuts)
Making this pie only took about four months, so I'm pretty proud of it and had to share. Why did it take so long? Well, in case you're new here, I had to grow the pumpkins first and that took a fair bit of time (okay almost the entire four months!). Then, it took me …
Continue reading Now We’re Cookin’! My Perfectly Imperfect Pumpkin Pie
Fair warning: this isn't a recipe post. This is a post about comfort food and what it means to me, and maybe to you, too. Not that I don't have some great recipes to share, but most of my favorite dishes are made using different things each time, depending on what I have available, and …
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