Have you been looking for the elusive perfect oatmeal cookie recipe? I have the recipe you’ve been searching for – and I’m gonna share it with you! Witness why I can’t get enough of fresh from the oven, warm oatmeal cookies, specifically: these perfect oatmeal cookies with dried apricots. Holy smokes, can I get an […]
How To Pour Honey Like a Pro
January 7, 2019 By 2 Comments
I love me some honey. You? I use it in glazes, baking and every morning in my coffee. I buy large quantities at a time (Always local – to help with my ever-growing list of allergies. I would link the honey I use and love, but truly to get the most outta your honey BUY […]
These Dream Bars Will be Your New Addiction
November 26, 2018 By 10 Comments
Dream Bars are everything you dream about in a bar: balanced sweetness with a flaky crust and a filling that makes you immediately realize these will be your new addiction! I have been making these Dream Bars since I was a kid. The recipe was handed down to me from The German; I have no […]
How To Hack A Boxed Cake (Again!) Mix Like Your Favorite Baker
November 19, 2018 By 7 Comments
I love a good hack, kitchen or life, it doesn’t matter. ♫ Hit me with your best hack…fire awaaaaaay! ♫ Apologies to Pat Benatar. Love ya! The original hack involved a boxed cake mix and added ingredients not included in the box instructions. A hack that I’m pretty sure I miswrote on a sticky note […]
How To Hack A Boxed Cake Mix Like Your Favorite Baker
November 12, 2018 By 18 Comments
I’m a sucker for a great hack – especially – if it involves CAKE! My desk is filled with scraps of paper with hastily written hacking notes, and as I was cleaning off said desk, I found a blue stick-it note that simple had this written on it: Whole milk = H2O 1-2 more eggs […]
When You Need a Sweet Snack – Froot Loops Treats
October 15, 2018 By 5 Comments
OMT! is a recipe tinkerer. I tinker – then, post results, pics and recipe. I tell ya who liked it and who didn’t! After all my tinkering shenanigans, you get to decide if it’s a NAILED IT! or FAILED IT! Today’s NAILED IT (for me) is a twist on the Rice Krispie Treat. BACKSTORY: Sweet […]
The Best Pear Butter You’ll Ever Make
October 8, 2018 By 25 Comments
The best pear butter you’ll ever make?! Since, I’ve never made it before, this recipe is the best I’ve ever made! I’m gonna bet it will be for you, too. I’m always on the hunt for delicious and nutritious fun foods for Sweet E. Apple Butter is one of his all-time favs. He eats it […]
How To Add Fun Flavors to The Best Cake Filling
September 10, 2018 By 15 Comments
A few years back, I found a scribbled recipe for cake-filling. No surprise there, as I lurv cake and everything that fills it. The paper was a bit worn and as I looked at the ingredients I thought, “Why not?” I proceeded to whip up a batch of the now FAMOUS cake-filling and the rest […]
How To Get Your Berry Smoothie On
August 13, 2018 By 11 Comments
This smoothie is berry delicious. Not to mention punny. Not to mention a nutritional powerhouse. First: let’s talk about the giant green spot in the pic – let’s just get it over with, shall we?! GAA! I was in a hurry (per usual), and it wasn’t until I went to edit the pic that I […]
How To Make a Tipsy Float
July 23, 2018 By Leave a Comment
Perks come with adulthood, right? One of those perks is enjoying a tipsy float. It’s what grandma drinks, yo! Tipsy floats are summer cool. They’re easy to make (you really can’t screw it up), perfect for pool parties, cookouts, 4th of July, Christmas (what?!) or ~your idea here~. Gaze upon this tipsy fizzy float and […]
