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  • How To Make Perfect Flaky Pie Crust

    I have been experimenting for years with different pie crust recipes. It feels like I have tried ... read more

    How To Make Perfect Flaky Pie Crust
  • Toasted Coconut & Chocolate Rice Krispie Treat

    Rice Krispie Treats are bumped up to a whole new level when chocolate and toasted coconut is added. ... read more

    Toasted Coconut & Chocolate Rice Krispie Treat
  • Ultimate Homemade Chocolate Cake

    Ultimate Homemade Chocolate Cake is the best chocolate cake you will ever eat! I can't get over how ... read more

    Ultimate Homemade Chocolate Cake
  • Pineapple Coconut Cobbler

    Pineapple Coconut Cobbler will satisfy all of your tropical cravings! The filling has the perfect ... read more

    Pineapple Coconut Cobbler
  • 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

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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Grandma's Super Soft Sugar Cookies recipe is hands down the BEST RECIPE EVER! They are not only delicious, they are very easy to make too and they never spread wen baked. I get asked for the recipe every time I make them. 

Grandma’s Super Soft Sugar Cookies

Grandma’s Super Soft Sugar Cookies, are so soft and chewy with the perfect vanilla flavor and not to mention they are super easy to make. I get asked for this recipe every time I make them. Sugar Cookies are my favorite and these Grandma’s Super Soft Sugar Cookies are my biggest weakness! Growing up my […]

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Brown Butter Pumpkin Cupcakes with Caramel Cream Cheese Frosting is the best recipe ever! These made from scratch cupcakes are super moist and  the caramel cream cheese frosting is out of this world! 

Brown Butter Pumpkin Cupcakes

Brown Butter Pumpkin Cupcakes with Caramel Cream Cheese Frosting has everything you could ever dream of in a cupcake. They are soft, fluffy, and super moist. The brown butter really boosts the flavor. I love the rich pumpkin spice flavor. Seriously, you have not lived until you try one of these cupcakes!

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Loaded Baked Potato Soup is the best soup recipe you will ever find! Not only is is super quick and easy to make, it loaded with flavor. My family loves the smoky bacon and green onions throughout the soup. This soup is the ultimate comfort food and makes the perfect dinner any night of the week!

Loaded Baked Potato Soup

This Loaded Baked Potato Soup will rock your world! Just like the name says, it is loaded with flavor. It tastes just like a velvety soft baked potato with all the fixings. The soup is smooth and creamy with delicious chunks of potato, bacon, and green onions. The smooth, cheesy texture will leave your mouth watering […]

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Homemade Applesauce is so easy and delicious, you will never buy it from the store again! Just a few minutes on the stovetop and walla, you have the best applesauce EVER! My family loves this recipe and I plan on making it over and over again.

Homemade Apple Sauce

Homemade Apple Sauce is one of the best ways to enjoy apples! The difference between homemade applesauce and store bought applesauce is like night and day. This recipe makes the best applesauce you will ever taste! The fresh apple flavor is very vibrant combined with the perfect touch of cinnamon.

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Pumpkin Pie Bars are the absolute best! The graham cracker crust is amazing with the velvety smooth pumpkin filling. I love how simple and easy these bars are to make. I always get asked for the recipe when ever I make them.

Pumpkin Pie Bars

  These Pumpkin Pie Bars are the absolute best! I love how velvety smooth and creamy they are. The graham cracker crust has a rich flavor and really makes the pumpkin flavor pop. This recipe is as easy as it gets to make!

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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins are the best! They are super moist and fluffy. I can't get over the amazing pumpkin and chocolate flavor. They are very easy to make which makes them even better!

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins are all that you could possibly want and more. They are soft and fluffy with the perfect pumpkin spice to make you keep reaching for another.

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Pumpkin Cranberry Cookies with Orange Glaze are all the best holiday flavors combined into one amazing cookie! This cookie has all the delicious fall flavors we all love ! This is my new favorite holiday cookie recipe!

Pumpkin Cranberry Cookies with Orange Glaze

Pumpkin Cranberry Cookies with Orange Glaze all of the best holiday flavors wrapped into one recipe. The pumpkin and cranberries might sound weird, but trust me, once you try them you will be hooked. The orange glaze on top acts like the cookies wing man by rounding out the flavors and make them pop. It […]

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Pizza Stuffed Snake- This easy to follow recipe and tutorial is my boys favorite! You can customize it with your favorite pizza toppings. My kids love to help paint the snake. You will be shocked how simple the food coloring paint is to make. This snake is a great main dish to serve at a Halloween party, birthday party, or Harry Potter party. Serve it with a side of blood a.k.a marinara sauce for a huge party hit!

Pizza Stuffed Snake

If I want to hear my kids shout for joy at dinner time, I only have to say two words: Pizza Snake!  They love everything about making and eating this pizza snake. Their favorite part aside from eating it is to paint the snake. I give each kid a paint brush and a small bowl with the […]

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If you are like me and can never have enough pumpkin recipes, than you are going to love these cookies! These Oatmeal Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies are soft, chewy and absolutely divine! They are super easy to make too.

Oatmeal Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Well, I have switched things up a little with our traditional pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. When I was at the store the other day, I saw the Nestle Toll House Pumpkin Spice Morsels and I knew I had to buy them to see what I could come up with.

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You can throw all your other dessert recipes out, because this Apple Pie Cream Bars recipe it all you need! You can enjoy this dessert in the summer, fall, or any other time of the year. The filling only calls for three ingredients. Can you guess what they are?

