Ladies and gentlemen, there is an absolutely ludicrous amount of sugar in my home at the moment. So many cookies.  So much snack mix.  ...

Is it just my family that's really excited about the holiday season this year? Normally I roll my eyes when I see the Thanksgivin...

I remember not liking a lot of things as a kid that seem utterly absurd to me now. Cream cheese. Sour cream. Mustard. Dark choc...

Sometimes it drives my family a little crazy that I rarely make the same recipe twice, that I'm always on the lookout for something new...

Do you know what I miss about the churches in which I grew up? The fellowship hall after our service. I grew up in two churches- firs...

I've baked a lot of bread in my life. Loads of it. It started in middle school and the trend has continued well into adulthood. ...

Friendships were much easier to come by when I was younger.  It seems like the older I get the more I have acquaintances rather than friend...

This weekend I was talking to my sister-in-law about our mutual love of sourdough bread. Not just any sourdough, though- the really tangy...

My husband loves Milk Duds. Like loves  them. Personally, I find them too sweet and too chewy and too...just not my kind of candy. ...

I remember sitting at the computer in my room when I was in high school, using dial-up internet, and- totally on a whim- typing in cookiere...

My daughter wanted a special cupcake to bring to school for her classmates this week- something all the kids would like. Over the years ...

When I was a kid I absolutely hated pie. (Except lemon meringue, that is.) In general I just didn't like any cooked fruits- no cobb...

This is one of those posts that I have been wanting to share for a long time- a very long time. There have been a couple of things gett...

How in the world is already almost Valentine's Day? I'm so behind, you guys. While I grabbed gifts for the kids and put th...

MAKE ME STOP EATING THESE!!! Ohmygoodness. I did not expect these to be this good! I am blessed to have a fairly steady source of ...

You know how memories from when you were little tend to get a little jumbled in your mind? They're disjointed. Snapshots of my chil...

There are two types of bread I've tried to make over the years that have failed miserably : pita bread and English muffins. It doe...

Large chunks of most of my childhood summers were spent visiting my mom's side of the family throughout Wisconsin.  My Grandma Simpson ...

I've never EVER been as impressed with a roll recipe as I am with this one.  I've made a lot of bread recipes over the years, so i...

I was lucky enough to be gifted a couple of quarts of homegrown blackberries recently that have been hanging out in my freezer, patiently w...