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Lemon Blueberry Sheet Cake

This Lemon blueberry sheet cake is an indulgent treat. One to make when you have many to enjoy it. It's full of eggs, butter and sugar. All the tasty things, no? It's a great recipe to brighten the cold days of January. Lemon Blueberry Sheet Cake Ingredients: 3 cups all-purpose flour 2 tsp baking powder… Continue reading Lemon Blueberry Sheet Cake

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Gingerbread Latte Syrup

Often people think of gingerbread as a "holiday" flavor, but to me gingerbread is about winter. One can only drink so many peppermint mochas I feel before you start asking yourself if you are drinking toothpaste. Making your own latte syrups from scratch isn't hard, and the highlight is they contain no preservatives. A name… Continue reading Gingerbread Latte Syrup

Homeschooling · Recipes

Roasted Egyptian Potatoes with Onions and Peppers – Homeschooling Project

Our youngest is in 6th grade, and his homeschooling curriculum includes a social studies book where, with each chapter, he covers a new region. In each region, he has choices of further studying of that country. It often includes where the student researches and makes a meal from the region. We went to the library… Continue reading Roasted Egyptian Potatoes with Onions and Peppers – Homeschooling Project

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Easy Thumbprint Cookies

This recipe pulls together quickly, and is a true pantry recipe, using items you should have on hand most times. Ans no eggs either! For the jam, I suggest a seedless, and thick one for best results. It's a nice rich cookie, that are more like shortbread, yet soft to bite into. A real mini… Continue reading Easy Thumbprint Cookies

Homesteading · Recipes · Reviews

Great Depression Era Recipes: My Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook

I know as a child I saw the original book of My Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook (and it was an antique by then): My Mom had friends who were off-grid homesteaders who lived up in the foothills. Living their best early 80's hippy lifestyle. She was also friends with elder ladies who had vast… Continue reading Great Depression Era Recipes: My Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook