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  • Pumpkin Chocolate Cobbler

      Pumpkin Chocolate Cobbler is heaven in a dish! It tastes a lot like a hot pumpkin ... read more

    Pumpkin Chocolate Cobbler
  • Homemade Coconut Cream Pie

    Homemade Coconut Cream Pie is one of the best recipes out there for pie! The made from scratch ... read more

    Homemade Coconut Cream Pie
  • Strawberry Rhubarb Pie

    Pie, Recipe, Dessert Strawberry Rhubarb Pie is my Dad's favorite pie! When I want to be bumped up ... read more

    Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
  • How to Make Your Own Pumpkin Pie Spice

    I just discovered that I prefer to make my own pumpkin pie spice. I haven't loved the store blends ... read more

    How to Make Your Own Pumpkin Pie Spice
  • Old Fashioned Pumpkin Pie

    Old Fashioned Pumpkin Pie is what makes Thanksgiving dinner complete! This pie tastes just like ... read more

    Old Fashioned Pumpkin Pie

Fresh Strawberry Pie

Fresh Strawberry Pie is the best way to enjoy strawberry season. The sweet and refreshing strawberries are piled high in a rich flaky pie crust and then topped with light and fluffy homemade whipped cream. Whenever I make this pie, I always take a slice to my dad. He loves fresh strawberry pie.  I can remember as […]

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Honey Wheat Molasses Bread tastes just like the bread served at Outback Steakhouse and The Cheesecake Factory. This copycat recipe is simple and easy to follow. Trust me, you don't want to miss out on this homemade bread! 

Honey Wheat Molasses Bread

Honey Wheat Molasses Bread tastes just like the bread served at Outback Steakhouse and The Cheesecake Factory. This bread is soft and fluffy with an addicting mildly sweet flavor. Now you can enjoy this famous restaurant bread at home! Bread making has always been a passion of mine. Nothing beats a loaf of homemade bread. I […]

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Taco Lasagna is a quick and easy family friendly recipe. If you love Mexican food, you will love the layers of noodles, ground beef, beans, cheese and more. This recipe is going to rock your world!

Taco Lasagna

Taco Lasagna is a combination of two of my favorite cuisines; Mexican and Italian rolled into one. The layers of lasagna noodles, taco meat, beans, and of course cheese makes this dish an easy family-friendly meal that everybody will love!

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Fresh Cherry Cobbler is the best cobbler EVER! This recipe is easy to make and tastes just like the old fashioned cherry cobbler your grandma use to make. The made from scratch cherry filling tastes a hundred times better than any can filling!

Fresh Cherry Cobbler

This Fresh Cherry Cobbler is over the top amazing! It is bursting with fresh cherry goodness. The topping has a cakey center with a slightly crisp and sugary top. This cobbler tastes just like the old fashioned cherry cobbler your grandma use to make. Believe me,  it’s  life changing!

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Creamy Ranch Pasta Salad is the best pasta salad! My family always requests this salad for family parties. I love the ranch dressing, it is by far the best I have ever tasted. And, it's a great way to get your kids to eat more veggies.

Creamy Ranch Pasta Salad

  This Creamy Ranch Pasta Salad is a quick and easy salad that is always a hit at the parties! Ranch dressing always seems to make everything better and the homemade ranch dressing in this salad is no exception. The creamy ranch dressing, cheese cubes, ham, and all the yummy veggies make this salad unforgettable!

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These Oatmeal Raisin Cookies are the BEST EVER! They are super soft and chewy, and the flavor is out of this world! This recipe is quick, easy, and makes the perfect oatmeal raisin cookies every time. My family devoured them, even my picky eater loved them.

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

These Oatmeal Raisin Cookies are hands down the best that I have ever had! Each cookie is packed with so much flavor that you will be hooked after the first bite. These cookies are soft and fluffy and have the perfect chewy texture. This recipe is one that you will want to hang onto. I promise you won’t find […]

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Blueberry Streusel Muffins are the best muffins you will ever taste! They are soft, fluffy, and practically melt in your mouth. I love how quick and easy they are to make. You won't find an easier muffin recipe! Serve these muffins for breakfast, brunch, or just because you can't stop thinking about them!

Blueberry Streusel Muffins

These Blueberry Streusel Muffins are soft and fluffy. They practically melt in your mouth. The vibrant blueberry flavor pops in your mouth instantly. The muffins are rounded out perfectly with the streusel topping. I tweaked four different batches of muffins before I was able to get the texture and flavor just right. They look and taste […]

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Best Ever Crock Pot Beef Stew-This beef stew recipe is easy to follow and is the best slow cooker stew I have ever had! The beef is so tender they practically melt in your mouth. The sauce has a smooth gravy-like consistency that's bursting with flavor. This is one of my favorite crock pot meals!

