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Homestead Series How To Make Biscuits

May 122010

In my last cooking video I showed how to make your own baking mix. This you can substitute for any recipe calling for Bisquick. Today I’ll show you my favorite way to make biscuits! I have another recipe, my Grandmothers biscuit recipe. I love it also, but dh thinks these are better. Print How To [...]

My OAMC Plan

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Jan 302010

I decided to join Crystal at Money Saving Mom and FishMomma at Life as Mom in the freezer cooking day. Although in my case I’m spreading it out over a few days. I find with many young little ones it’s much easier to spread the work out this way. I actually started a few days [...]

Our Baking For Today

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Oct 012009

We had lots of baking fun today! I remembered to grab a few pics to. With the exception of coring the baked apples and peeling the apples for the pie, the girls did most of the work themselves. They are so proud of themselves to! The pie came out GREAT to. We made two and [...]

Chewy Brownie Recipe

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Feb 122009

Chewy Brownies 12 TBS unsweetened Coco 3/4′s cup butter 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 1/4 cups sugar 1/4 tsp salt 2 eggs 1/2 flour Place butter and coco in a heavy sauce pan and melt over low heat. Stirring constantly until melted and smooth. Take off heat and allow to cool for a few minutes. [...]

Peanut Butter Cookies

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Dec 072007

Print Peanut Butter Cookies Rating: 51 Prep Time: 5 minutesCook Time: 10 minutesTotal Time: 15 minutes Ingredients1 cup peanut butter 1 cup butter 1 cup sugar 1 cup brown sugar 2 eggs 2 tsp vanilla 2 1/2 cups flour 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp soda 1/2 tsp saltInstructionsCream butter and white and brown sugars. [...]

Ginger Bread

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Dec 072007

Our favorite ginger bread. Print Ginger Bread Rating: 51 Prep Time: 10 minutesCook Time: 45 minutesTotal Time: 55 minutes Ingredients1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup butter 1 egg 1 cup molasses 2 1/2 cups flour 1 1/2 tsp soda 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp ginger 1 cup water 1 cup raisinsInstructionsPlace raisins in [...]

Biscuits

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Dec 072007

Yummy Traditional Biscuits Print Biscuits Rating: 51 Prep Time: 10 minutesCook Time: 12 minutesTotal Time: 22 minutes Ingredients1 3/4 cup flour 4 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 5 tbs butter 2/3 cup milkInstructionsCombine flour, baking powder, salt. Then add in butter, mix well. Add milk and mix until dough sticks together. Kneed on a [...]

Basic White Bread

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May 152006

There is nothing like warm fresh bread and it’s so easy to make! This is my basic white bread recipe. I recommend practicing making white bread a few times, then moving on to whole wheat bread. White bread rises easily and enjoyed by family members who might not like the heavier taste of whole wheat [...]