Crafting a Handmade Home
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
These Chocolate Caramel Pecan Pretzel Bites are easy to make, absolutely tasty and the perfect blend of sweet and salty. Make them for all your gatherings! Chocolate Caramel Pecan Pretzel Bites are my twist on a recipe for Chocolate Caramel Pretzel Bites that Kelly from Typically Simple shared last November on Kenarry: Ideas for the Home. I couldn’t believe how crazy simple this recipe was.
Make a small batch of cupcakes from a box of cake mix. Follow this simple recipe to make six cupcakes. You can even store the rest for later. How many times have you thought about making cupcakes, but really didn’t want to make two dozen cupcakes? And what if you really don’t want to have 24 cupcakes sitting around taunting you and tempting you? I’ve got just
Seven flour facts so you can bake better bread. In other words, these are seven facts about flour that I think will help you to select the right flour for your baking application and, ultimately, so you can bake better bread! Isn’t that what we all want? I’ve been planning to share some of my favorite bread machine recipes with you, but I thought that maybe
These Chocolate Chunk Muffins are not just a healthy alternative to chocolate muffins, but they taste amazing and are oh so decadent! I first started making these muffins a couple of years ago when I was looking for a healthier dessert options. My husband has an insatiable sweet tooth and any time I can make him a sweet dessert that’s also not loaded with sugar,
This English Muffin Bread Recipe for the bread machine has turned into a family favorite bread machine recipe. I previously shared this recipe on the blog when I talked about 5 reasons you need a bread machine. But, this bread recipe has turned into such a favorite, that I didn’t want you to miss it, so I’m promoting it to a blog post all its
