Crafting a Handmade Home
Save time in the kitchen with this easy Pumpkin Bread Recipe for the bread machine! This recipe originally appeared on The Birch Cottage blog on September 18, 2017. I was trying to think of a “dessert” to have for our picky-eater son’s birthday dinner, besides our usual Banana Split Cake, when I decided to give this Pumpkin Bread recipe for the bread machine a try.
These cranberry, walnut, white chocolate chip zucchini muffins are sure to be a family favorite and a great way to use up all that zucchini from your garden. Growing Zucchini I am growing zucchini in my backyard garden for the first time in 30 years. Like a lot of you, I took my backyard gardening efforts a little more seriously this year. It’s crazy how
Next time you have a craving for English Muffins, you might want to try to make homemade English Muffins – they’re easier to make than you might think! There really aren’t a lot of fast food foods that I truly crave. Of course, let a pandemic interrupt your life and suddenly I’m craving a Sausage McMuffin® from McDonald’s. So, I did what I always do
This Garlic Parmesan Sourdough Bread is not only full of nooks and crannies that you love so much in sourdough bread, but aromatic and oh so flavorful! Truth be told, I was introduced to homemade sourdough bread over 30 years ago. I got the starter from my next door neighbor. At first, I didn’t know what to do with it. Then I found a recipe
These Low Carb and Keto Flax Muffins with Walnuts are perfect for on the go snacks, with your morning cup of coffee or anytime you want a satisfying treat. These Flax Muffins with Walnuts are my husband’s favorite low carb treat. I make up a batch or two and have them on hand for him to eat anytime. I think the addition of the walnuts
Biscuits made with baking powder and butter are pure comfort food and making Stand Mixer Biscuits just gives you reason to make biscuits more often! Ever since I won my KitchenAid® Stand Mixer (thank you KitchenAid!!), I’ve been baking up a storm. I’ve made these easy Stand Mixer Biscuits no less than twice a week for the past several weeks. There are purist biscuit bakers
These super soft, yet dense parker house rolls are topped with melted butter and sea salt. They are amazing dinner rolls and perfect for pulled pork! This Parker House Rolls with Sea Salt recipe is one of the very first recipes I ever shared here on The Birch Cottage blog. It’s been long overdue for an update! My family loves these Parker House Rolls! And
Learn how to make Snickerdoodle Cupcakes. Your favorite Snickerdoodle Cookie in a cupcake form is sure to be a new family favorite! Our son’s favorite cookies are Snickerdoodles. When we found out he was coming home from college Easter weekend, I wanted to make him a special treat. However, I had recently made him some snickerdoodle cookies and taken them to him at school, so
These soft, vanilla infused keto strawberry muffins are not only low carb but amazingly delicious, too! Keto Strawberry Muffins are perfect for breakfast or anytime! Your family will love them. My husband’s favorite low carb muffins are Flax Muffins or Flax Muffins with Walnuts, but he’ll settle for just the Flax Muffins. He just loves the texture that the flax adds to the muffins. I
These super soft, moist and decadent Dark Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting are decadent, smooth and just plain amazing! So, for Valentine’s Day this year, I wanted to make my husband a special treat. He is absolutely crazy about peanut butter, so I thought I’d try to make my favorite decadent chocolate cupcakes and top them with this creamy peanut butter buttercream frosting. You
Snickerdoodle cookies are soft, buttery, slightly chewy cookies that are covered in cinnamon sugar. But, the secret to perfect snickerdoodles is using chilled dough. I’ve shared several times now that Snickerdoodle Cookies are some of my family’s favorite cookies. They’re actually our son Owen’s favorite cookies. In fact, we just recently took a little road trip up to Baldwin Wallace University to visit him and,
These low carb and keto dark chocolate muffins are moist and sure to satisfy chocolate cravings and any sweet tooth. My husband is determined to be healthier by eating healthier. To him, eating healthier means eating low carb. He loves meat, protein, eggs, cheese, brussel sprouts and most things low carb. But, he also has an insatiable sweet tooth. So, I’ve been on a little
