I have decided. Cookie exchanges are the best kind of holiday party.This is the spread for one I went to over the weekend. (Everyone was supposed to bring four dozen cookies to share.)I brought my mother-in-laws famous gingersnaps.Gingersnaps3/4 cup shortening1 cup sugar1 egg1/4 cup molasses2 cups flour1/4 teaspoon salt2 teaspoons baking soda1 tablespoon ginger1 teaspoon cinnamonBeat … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Cheesecake Muffins
A cold front has blown in and I'm having so much fun baking in my kitchen. I don't know about you but colder weather means it's time to bake all things pumpkin flavored. Today I'm trying out a new pumpkin cheesecake muffin recipe. Ingredient List 1 15 oz can pumpkin Vegetable oil Eggs Sugar Vanilla Flour Baking powder Baking soda Ground cinnamon Ground ginger Ground … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Bread Recipe
I've been searching for a delicious and simple pumpkin bread recipe. I think I've finally found it! When I took the bread out of the oven Littlest Brother was momentarily confused because he thought it looked like the zucchini bread we made a couple of weeks ago. (Which was also really good). But he and his brothers have been devouring the pumpkin bread. Okay, I've been devouring it, … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
I did it. I opened my first can of pumpkin for the season. First up were these pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. (Recipe HERE).These are pretty cakey cookies. But my family loves them.Of course the cookies don't use an entire can of pumpkin. So next up is probably some pumpkin bread. And then some pumpkin scones. … [Read more...]
Zucchini bread
A couple of weeks ago my Mom brought me over a giant zucchini from a friends garden. Giant (you can see it on Instagram here). The first thing the kids requested was that I make some zucchini bread with it. I happily obliged. I have since also used this zucchini to make two delicious pots of vegetable soup (using this recipe here). And there is still some left! But I'm not … [Read more...]