Best Ever Crock Pot Beef Stew

Best Ever Crock Pot Beef Stew is full of flavor and is perfect for a cold night or even a warm night. There is only a little bit of prep work to make the stew. The rest of the time it just simmers in the crock pot. Your home will be filled with a rich aroma […]

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Homemade Butterscotch Pudding. Don't even think about buying a box pudding mix! This pudding recipe will blow any box mix out of the water and it's so easy anybody can make it. Top it with some whipped cream and sprinkle some English Toffee over it and you have the best pudding ever!

Butterscotch Pudding

This Homemade Butterscotch Pudding is silky smooth and irresistibly delicious. When you top it with some whipped cream and sprinkle some English toffee on top, it impossible to stay away from.

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Crock Pot Herb Pork Loin-I am always looking for good slow cooker recipes to try. I love how easy it is to throw everything in the crock pot and forget about it until dinner time. I didn't have any problems getting my family to eat this pork loin. They all loved it. Even the little kids. I will be making this again really soon!

Crock Pot Herb Pork Loin

  Crock Pot Herb Pork Loin, is not only jammed packed with flavor it will save a lot of time in the kitchen. The kids are officially out of school which means my summer is here. Our summer is already packed with events and I am finding that I have a hard time fitting dinner prep into our […]

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Patriotic Pie Bars are a yummy twist on one of my favorite go-to recipes. They are the perfect treat for your 4th of July party or summer barbecue! Whenever I take them to a party I never have leftovers and always get asked for the recipe.

Patriotic Pie Bars

  These Patriotic Pie Bars are a delicious spin to one of my favorite go-to treats, Cherry Kuchen Bars. If you haven’t ever tried them, you are really missing out! You can’t go wrong with a rich buttery crust layered with a sweet cherry pie filling and then drizzled with a cream cheese glaze. 

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French Silk Angel Food Cake. This is one of the best cakes you will ever make in your kitchen. It tastes like you are eating a light and fluffy chocolate cloud. It is super easy to make too! The other recipes don't even come close to this one. I always get asked for the recipe.

French Silk Angel Food Cake

You need to stop what you are doing right now and make this French Silk Angel Food Cake! It is life changing! It’s smooth, creamy, and is as light and fluffy as a cloud. It truly is Heavenly!

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Frosted Raspberry Lemonade is so creamy and refreshing! You only need three ingredients to make this mouthwatering drink. It's not just a summer drink, it can be enjoyed all year long. It's seriously the best drink ever!

Frosted Raspberry Lemonade

Frosted Raspberry Lemonade is the best drink ever! It is so refreshing. You only need three ingredients to make this mouthwatering drink. It so so easy to make, you could make it with your eyes closed.

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Homemade Apple Pie

Homemade Apple Pie is the best apple pie you will ever taste! Everything about this pie is amazing, from the made from scratch flaky crust, and vibrant apple filling, to the sweet glaze drizzled on top of the pie before it is baked. You won’t find a better apple pie recipe than this one! Nothing beats […]

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Homemade French Vanilla Ice Cream-This recipe is as fast and easy as they come. With an ice cream maker, you can eat your ice cream within 20 minutes. I love how smooth and creamy this ice cream is. It has the perfect rich French vanilla flavor. Another great thing about this recipe is that it doesn't have any eggs. This ice cream will rock your world!

Homemade French Vanilla Ice Cream

I come from a long line of ice cream lovers. When I was little and my family and I would go visit my great grandma, she always offered us some ice cream. She always had Maple Nut and she served it in cake cones. I use to sit and anxiously await for her to offer us some […]

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S’more Rice Krispie Treats

S’mores, Recipe, Dessert Summer and s’mores seem to go hand in hand. As much as I hate the big mess my kids make with s’mores, it seems like I would be depriving them of a critical childhood experience if I didn’t let them make the gooey mess. Every time we are up in the mountains […]

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Homemade Chocolate Pudding

Chocolate, Pudding, Recipe Of course when you have a amazing vanilla pudding recipe, you have to have a fabulous chocolate pudding recipe as well. I just added an unsweetened chocolate bar to the vanilla pudding recipe and walla, this recipe was born.

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Norma’s Famous Potato Salad. My mom use to make this salad for every family get together when I was little. There was never any leftovers because she is famous for her potato salad. I have tried other recipes, but I always come back to this one. It is a great salad to serve at your summer barbecues.

