Tag: in the kitchen
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Bake Sale Goodies!
Last Wednesday, Kathryn and I made goodies for the GA’s Bake Sale. That evening, the girls went around church selling treats to all the folks there for Wednesday night activities. All proceeds went to the Lottie Moon Offering, and the girls made over $400! The “indoor s’mores” we made require ooey gooey chocolatey goodness… I…
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Super-Secret Oatmeal Cookie Recipe
Homemade oatmeal cookies make every day a little bit better. Fresh out of the oven. Don’t you wish this photo was scratch-n-sniff? It’s impossible to keep these cookies around for long. Even for a photo. But they do make for happy faces, like Ken’s as he enjoys a still-warm cookie with a mug of cold…
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Works for Me: Bar Keepers Friend
As I was busily scrubbing my sink one day this week, I thought, “I have to blog about this.” It was one of those moments that makes me feel a bit crazy — but I’d be willing to be most bloggers have had moments like that, realizing that something really mundane might actually make a…
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Homemade Aprons
A few years ago, Kathryn started wishing for her very own apron. I don’t know where she got the notion; probably from something she was reading. Anyway, for her birthday last year, I made her a little homemade apron, and she was delighted with it. She wears it on every possible occasion–and she’s more enthusiastic…
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The Cook’s Book: My Recipe Binder
Not too long ago, I realized I had a shelf full of cookbooks, but I almost never cracked one open. What do I do with all those unused cookbooks? I decided that a nifty recipe binder would be much more useful; it would feed my need for organization, and would be one necessary step towards…