Baking disasters. They are the absolute worse. Almost nothing makes me grouchier. As I see it, there are two kinds of baking disasters: Those of epic proportions (like a cheesecake that cost $30 to make and then doesn’t turn out, a Pyrex bowl full of hot lemon curd actually exploding all over your kitchen, or… Continue reading Candy Corn Sugar Cookie Bars
Oh joy, it’s fall! I can make pumpkin everything without fear of being told to “shhhhhhhh!!!” I’m so happy. Speaking of which, this is so me: So is this: Eeeeeeeeee! Time for Pumpkin EVERYTHING, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and CHRISTMAS! To celebrate, my kids and I made a quick batch of these oatmeal pumpkin cookies today. Very… Continue reading The Best Oatmeal Pumpkin Cookies
Happy Thanksgiving Week! I am feeling particularly jolly because Thanksgiving weekend is hands down my favorite 4 days of the year. Christmas Eve is my favorite day of the year, but if we’re going for quantity, it is definitely Thanksgiving weekend. First, there is the night before Thanksgiving, a day that is almost always… Continue reading Apple Slab Pie
Happy Thanksgiving, y’all! If you’re here for my Thanksgiving Turkey post, and the pictures look a little different, do not be confused, for I have updated them from the pictures I took in the dark with a camera sitting on a book on my kitchen counter 4 years ago. Remember that scene in National Lampoon’s… Continue reading How to Cook a Perfect Thanksgiving Turkey (with photo directions)
You know the old cartoons where somebody like Daffy Duck would be thinking about his next move, and he’d have a little devil on one shoulder and a little angel on the other shoulder, each telling him what to do? I have those too, but not a devil and an angel. My life is a… Continue reading Starbucks Pumpkin Pound Cake
Last night, we carved our pumpkins. Always an adventure with a 3 year old and a 1 year old. After we had finished, and the pumpkins were all lit up on our porch, my daughter and I set about the icky but necessary task of separating the stringy orange pumpkin guts from the seeds so… Continue reading How to Roast Perfect Pumpkin Seeds
Confession: Before tonight, I had never eaten or made Chicken ‘n Dumplings. Not only that, but I wasn’t even sure EXACTLY what it was. I’m from Seattle. We don’t see many chicken ‘n dumplings in these parts. I guess it’s more of a Southern or Midwestern dish. I have pinned a recipe here and there… Continue reading Chicken ‘n Dumplings
Rumbly in my Tumbly 