The Best Ever Copycat Starbucks Pumpkin Loaf
My favorite thing to order at Starbucks is a Tall Vanilla Latte and a slice of their Pumpkin Loaf. It’s SO good, and the sweet pumpkin bread with the bitter coffee is the perfect combination on a cool fall morning. Imagine my surprise when I cracked open my trusty old BHG Cookbook to make a pumpkin spice loaf and found out it is probably the EXACT SAME RECIPE that Starbucks uses! It tastes literally the same, but I’ve made it a lot better for your digestive system by switching out the regular flour with Einkorn flour and upping the spice content. I feel like my reliable BHG is a bit…
Who Are The Wandering Wise Men?
Have you ever heard of the Wandering Wise Men? I hadn’t until two years ago when I joined InstaGram at Christmas time and found the most delightful IG Christmas account. This account (@thewanderingwisemen) shares an advent story from December 1 through Epiphany that is totally engaging, hilarious, and creative, and our family loves it! Although the IG account creates a new story every year, we needed something more dependable and simple for our family, so I’ve created a downloadable guide for this wonderful advent story. Who Are the Wandering Wise Men? The Wandering Wise Men are the three Magi, or the three Kings, who come from far away countries to…
How to Create Easy Holiday Traditions
Do you have holiday traditions you do every year? We have a ton of holiday traditions we love, and these traditions totally make the season fun and meaningful every year. We keep things simple and easy, and when we follow our 6 basic holiday principles, it’s easy to create holiday traditions that everyone can enjoy. We have six fun principles we follow every year that make our holiday traditions things we look forward to, rather than something we dread. To help you decide the easy holiday traditions you’d like to incorporate for your family’s holiday season, I’ve created a 16-page guide to making your own easy holiday traditions. You can…
My Favorite Holiday Traditions
You know those family traditions that stress you out, like that Elf who has to be moved every night? Yeah, I don’t do those kind of traditions! Here are 15 (yes, FIFTEEN) of my favorite Holiday Traditions we do EVERY YEAR that are way less stressful and way more fun! Some of these traditions started a long time ago and were handed down in my family, but a lot of these traditions are things I started when I began having kids. Maybe some of these will be traditions you adopt too! This post may contain affiliate links, meaning I receive a small commission if you purchase through my links, at…
My 6 Favorite Baking Tools + Bonuses
It’s fall and that means baking season is here!! I bake a TON in the fall and winter seasons, and I love to make bread as well as other yummy treats. These are my 6 favorite bread baking tools, but these tools are super helpful no matter what you are baking. These 6 fantastic baking tools will help you make delicious homemade bread as well as yummy pies, pastries and cookies for the upcoming holiday season. #1. My most favorite tool for baking is … A KitchenAid Stand Mixer! This sucker is a game changer my friends! I refuse to use a bread machine (that’s not homemade bread to me…
