This homemade caramel recipe makes great caramel for coating candy or candy apples. It’s better than the caramel that you buy in the store and is way easier than unwrapping a million little caramel squares. It’s easy and leaves lots… Read More »Homemade Caramel Recipe

This chocolate chip pumpkin cookie recipe is one of our favorite ways to use canned or freshly pureed pumpkin. The soft pumpkin cookie combined with the chocolate chips is just scrumptious. It’s sure to be a favorite for the pumpkin… Read More »Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Cookies

These pumpkin pancakes taste just like a slice of pumpkin pie in a pancake. The recipe calls to use a pancake mix or recipe for the base and adding the pumpkin pie ingredients to it. We used our Buttermilk Pancake… Read More »Pumpkin Pancakes Recipe

Take a hike in the woods, fish a mountain brook, and more. Since church is mostly shut down, on Sunday afternoons, Merri Ann and I pack a lunch, grab a lesson manual, and go find a quiet place in the… Read More »The Best Time of Year for a Nature Hike

It’s amazing what good quality cocoa can do for your recipes. It will make them richer, tastier, and more chocolatey. It’s almost like the difference between good European chocolate and old holiday candy–you can easily taste the difference in quality.… Read More »Four Unforgettable Things You Can Make with Cocoa

If you can whip an egg white, you can make these classy little desserts. These are ice cream desserts that you stick in the oven. There are three parts: the meringue on top, the ice cream in the center, and… Read More »How to Make a Baked Alaska in a Cup

Over the years, we’ve found ways to make our baked goods taste better. We wanted to share our list with you, so you can make your family and friends fall in love with your baking every time. 1. Add More… Read More »Five Things You Can Do to Make Your Baking Better

Make this scrumptious stuffed French toast with a sliced strawberry and cream cheese filling. Top it off with a lemon syrup, and your French toast will taste like a strawberry-lemon cheesecake.   Not a Fan of Strawberry Stuffed French Toast?… Read More »Strawberry Cream Cheese Stuffed French Toast with Lemon Syrup

I’m not lying when I say these pumpkin pie squares are better than pumpkin pie. This recipe is easier, has more emphasis on the pumpkin flavors and filling, and the crust is as simple as oats and brown sugar–no pie… Read More »Pumpkin Pie Squares: Better than Pumpkin Pie

We originally designed this recipe for a pumpkin sheet cake with a very good cream cheese frosting recipe, but we used this to make our whipped cream layer cake and it was perfect. You’ll find both frosting recipes here. We… Read More »Pumpkin Cake with Whipped Cream Frosting