Norma’s Famous Potato Salad

  While growing up, when we had a  extended family party, my mom would always make her famous potato salad. Very seldom did we come home from the party with leftover potato salad. If we were lucky, my mom would make this potato salad for us when my dad would barbecue for dinner.

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Elegant Lemon Roll

My mom loves any food with a lemon flavor. So when I made this cake for the first time, I knew that if I shared some with her, it would quickly shoot me to top of the list on her favorite child list! This cake is so moist and oh so delicious! It would be perfect for a […]

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Watermelon Lemonade

It is so hot outside right now! On days like today, one of the only things that helps beat the heat is a cool refreshing drink. Wouldn’t it be even better if that drink was not only refreshing but it was also healthy? Well guess what, I have the drink for you. I developed this […]

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Crock Pot Baked Beans

I got the original recipe from a friend who got it from her sister that lives in Mexico. I love these beans! The recipe makes a lot but I was told by my friend that it is better to cook 4 cups of beans because it has more flavor. One of the great things about […]

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Tuscan Pasta Salad

Summer is officially almost here. At our house that means lots of barbecues, picnics, and camping trips. Generally along with the summer parties comes an assignment to bring a pot luck item, right? Don’t stress, I got you covered. When I take this salad to a pot luck, I always have people asking me for […]

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M and M Cookies

  If I have a choice between a regular chocolate chip cookie and a M&M cookie, I will always go with the M&M cookies. Think about it, it’s a cookie and candy in one. Why wouldn’t you pick the M&M’s?

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Easy Flaky Gluten-Free Pie Crust

Easy Flaky Gluten-Free Pie Crust is simply magical. You shouldn’t let gluten stop you from enjoying a rich flaky pie crust. This quick and easy recipe will renew your faith in gluten-free recipes!

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Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting

Pumpkin Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting are my new favorite cookie. These cookies are what pumpkin is all about! The super soft Pumpkin cookies is the perfect match for the silky smooth cream cheese frosting.  Autumn just isn’t the same without these cookies!  

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Ham and Egg Salad Sandwich

Ham and Egg Salad Breakfast Sandwich is best way to start your day! This sandwich is loaded with hickory smoked ham, hard boiled eggs, and cheddar cheese. It’s the perfect sandwich for breakfast, brunch, lunch, or dinner.

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Simple Creamy Cheeseburger Soup

Simple Creamy Cheeseburger Soup is a soup that the whole family will love! It’s the classic all-American cheeseburger in soup form. This simple recipe is fool-proof and easy to follow so you will have more time to spend with your family outside of the kitchen.

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Easy Homemade Dinner Rolls

Easy Homemade Rolls are soft and fluffy. The smell that will fill your home as these rolls bake is amazing. There is no reason to be intimidated by bread making because this recipe is as easy as they get.

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Brown Butter Pumpkin Snickerdoodles

Brown Butter Pumpkin Snickerdoodles will make your taste buds sing! These soft and chewy cookies are the best of snickerdoodles and pumpkin cookies wrapped into one.

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Perfect Gluten-Free Sugar Cookies are so soft and chewy. The texture is unlike any other gluten-free sugar cookie recipe. These cookies are easy to make and the rich, buttery flavor is astounding! 

Perfect Gluten-Free Sugar Cookies

Perfect Gluten-Free Sugar Cookies are so soft and chewy. The texture is unlike any other gluten-free sugar cookie recipe. These cookies are simple to make and the rich buttery flavor is astounding!

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Peanut Butter Cookies are the best cookies ever! The peanut butter really shines in these soft and chewy cookies. This recipe is so easy anybody can make them and they will stay soft for days. 

Peanut Butter Cookies

Peanut Butter Cookies are an all American classic and this recipe hits the nail right on the head. The peanut butter really shines in these soft and chewy cookies. This is a recipe you don’t want to miss.

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Quick and Easy Homemade French Bread

Quick and Easy Homemade French Bread tastes better than any bakery bread. This recipe produces a soft and chewy bread that is the perfect addition to any meal.

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Easy Sweet Buttermilk Cornbread tastes just like Southern cornbread. The moist, tender texture and buttery sweet flavor makes this the BEST cornbread recipe ever! This homemade cornbread is just as easy to make as a box mix. 

Easy Sweet Buttermilk Cornbread

Easy Sweet Buttermilk Cornbread with it’s moist and tender texture, buttery sweet flavor and slightly crisp edges, it’s no wonder we never have leftovers.

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