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Russian Teacake Recipe :: Snowballs
My Nana’s favorite Christmas cookie has always been Russian Teacakes. When my mom went to visit my Nana last week, she had to make sure to have a double batch of Russian Teacakes to take…
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Easter Bunny Bark via Sally’s Baking Addiction
Even if you don’t have a white thumb… the baking counterpart to a gardener’s green thumb… you can still make something delicious to bring with you to this year’s Easter celebration! Easter Bunny Bark is a…
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Sweet Treat Pumpkin Recipes
I love pumpkins. I love everything about them. I love how their creeping vines seem to grow miles over night. I love watching a pumpkin grow from flower to full grown fruit. I love…
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Layered Peppermint Bark with Salt
One of my family’s favorite treats at Christmas is Peppermint Bark. It is very easy to make, festive looking, and happily for Fairy-girl… gluten free. It also makes a nice gift to share with teachers…
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Eat Rainbows :: Uncommon Goods Review & Fruit Snack Dip Recipe
If you “know me” at all, then you know I love to make handmade gifts. It’s part of the reason we started Wee Folk Art 🙂 I certainly don’t make all my gifts, however, and…
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Blueberry Crisp
In Michelle’s home, Friday is baking day and it is incorporated into their school day. This Friday, Pixie wanted to make Blueberry Crisp. Blueberries are Pixie’s all-time favorite… well, maybe strawberries… actually, it’s probably a…
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Gluten-free Lemon Sugar Cookie Recipe
In our family we have at least 15 or so traditional family Christmas cookies. We talk about cutting back every year but in order to make sure everyone has their favorites… well we end up…
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Cinnamon Honey Butter
You’ve just been invited to a last minute soiree and don’t want to go empty handed. What to do, what to do? Here’s a quick little hostess gift you can whip up in minutes and,…
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Cabbage Soup and Tin Cans
I will be hard-pressed to convince Tim, who doesn’t particularly like (hmmm, maybe he really dislikes???) cabbage soup, that I really was craving some and that it had absolutely NOTHING to do with the…
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Three Cheers for Soft-Boiled Eggs
Last fall Tim and I were sitting side-by-side at our computers just surfin’. It was a leisurely Saturday evening, we were staying in, and we were playing a little game we often do where we take…
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Avocado Salsa
This past weekend our 25 year old “baby” made a bowl of a heavenly Avocado Salsa that was awesome. I said, “See, this is the benefit of allowing the children in the kitchen… they grow…
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Grandma’s Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
First off… must say… NOT my grandma’s recipe… but evidently SOMEBODY’s grandma’s recipe 🙂 Strawberry Rhubarb Pie has long been a family favorite. For decades I’ve made it using a standard pie crust. Last week on some…
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Lemon Sugar Cookies
To see the entire Out of the Block | Ice Cream Cone Cookie Cutter series, including pattern for felt applique block and how to make your own cookie cutters click HERE. I've tasted a lot of sugar cookies in my days, and I have to say, this is by…
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Out of the Block | Making the Tin Ice Cream Cone Cookie Cutter
In our family, rolled cookies mean something special. Because they require more work than drop cookies, we tend to make them at holidays and other days of celebration. Over the years we have acquired many different cookie cutters, but…
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Simplicity and Libations for the Holidays
We are trying something new this year… and I must admit I’m a little bit nervous. As a family, we decided that we wanted to simplify Christmas and focus on the joy of being together. So, for…
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Seriously Yummy Cookies
It seems like the autumn winds are finally picking up, pushing the last of summer into our memories. It’s a magical time of year, when you can gather pumpkins, watch flocks of geese flying south,…
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Grandma Pearl’s Fruit Drink Recipe
This wonderful fruit drink recipe is sure to please. Made with frozen grape, cranberry and lemon juice, this is the perfect summer thirst quencher! I can’t talk about summer without talking about Grandma Pearl. Growing…
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Help! Gluten Free Recipes Needed & Yummy Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Cookies
Well, it is official. We finally went through all the testing with Fairy, and on top of her already known lactose intolerance, we found out that she cannot eat gluten either. For the past few weeks we…
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Christmas Coffee Cake
In my kids’ minds, you don’t get to claim a new age on your birthday until you blow out the candles on your cake. Apparently, it is the actual act of blowing out the candles…
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Pancake Men
Every family has their favorite traditional foods they make for Christmas. In Michelle’s house, Christmas breakfast always includes a birthday cake for Baby Jesus. Although pancake men are not a part of our holiday celebration,…
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Mock Sopapillas Recipe Dessert
For this week’s Advent Activities we made this Mock Sopapillas Recipe. Yum! In the book, The Legend of the Poinsettia, by Tomie dePaola… “At home Lucida helped Mama clean their casita-their little house-and pat out the…
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Angel Wings Recipe :: Chrusciki Dessert
Today we are sharing our family’s Angel Wings Recipe, otherwise known as Chrusciki. Christmas is a time for not only making memories but for remembering. Certainly, when we look back on Christmases past, we are sure to…
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Two Pumpkin Bread Recipes
We received 2 recipes for pumpkin bread. When comparing the 2 recipes, they were nearly identical, except one recipe made 1 loaf and the other made 2 loaves. There were also some slight variations in…
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Pumpkin Muffins and Pumpkin Pancakes
Here are a couple of totally yummy sounding recipes, with the added benefit of having gluten free, vegan options. They were shared by Ella, at the lovely blog Lifeologia. She offered two different recipes, and…
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