Easy Mini Pizza Recipe For many years, Friday night has always been the night we make pizza. We have hardly tarried from this tradition for as long as I can remember. There is really nothing magical about putting a pizza together once the dough and sauce are ready. This easy mini pizza recipe is about the dough, and the ..read more

Half Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Struggling to incorporate whole wheat into your favorite cookie recipe? Does your family protest, insisting that whole wheat is fine for bread but a no-go for cookies? This half wheat chocolate chip cookie recipe is our solution. By swapping in half of the flour with hard white wheat, you can add a wholesome twist without ..read more

10 Amazing Hot Appetizers Sure to Delight I’m always looking for hot appetizers for my gatherings. Below are 10 amazing hot appetizers by some very talented food creators – sure to delight guests at your next party. Appetizers Need the Ingredients We Expect! It doesn’t matter if I have a recipe box full of hot appetizers. I try to get some fresh ..read more

All Butter Pie Crust Recipe Our all-butter pie crust recipe is a must-have during the holiday season, especially since it’s quick and easy to make! It’s my go-to pie crust recipe for both sweet and savory pies. Whether you’re using a food processor or a mixer with cookie paddles (avoid the wire whisks), this recipe is simple and fast. In ..read more

Soft Gingerbread Cookies | Christmas Baking I was so excited to make these soft gingerbread cookies. I love molasses/ginger cookies of any kind, and developing this recipe reminded me that I have another molasses cookie recipe I need to blog about. But let me share this soft and perfectly chewy gingerbread cookie recipe with you for your Christmas baking! The softness ..read more

Eggnog Thumbprint Cookies | Classic Christmas Cookie These classic thumbprint cookies bring so many memories to my mind. My family has been making these thumbprint cookies for almost 15 years. My mom and I found a little cookie magazine many years ago in the grocery store, and it became our beloved “cookie book”. I think it’s probably the only cookie magazine we’ve ..read more

Perfectly Sneaky Wheat Chocolate Chip Cookies Are you having trouble using whole wheat in your favorite cookie recipe? Maybe your family just doesn’t like whole wheat in their cookies, it works for bread, but please, not in our cookies! In this recipe, we sneak in 1/2 of the flour using hard white wheat, and they’ll never know. Here is a Perfectly Sneaky ..read more

Quarter-Square Triangles the Easy Way Have you struggled to get quilt triangles even and quilt blocks square? Using a few notions, quarter square triangles can be easy to make, and you CAN make a quilt block you’ll be happy with. Let’s learn to make perfect quarter square triangles. Before the tutorial, I’ll start with the tools that make quarter-square triangles ..read more

Fix a Quilt Block with Reverse Applique It was one of those days! Red felt and white fabric. I sprayed the quilt top after stitching the hearts and immediately saw it run. OUCH! I simply couldn’t think of ripping out rows on this quilt, and then remembered the reverse applique technique. It might come in handy for you too! Here’s how to ..read more

How to Make Free Motion Swirls Using a Sewing Machine – Video Tutorial In this post, I’m sharing how to make free-motion swirls using a sewing machine. I was tired of the same old stippling, and stitch-in-the-ditch type quilting. Below is a 5-minute video on how to make free-motion swirls, first with practice, and then on a sewing machine. This is not hard if you practice the free-motion ..read more