I love to bake! One of my favorite things to make for my country kids are cookies, but sometimes I just don’t have the energy to spoon out each ball and put multiple pans in the oven. So what is a momma to do when her children will no longer
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Homemade Dog Treats, with Pumpkin and Cat Nip!
We love our dog, Heidi the Homestead Hound. She was a rescue dog, and in her short life before we got her, she had been neglected, injured and traveled hundreds of miles to join our family. She came with NO manners, which is not good for a 100+ pound puppy. And
Compound Butter Recipes that ROCK!!
Compound butter is am amazing thing for a few reasons, but some of you may be asking, what is compound butter? Simply put, it is butter (real honest to goodness butter, not that margarine stuff) mixed with other ingredients. I have been told, though never experienced, that in those fancy
DIY Corkboard Coasters
No one likes ugly water markers on their tables…… So what do you do? Well if you are over 60 you use a coaster….. If you’re under 60 you should use a coaster! But why settle for plain old coasters when you can make your own, in any shape you
DIY Recipe Plate
Do you love giving baked goods as gifts? Do you sometimes include a recipe card? I bet that card gets misplaced 8 out of 10 times! So why just give food and a misplaced card, when you can give a dish that keeps giving!! Let’s say you take aunt So
DIY Corkboard Trivet
I know some of you are asking…. what is a trivet!?!? And why do I need to make one!?!? Well a trivet is an “object” placed between a serving dish and your table to protect your table from heat and/or moisture. Handy little thing really. In “olden days” these were
Tri-chip Cookie Bars to die for!!!
I love making cookies but I am so busy these days. I will be the first to admit, I have recently developed a cookie bar problem! I have a love affair with how easy it is to make cookies in bar form. I was really longing for some chocolate chip
Perfect Pound Cake
Recently I bought a bundt pan. I have never had one, so I went looking for something to bake in it. I decide to concoct a pound cake recipe, since I had never made one. It seemed fitting to make something new in something new! So I took a basic
Homemade Vanilla Extract
I love to bake…. a lot. It seems like many of my recipes call for vanilla and I go through a lot of it. Well I am finally tired of paying out the nose for tiny bottles of vanilla and I refuse to use the artificial kind. So what is
How to make a blown egg……
Last year I made the oldest country kid a blown egg ornament for Christmas. Not just any egg mind you…. But from the first egg his hen, Ester, ever laid. He loved it and I must admit I was rather proud of pulling it off. Everyone says blowing an egg
Making “Things” With Wine Glasses (aka how to paint on glass!)
There are many cute ideas that float around the internet……. But many times it is just an image and everyone is like “awwwwww,” but when you try to do it yourself….. Well there are no directions!!!! One example of this is wine glass candle sticks. They look amazing but there
Terra Cotta Snowman
I love snow… it is beautiful to look at out the window from a warm home. The one thing I don’t like about winter is the lack of gardening. I mean who doesn’t love warm earth, packets of seeds and terra cotta pots? Oh how I miss fussing about with
Chewy Ginger Cookies
When I got married over ten years ago, my grandmother gave me a stack of “cooking” magazines she had saved since the 70’s. I guess she was trying to help, since I kind of suck at cooking. But I can bake! So when I was thumbing through those magazines and
Rose Petal Honey
So as I have told you all before, I have roses coming out of my…. well, we have got a lot of them! So I have been looking for ways to use them, like the candied rose petals I made. Well, here is something exotic to do with with your
Country Kid Chocolate Chip Scones
Okay, when I say scones, what pops into your head? For me it is a British accent and the thought of tea. Don’t ask me why, because I have no clue! I also think yummy goodness, which is what these Chocolate Chip Scones are! Why are they “country kid” scones?