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Daisy Mini Cupcakes

Tutorial for decorating miniature daisy cupcakes

Abbie has used this simple technique to decorate mini cupcakes three times in the past few weeks – for a church function, a birthday party and for Easter dinner. Each time she has delighted the guests. Wait until you see how easy they are! We got the original idea from the book What’s New Cupcake (a book filled with crazy adorable ideas for cupcakes) and modified it to make our Daisy Mini Cupcakes. Daisy Mini Cupcakes Ingredients frosted mini cupcakes miniature marshmallows colored sugar skittles Directions 1. Cut marshmallows in half diagonally. Each marshmallow will make two petals. 2. Dip […] Read more »

Ham ‘n’ Egg Cupcakes

By Abbie and Mrs. Brown · 6 Comments

This post is by Mrs. Brown, aka Patti, who is also Abbie’s mama (one of my favorite jobs!) This post contains affiliate links, which means that if you click a link and buy something, we might get a little bit, at no cost to you. Thank you! It probably goes without saying that Abbie and I love to cook. Even on days when we are all in a hurry, a good hour gets spent in the kitchen, making food and cleaning up. We mostly eat at home and we like to eat well. We both love to concoct our own […] Read more »

Irish Soda Muffins

By Abbie and Mrs. Brown · 2 Comments

When my oldest was a toddler, I came across a recipe for Irish Soda Muffins. In those busy and tiring days of early motherhood I was thrilled to find a recipe that was so easy to pull together but that still felt celebratory. For years the only special food I cooked for St. Patrick’s Day was these muffins. We still enjoy them! They make a great breakfast with eggs on the side. – Mrs. Brown These muffins are really good. They are unusual in that their texture and taste are not exactly the same as a normal muffin. They are […] Read more »

Pi Day – pie ideas!

By Abbie and Mrs. Brown · 1 Comment

It’s March 14, which as everyone knows (right?) is Pi Day! Why pi? Because pi is 3.14 of course! For the past few years we have had a lot of fun with Pi Day and since we love to spend time in the kitchen, our pi-like celebrations pretty much mean eating pie. Not a whole lot of math, admittedly. But it is fun to have a reason to eat pie! Wait, here is an equation: Pi Day + The Browns = Eat pie! There ya go. We’re so math-y. Here are a few suggestions for pies we’ve shared that you […] Read more »

Pilgrim Hat Cookies

By Abbie and Mrs. Brown · 1 Comment

Looking for a quick and cute dessert for the kids to make for Thanksgiving? We have made Pilgrim Hat Cookies for the past few years and they are always well received! Click here to get the recipe for Pilgrim Hat Cookies Abbie says “These are so awesome. Why, I’d eat my hat if these weren’t delicious! Haha!” Mrs. Brown says “Another recipe that gets lots of melted chocolate on your fingers… yes indeed, this one is a hit here!” We made these last year for our friends at Build A Menu – get the whole recipe here! Read more »

Cinnamon Donut Muffins

By Abbie and Mrs. Brown · 1 Comment

Find our Donut Muffin recipe and tutorial at Build A Menu In the mood for fresh donuts? What if you could have them without having to deep fry, or use special tins? Enter cinnamon donut muffins! Bake a simple muffin base, dip each muffin in melted butter (yummm), then roll in cinnamon sugar. Add a steaming cup of pumpkin rooibos tea and you have an autumn afternoon treat that can’t be topped! Read all the details (and see the mouth-watering pictures) in our Cooking With Kids post at Build A Menu! Read more »

Pumpkin Deviled Eggs

By Abbie and Mrs. Brown · 3 Comments

Find our Pumpkin Deviled Eggs recipe and tutorial at Build A Menu Check out these cuties! Sure, deviled eggs (angeled eggs?) are often associated with Easter, but we like to eat them all year ’round. Why not make them fun for fall? Along with little brother Josh, we made this recipe for our friends at Build A Menu. I (Mrs. Brown) had seen a recipe that looked like this, that was spicy hot (sriracha sauce!) and knew we could come up with a way to make them kid-friendly. Sure enough, these pumpkin deviled eggs aren’t spicy and we […] Read more »