All over the country, we are having snow and cold in unexpected places. These ham and cheddar scones are the perfect antidote to this polar vortex. Not only does morning baking warm up my kitchen, but it draws my grumpy, cold kids out of bed with a smile on because they smell something yummy happening…
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Lemon Custard Tarts
Frozen puff pastry is one of the greatest gifts ever given to the home cook. With very little effort, we can include our kids in the making of extremely fancy feeling desserts. I keep some in the freezer almost all the time, especially during the summer when we often have last minute get togethers. When…
Lemon Creme Patissiere
If this sounds too technical for you to attempt with your kids, don’t be fooled! We made this in a class designed for 8-11 year olds, and I would bet most kids within that range can easily make this with light adult supervision. If you aren’t familiar with creme patissiere, it is basically fancy French…
Easy Strawberry Shortcakes
This shortcake recipe takes my super easy 2-ingredient biscuit and adds a little sugar and lemon zest to perk them up. We macerate the strawberries to pull out their juice and make the whole mess syrupy. Let that sit and get juicy while you bake up some fluffy, crispy biscuits, and then get ready for…
Raspberry Hand Pies
Hand pies are one of my favorite things to make in class. They are small enough for each kid to get their own to make and personalize. Often we go into the basics of pie embellishment and students will add some cute decor to the top. They are delicious and usually a crowd favorite. We…
Mini Carrot Cake Muffins
Carrot cake is my favorite cake. There. I said it. My mom makes this incredible carrot cake that she is famous for. Everyone asks for it for their birthday. I won’t tell her secret (yet), but just know it’s the most tender, moist, sweet thing you’ve ever eaten. She often used to come visit me…
Mini Blackberry Scones
These mini scones are the perfect little baking project to make with the kids out of school this week. They are no more difficult than biscuits, but they seem festive and fancy. I love using frozen blackberries for these, as they are much cheaper and the flavor is great. Mini Blackberry Scones Ingredients 3 Tablespoons…
Focaccia Garden
Our farmer’s market is in full swing here in Colorado. It is the first summer I have lived near a large farmer’s market that has seemingly endless varieties of vegetables. It’s satiating my intense FOMO of Weelicious and all her farmer’s market hauls. I love so many things about shopping my local farmer’s market. It’s…
How to Create the Best Preschool Tea Party
Necessary components: a savory component a sweet component tea set herbal tea sugar cream or non-dairy milk Savory Components Tea Sandwiches You can offer an old favorite or take the opportunity to present a new food. Sometimes having things in a new setting can be helpful for acceptance. If it’s a special “tea sandwich”, it…
Gluten Free Dairy Free Lemon Thyme Donuts
This past week, we busted out my daughter’s real porcelain tea set she got from my mom for Christmas. When any of her granddaughters become old enough to play with it responsibly, my mom gives them a beautiful, working tea set. We set it aside after Christmas, and Eloise has been asking daily when we…
Review of Gluten Free Dairy Free Immaculate Chocolate Chunk Cookie Dough
I’m really a bake from scratch kind of girl, but sometimes it’s just a break and bake kind of day. I’ve seen this brand of cookie dough several times, and always wanted to try it. We figured week who knows of COVID is the perfect opportunity! Our local Sprouts carries it, and HEB also has…
Peanut and Almond Powders, Are You Using Them Yet?
Flashback to 2017: the powers that be (the American Academy of Pediatrics) had completely flipped the allergen guidelines on their head. For those of you not in the world of tiny people or nutrition at the time, you may not have realized. Essentially (and I am heavily paraphrasing here) the guidelines went from waiting until…
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