The Most Incredible Banana Bread Muffins Ever!
One of the very first recipes I ever learned to make was banana bread. My mom used to buy bananas and set them on the counter, but my siblings and I would turn our noses up if there were ANY brown spots at all on the bananas, so inevitably we had the perfect bananas for banana bread every week! Which was totally fine with me since I LOVE banana bread! Then, I had kids, and my banana bread recipe had to be transformed. My kids prefer muffins to slices of crumbly bread, and quite honestly, I prefer them eating muffins too so there aren’t tiny crumbs all over the house!…
The Easiest Magical Matzah Crack Recipe Ever!
I learned about celebrating Passover in college (eons ago!), and this recipe for Matzah Crack has stuck with our family through the years. I love how simple it is to prepare, and there are only a few easy-to-find ingredients. Not to mention the heavenly yummy salty chocolatey caramel taste! This recipe makes a large batch, and since it’s so quick and easy, this recipe is also a wonderful holiday gift idea. Bake up a few batches, drop some pieces in a canning jar, tie a pretty red ribbon around the jar neck, and you’ve got yourself a beautiful, simple gift that everyone can enjoy! The magical part of this dessert…
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…