Homemade Sweet and Non-Sweet bread recipes: sourdough starters, sandwich breads, braided loaves, pumpkin bread, and more.
A sourdough starter is something that families have kept in their homes for hundreds of years until recently. Sourdough bread is a bread that is made from yeasts that are found in the air (wild yeast), instead of adding active dry yeast or baker’s yeast to make bread. It is a method that has been...
Tortillas from scratch are something that my family always has in the house. It’s just one of those things that make quick lunches and even dinners fast and easy. For example, my kids use tortillas to make cheese quesadillas for lunch with leftover chicken and pepper jack cheese or feta. We also make bean burritos,...
I’ve edited and am reposting this recipe. It’s still one of our family favorites. These homemade apple streusel muffins can be make with or without the drizzle. I’ll often skip the extra sugar and just make an apple muffin for my family to eat for breakfast (and throughout the day). But if you’re wanting an...
These blueberry muffin recipe had to be called the “Perfect Blueberry Muffin Recipe”, because that’s exactly what my son said when he walked in the kitchen and saw them: “Mama, how did you make them so perfect?” He’s not one for flattery, so I knew he was genuinely impressed. Muffins are one of the only...
Yes! A Homemade Baking Powder Recipe! Did you know you can make baking powder yourself? “Why would I?” you may ask. Well, simply said… It’s a lifesaver when you are in the middle of a recipe and find yourself without baking powder. You will gain some extra knowledge on how to do something yourself. It...
These are one of my family’s most favorite muffins. Actually, my mom, my sister, and other relatives are making these now as well, especially when there are a bunch of kids in the house and we want to make something that will be pretty good for them and fill them up at the same time....
I recently received the cookbook Kid Chef Bakes: The Kids Cookbook for Aspiring Bakers by Lisa Huff in exchange for my honest review. I liked it so much that I wanted to share one of my favorite recipes from it: buttermilk chive biscuits. Before I even accepted the book for review I asked whether it...
If you grow pumpkins then you know that even one pumpkin can give you pounds of pureed pumpkin in the freezer. I wanted to have more ideas for fixing and eating pumpkins, so I decided to ask some friends how they eat pumpkins: Thus, 77 Pumpkin Recipes… and Counting! A lot of us have those...
We really like bread, garlic bread, and yes, we really like cheese. So what better recipe than one that puts them all together and gives you a delicious treat to eat with any homemade pasta or pizza meal? This cheesy pull apart garlic bread is easy and quick, and a great snack or side. This...
Our Catfish adventures and sweet cornbread didn’t start just yesterday. We have had an amazing past few weeks with family! First we were able to travel to visit grandparents, cousins, siblings, aunts and uncles in Kentucky on my husband’s and my side of the family. There we got to catch up a little with people...
Monkey Bread is such a delicious treat for breakfast, tea, or any ‘ol time. Making Monkey Bread from Scratch is kind of a rarity today, though. If you look for recipes online you will find plenty that are made from pre-made raw dough which is full of food coloring (yes, a lot have that lovely...
Kids go through spurts where you feel like you just can’t keep them fed. Well, here’s one recipe I will use occasionally just for a fun, healthy, and natural treat. My family absolutely loves these whole wheat pretzels. This recipe is simple, rises quickly, and can be made salty or sweet! Shaping Pretzels Shaping pretzels...
Chocolate Chip Pumpkin bread is a great way to use that pumpkin that you kept in your freezer from last Fall. It adds some extra nutrients into the bread that no one will even know about, unless your kids are into cool stuff like that. I pureed the pumpkin I had from my garden last...
There are so many reasons that I love sourdough. One huge bonus is having a natural starter ready and waiting for you so that you don’t have to rely on buying yeast. For more information on how to get a starter going, see Sourdough Starter. Once you have that sourdough starter going, come back here...
These are my Top 2 Bread Recipes. They are my “go to” recipes whenever I need to whip up a loaf of bread. I use them because they are delicious and really work for most circumstances. I know they will always rise wonderfully I know they will always taste great. The first recipe is a...
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