Shhhh, Don’t Tell Momma
….but I bet Daddy won’t mind. When I was a mom to a growing son, nutrition was B-I-G in our house. Heck, we gave up dyes before most people even knew that their cheese wasn’t naturally yellow. That’s...
View ArticleBreakfast Love, Birthday-Style
Sometimes you see something that is so brilliant you wonder why you didn’t think of it. (photo credit: Pennies on a Platter) ~head smack~ You can see yourself making these…I know you can! Right now...
View ArticleGlazed Donut + Muffin = Glazed Donut Muffin?!
Do you like a sweet glazed donut? (YES!) Do you like muffins? (YES!) Then you’re probably gonna want to try this simple recipe for Glazed Donut Muffins. (Y-E-S!) Sunday, we had a very sick dog on our...
View ArticleVanilla Pudding Cinnamon Rolls For the Win!
I love cake. Doesn’t matter if it comes disguised as a cinnamon roll, I’m still in love, baby. After finishing the mud run last weekend, I decided I needed celebratory cake, STAT!, no matter what form...
View ArticleStrawberry Smoothie
I’m a Southern gal and that means I politely decline ice in my smoothies, strawberry or otherwise. Ice is reserved for a Coconut Slush, a rainbow snowcone or rocks in my whiskey. Ice in a smoothie?...
View ArticleLifehack: Making Your Eggs Egg McMuffin-Style
I’m not a big fan of the Egg McMuffin mostly because I think it should taste as yummy as the picture looks, but never does. I’d rather spend my money on things I can’t hack at home, like their...
View ArticleZucchini Bread Done Right: Recipe One
Zucchini Bread: You either like it or despise it. I fall in the first group, but am always trying to move the second one in with me. So… …I adapted two new zucchini bread recipes in the hopes that you...
View ArticleZucchini Bread Done Right: Recipe Two
You’ve seen the first zucchini bread recipe, and as promised, today’s post includes the second. But first, how about some pics! Look at that glorious fluffy lift (oh, sour cream, how I love thee): So...
View ArticlePumpkin-Cinnamon Streusel Buns
Every August, when it’s blazing hot outside in Texas (today: 108° feels like 113°), I start thinking about holiday cooking. What to have, what to try, what to tweak. I’ve had this recipe on my mind for...
View ArticleBanana Bread Pancakes
Pancake = Pan-CAKES = cakes! That’s where my mind goes whenever I see the word pancakes. Yet, when I saw the recipe for banana in a pancake, I was dubious. Its only saving grace was that the word...
View ArticleBlueberry Muffins with Double-D Donut Glaze
Muffins with donut glaze seems impossibly decadent, but double-dip those beauties and folks will want to marry you, kids will clean their rooms without nagging and grandkids will think you made them...
View ArticleSweet Orange Rolls
…or as I like to call them: Sweet Orange Rolls O’Yurm. I do love a lip-smackin’ sweet roll (hello, pumpkin-cinnamon streusel buns) and these Sweet Orange Rolls have been added to my ever-growing list....
View ArticleCoffee Cake Muffins
Mrs. Tucker loves a good muffin, don’t you? When I was first married, and a beginning cook/baker, I made these Coffee Cake Muffins for special occasions, like birthdays and Christmas morning. Anyone...
View ArticleScones, Cinnamon Roll Style
I’m always on the hunt for a delicious breakfast idea. Vanilla Pudding Cinnamon Rolls are in the top 10. Banana Bread Pancakes would hit the spot. Pumpkin-Streusel Cinnamon Buns are always yummy, but...
View ArticleFuneral Food: Streusel Coffee Cake
Streusel Coffee Cake is a recipe that feeds a crowd. Around these parts we call these dishes “funeral food.” You know what I mean. Funeral food is food you make to feed a crowd that doesn’t need much...
View ArticleOrange Honey Muffins with Orange Donut Glaze
Orange Orange Orange! I love me some baked goods made with oranges (not to be confused with lemons). You? You do?! Well, my babies, you’re in luck. These muffins are easy, delicious and nutritious!...
View ArticleSour Cream Banana Bread
You read the title right. Sour. Cream. Banana. Bread. To die! Confession: I’m not a banana lover. If you see me eating one; I’m desperate or under duress. I pretty much only eat them during training...
View ArticleHow To Properly Store Baked Goods
You’ve spent all day perfecting your light and airy cupcakes, that buttery pie crust, those dense amazeballs brownies, but are you hip to the last step in your perfect perfection: how to store your...
View ArticleMuffin Mania!
Who doesn’t love a muffin? WHO?! I hate having to search through my archives for my muffin recipes, so I thought it would be nice to find all the muffins I’ve waxed poetic about in one post…THIS ONE!...
View ArticleThe Pumpkin Bread You’ll Make All Year
Oh, boy. Wait. I mean: Oh, Boy! As in, I love when Boy points me to a recipe he loves knowing we’ll love it too. Sharing is caring, y’all. We are big fans of Sour Cream Banana Bread in this house....
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