Easy Cheesy Crackers

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This week we were in a baking mood, so we decided to make crackers for our Build A Menu friends. Easy Cheesy Crackers is a recipe that you can really get your hands into! Lots of cracker and pastry recipes call for using a pastry cutter, a kitchen tool designed to help mix butter and flour into a light and flaky pastry, without causing the gluten in the flour to be worked too much. Gluten is what makes bread chewy, which you want for bread, but not so much for crackers. I (Mrs. Brown) didn’t own a pastry cutter when […] Read more »

Strawberry Chocolate Heart Muffins

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Try these Strawberry Heart Chocolate Muffins at your next tea party!

Abbie says: “These are simple to make and extreeeemely delicious. They didn’t turn into hearts very well, but other than that everything seemed to go pretty smoothly.” Mrs. Brown says: “When Abbie saw a picture of someone using a marble to make heart shaped cupcakes she knew we had to try it. So we took a strawberry muffin recipe, adapted it a bit, and popped marbles in the muffin tin. As you can see, the muffins rose a bit over and around the marbles, so that the dimple at the top of the heart is not as noticeable. Next time […] Read more »

Homemade Cornbread – Make it From Scratch!

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Homemade Cornbread

This is our favorite recipe for cornbread. Cornbread can be dry, but this recipe is nice and moist, with a slight sweetness to it. Yum! You can buy boxed cornbread mix, but cornbread from scratch is much better, and it isn’t hard at all. Homemade Cornbread 2 eggs 1/4 cup sugar 1 cup flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 2/3 cup cornmeal 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup plain yogurt 1/4 cup butter, melted Preheat oven to 400° F. Beat eggs in a mixing bowl and add sugar. Mix well. In a separate bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, […] Read more »