Have you ever wondered why folks sprinkle deviled eggs with paprika, why anyone even bothers? The taste is always the same: tastes like eggs with bland red stuff on it. Maybe it’s for the color pop. Maybe because tradition is hard to break. Certainly not to enhance the taste. It’s the reason I don’t use …
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Every August, when it’s blazing hot outside in Texas (today: 108° feels like 113°), I start thinking about holiday cooking. What to have, what to try, what to tweak. I’ve had this recipe on my mind for a few weeks now and just as it started feeling like the innards of an oven outside, I …
Y’all remember the Candy Bar Cake Challenge? You saw my hideous concoction… …then I challenged you to send me your not so hideous creation. Two brave readers have accepted my throw-down and submitted their pics. While no one has dared to make the cake in it’s three-layer glory, you guys did make some tasty lookin’ …
I haven’t baked in a while and I was itchin’, ITCHIN’!, to make these Sugar Cookie Bars: I had a hard time keeping Husband away from them long enough for me to get a photo. Recipe: PrintSugar Cookie Bars Ingredients Bars: 3/4 cup butter (1 1/2 sticks), softened to cool room temperature 3/4 cup granulated …
I’m not a big fan of the Egg McMuffin mostly because I think it should taste as yummy as the picture looks, but never does. I’d rather spend my money on things I can’t hack at home, like their delicious hot fries. ~ A gentle reminder: OMT! uses Amazon referral links. When you do your …
I love to eat cake. Doesn’t matter what kind, just GIMME cake! I love to bake cakes. So much cake. One summer was particularly scary in our household. In order to offset the plaguing what-ifs, I announced to Husband that we would now be enjoying The Summer of Cake. We had a new cake every …
Who doesn’t love macaroni and cheese? WHO?! Not too many, that’s who. If you’ve read here for a hot minute, you know I’m a recipe fiddler. It’s a rare moment in the kitchen when I follow a recipe as written. I think it’s because I know what we like and what works for us. Or …
The star here isn’t the cupcakes, but the Strawberry Lemonade Frosting. It met and then decided to exceed my, and all who experienced it, expectations. Witness its strawberry lemonade glory: Take any vanilla cupcake recipe and then get ready to super-charge those badboys. ~ A gentle reminder: OMT! uses Amazon referral links. When you do …
I likey buttermilk. I am fond of plucking a lime from my tree to stuff into my beer. I adore shortbread. Combine all these lovely tastes into Buttermilk Lime Shortbread Bars and you’d think I’d be in heaven. Sometimes you win with a recipe and other times you walk away with a “Note to self: …
Right at this very moment I know you could use a pick-me-up (yes, even, especially, if it’s 7am) and this post certainly won’t help. BUT, you can poke them down your piehole lickety-split with this super easy recipe. I give you: Brownie Chunk Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting. Oh my… Confession #1: I used a …