This homemade pound cake comes together in a few minutes and tastes superior to any grocery store frozen product. It is by and far one of the simplest cakes to make. Yet, it is my most craved dessert! Why? Because it's that simple taste of home.  Here are a few things to know about ingredients and procedures to ensure your cake turns out awesome.  It is made with nine simple ingredients: Unsalted Butter: Higher quality butter is the key to a tender pound cake. Granulated Sugar: Sugar will keep your pound cake sweet and contributes to a moist crumb. We prefer to use ..read more

Looking for a quick and easy recipe for dinner tonight? These fast and easy Bread Bowls use only flour, yeast, water, and salt. They can be filled with soup or any of your favorite hot or cold dips for entertaining! They come together from start to finish within less than two hours, making them a great choice. We've included the volume and weight measurements for the ease of any home baker. Give them a try. Fast and Easy 4-Ingredient Bread Bowls Yield: 8 Bowls  Ingredients: 8 cups King Arthur Bread Flour (34 oz, 960g) 2 packages Red Star instant or rapid-rise yeast (1 ½ Tbsp, ½ oz ..read more

  To know it is to love it! Once you know how to make sticky toffee pudding, your dessert game will change. You will dream about variations. This classic British dessert will strike a chord of warmth and rich tradition. According to legend, it was created in a pub in northwest England. It is popular throughout Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. It has at its core a moist, tender sponge cake sweetened with brown sugar and finely chopped or pureed dates. I use puree. The cake gets sandwiched between layers of creamy toffee sauce before it's returned to the oven, then generously to ..read more

Get ready, people.  This cake is Grandma's comfort dessert. This is the one. The epitome of an ideal banana cake that is tender and flavorful.  It is one of life's simple pleasures, covered with decadent cream cheese frosting. My bakery-quality recipe for old-school banana cake is extra-rich and moist, made most exquisite in taste using the ripest bananas. Don't omit the instant pudding mix (it must be instant). This ingredient adds stability to the incredible sponge texture of the cake.  Yields: one 8" three-layer cake SERVINGS: 16 slices PREP TIME: 30 minutes mins B ..read more

 This Fresh Lemonade Cake is the season's best and most requested. I wanted a moist cake with a tender crumb tart with lemonade flavor that was still sweet. The frosting had to be made with butter to capture a good mouthfeel, unlike the grease of a shortening frosting. Do not substitute margarine here, or the flavor and texture will not be the same. I also wanted the frosting to have a good lemonade flavor without tasting "fake," as is often the case with a lot of lemon extract; thus, the lemonade concentrate was used in the frosting. My family and neighbors agree this is the best-tastin ..read more

Soft caramels are my most requested holiday treat. They are tender buttery, with just the right texture when made correctly. I roll them up yearly and put them in the kid's stockings or a string around the tree. For a few years now, I've ordered them from a friend due to health issues, but I can make them again this year, and I'm thrilled! If you've been searching for an old-fashioned caramel recipe that works without fail, this is the one.  My youngest son, Luke, is home from his missionary service this year. He will be here for a few months and then off to college.  My older son ..read more

I don't know about your house, but at my place, the Pumpkin pie and pecan pie are always the top picks for dessert at the Thanksgiving table. What if those pies' flavors could be captured in a fantastic swirl of spiced flavor-like frenzy embodied in a fluffy roll for your dining enjoyment? Breakfast, lunch, dinner, brunch, snack options, and a dessert buffet would be fair game for these babies! Behold, these glory rolls are about to become your family’s most requested “yummy thing” that must always be made for Thanksgiving and every holiday close to it.  This recipe features a meth ..read more

  Looking for a soft, spiced molasses cookie with flavors to instantly transport you back to Grandma's kitchen? This is it. I bake them most often during the holidays, but I love them all year round! I used freshly grated ginger for the most distinct flavor in this recipe, but you may use dry ginger if you'd like. We favor adding a little vanilla to the dough, as it mellows the flavors and marries them. We also love them with a good coating of Raw sugar. Raw sugar is the residue left after sugarcane has been processed to remove molasses and refine the sugar crystals. With a flavor ..read more

  Hello, my darlings! Welcome back to my homemade everything series. I swear I've made everything from Homemade cottage cheese to homemade veggie dogs. Those who have been on this journey with me for the past 15 years of blogging saw a ton of the homemade stuff when I started. Back then, I was a full-time stay-at-home mom with two small children. They are both fully grown adults, and I am happy that we often still make homemade Breakfast cereal.  My two sons are now full-time missionaries (for missionary and college student cooking; see The Missionary Coo ..read more

 Healthy, whole-grain, budget-friendly meals are one of my specialties! This recipe uses Triticale, Red Wheat, White Wheat, Barley, Oat Groats, or Rye interchangeably. If you use all of the grains, it is very colorful and has a more significant nutrition range, but there's no wrong way to make this! I know it will surely be a hit at your dinner. 6 Grain Red Bean Pilaf 1 1/2 cups Whole hard red wheat, white wheat, oat groats, barley, rye, or triticale 3 cups Organic Red Beans, canned, drained 2 Tbsp. Montreal-style Steak Seasoning 3 Tbsp. Garlic, minced Directions: Add 6 cups water to ..read more