This is one of my very favorite chili recipes. The best part is that you chop up two – yes, TWO things, and then you just throw everything else into the crockpot for the day. No meat browning, no bean soaking. It’s a simple, delicious, and very hearty chili. Serve it up with some cornbread,… Continue reading Black Bean and Steak Chili
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
I love making sweet quick breads (that are really cakes) and calling them “breads,” because it makes me feel so much healthier- even though I’m not fooling anybody. This applesauce streusel bread is one of those love at first bite kind of breads. It is packed full of the flavors of fall- cinnamon, apples, pumpkin… Continue reading Spiced Applesauce Streusel Bread
This is one of my very favorite recipes, because not only is it quick and easy to make, but it seriously tastes like it has been simmering over a stove the entire day. Chicken noodle soup doesn’t need to do that to be amazing. It is homey and comforting, and one of my very favorites.… Continue reading Weeknight Chicken Noodle Soup (still as good as Grandma’s)
Can we really call these brownies? I suppose they could be called blondies instead. There was a lot of quibbling over the title in the reviews I read for this recipe. Semantics, really. These perfect apple cinnamon-y bars are definitely delicious, and you know that’s all I care about. Honestly, it’s a dangerous recipe for… Continue reading Good ‘ol Fashioned Apple Brownies
Remember these babies? Mothers Iced Molasses Cookies? They were my favorite. I don’t know why they stopped making them, I guess they weren’t a big seller. I sure loved them though, and I set out to duplicate them today. I used parts of a few different recipes, including my own Frosted Molasses Cookie bars, and… Continue reading Iced Molasses Cookies
It is safe to say that Cinnamon is my biggest addiction. Any time I see ANYTHING even remotely cinnamon related, I have to make it. I was browsing Pinterest under the term “Cinnamon,” and I found these Cinnamon Twist Knots. They looked AMAZING. I was in the mood for something like this today, but I… Continue reading Easy Cinnamon Twist Knots
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