Apple Pie Cream Bars

  These Apple Pie Cream Bars remind me of when I was little and would sit on the back porch eating a slice of my mom’s hot apple pie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top. Mmmm, it was heavenly! I guess you could say these bars are like a apple pie a la […]

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Best Ever Vanilla Pudding

Best Ever Vanilla Pudding is the best vanilla pudding I have ever had! Not only is it yummy, it was super easy to make! You can top this pudding with fresh fruit or eat it plain. Either way you eat it, I know you are going to smile when you eat it!

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Classic Meatloaf

Meatloaf is one of those meals that reminds me of my home growing up.I have always loved my mom’s meatloaf! Of course she doesn’t measure anything. She just goes off of the texture and the smell. I can’t share her recipe with you, because there aren’t any measurments. So I did the next best thing. I combined a few […]

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Homemade Caramel. All the other homemade caramel recipes do not compare to this one! It is soft, but not too sticky. You will not find a richer or creamier caramel than this one! They make great diy gifts for neighbors. Everybody always asks for the recipe.

Soft Homemade Caramels

Soft Homemade Caramels are rich and creamy and practically melts in your mouth. This tried and true recipe is definitely one you want to hang onto.

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21 Thanksgiving Dinner Recipes. This is a compilation of the best tried and true thanksgiving dinner recipes out there. Not only is there a step by step tutorial on how to brine a turkey, you will also find crockpot recipes, pumpkin recipes, thanksgiving desserts, and more. It is basically a list of all the thanksgiving recipes you will need for thanksgiving!

21 Thanksgiving Dinner Recipes

  I wanted to make Thanksgiving dinner a little less stressful for you. So I have compiled 21  recipes you could use this Thanksgiving. These are some of my favorite tried and true recipes. I hope you enjoy them as much as my family and I have. Have a fabulous Thanksgiving! I will be taking the […]

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Pumpkin Spice Caramels are a rich, soft and chewy caramel with the perfect with the pop of pumpkin spice. These highly addicting caramels seem to melt in your mouth. You don't want to miss out on this easy to follow recipe.

Pumpkin Spice Caramels

  Pumpkin Spice Caramels and Fall go together like peanut butter and jelly, cookies, and cream, or even mac and cheese. I think you know what I mean. Fall just isn’t the same without some Pumpkin Spice Caramels!

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Marbled Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake is a perfectly spiced pumpkin pie cheesecake with swirls of creamy new york cheesecake. As if that wasn't good enough, the gingersnap crust takes this cheesecake to a whole new level. The recipe is easy to follow and makes the perfect fall dessert!

Marbled Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake

Marbled Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake is a cross between pumpkin pie and cheesecake. This cheesecake is smooth and creamy with the perfect warm pumpkin flavor marbled through out. The gingersnap crust has the perfect amount of spice to kick this cheesecake up a notch. There is no doubt about it, this Marbled Pumpkin Pi Cheesecake is […]

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One of my favorite things about fall is when I get to swap out my regular home décor for my Halloween decorations. I love Halloween and these Spell and Potion Books look perfect with all my other decorations. Check my tips and tricks for these books. I just know you are going to love this Halloween craft!

Spell and Potion Books

Last year I saw these spell and potion books on Pinterest. I found the tutorial on betterafter.net. I was so excited to make them  that I invited my neighbors over to make some with me.

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The Best Homemade Caramel Apples put the over priced gourmet caramel apples to shame. The silky smooth caramel has a deep rich flavor that tastes like they were professionally made. You are going to be surprised at how easy these apples are to make.

The Best Homemade Caramel Apples

The Best Homemade Caramel Apples recipe is the only recipe you will ever need! The caramel is soft and smooth with a rich deep flavor. Don’t pay a fortune on the over priced caramel apples when you can make your own at home for a lot less.

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Pumpkin Brownies are the perfect combination of chocolate and pumpkin. They are moist and so easy to make. This homemade brownie recipe is a keeper for sure!

Pumpkin Brownies

I thought you might want to start the fall season off right with some moist mouth watering Pumpkin Brownies. I know there are a lot or pumpkin recipes out there. But this recipe for Pumpkin Brownies is one that you don’t want to miss out on.

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Creamy Chicken Gravy and Biscuits

This recipe is a delicious twist on the classic biscuits and gravy. I love a good chicken pot pie but wanted a quicker version. The homemade biscuits in this recipe are amazing.  If you haven’t already tried the easy homemade biscuits recipe I shared a few weeks ago, you are in for a real treat! […]

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Key Lime Pie Cookies

  Boy, I have a real treat for you all today!

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Lemon Blueberry Cookies with Lemon Poppy Seed Glaze are the best cookies you will ever taste! They are so refreshing and bursting with flavor. Every time I make these cookies they are gone within minutes. They are soft, chewy, and so easy to make. This recipe rocks!

Lemon Blueberry Cookies with Lemon Poppy Seed Glaze

Out of all the cookie recipes that I have come up with, these Lemon Blueberry Cookies with Lemon Poppy Seed Glaze are on the top of my favorite list! I LOVE anything with lemon in it. Lemon recipes always do really well on my site. The lemon recipes are always some of the top viewed recipes. Lemon and blueberry is […]

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Crockpot Beef And Broccoli

I have made this recipe twice in the past few months. Trust me, it is that good! I love that I can throw all the ingredients in the crockpot and then forget about it until dinner time. Life gets so crazy around my house sometimes that if I don’t have something all ready prepared, we […]

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5 Ingredient Pumpkin Cookies

Pumpkin cookies and fall are a match made in heaven! I love pumpkin cookies and the more chocolate chips the better! But I always hated making them. Maybe I am wrong, but it always seemed like it took a million and a half ingredients to make them and then it made so many that I […]

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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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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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