To me, Christmas and the holidays means spending time around the ones who are near and dear to your heart. Around this time of year, I love being surrounded by countless relatives as we reminisce and share stories. On Christmas Eve, my mom’s side of the family goes to my parent’s neck of the woods…
Breakfast
Coconut, Cranberry and Walnut Biscotti
Whenever I stop by a coffee shop to grab my favorite drink to liven and warm me up, it’s very rare that I ever leave the counter without purchasing a biscotti to dip into my drink. A biscotti, to Italians, is any type of cookie. However, to us Americans, the term is used to describe…
Crescent Cinnamon Rolls
This post originally appeared on The Confident Mom’s Blog, where How To: Simplify regularly contributes monthly guest posts filled with tips, tricks and recipes to simplify life in the kitchen. I’m a firm believer that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Hardly a day goes by that I don’t sit down to…
Tips for Making Light & Fluffy Pancakes & Classic Pancake Recipe
Whether you make pancakes from scratch or from the box, they are relatively easy to prepare. Up until this year, I always reached for my trusty box of Bisquick, mixed all of the necessary ingredients and got to work mixing and flipping the flapjacks. One time I went to reach for the box when all…
Blueberry Pancakes
My husband woke up yesterday with a severe craving for blueberry pancakes. Unfortunately, we had no blueberries in the house so I had to put his craving on hold for at least another day. As soon as we arrived at the grocery store, he took a beeline to the fresh product department and we selected…
Banana and Chocolate Chip Muffins
Looking back on all of my baking adventures, I would have to say that muffins are probably my favorite food to bake. With a good basic muffin recipe and so many different variations, you can never go wrong when it comes to baking these little gems. They’re always nice to have in the house just…
Pumpkin Pancakes
I don’t know about you but when it comes to fall, I cannot get enough of pumpkins. I have pumpkins strewn about my house, can after can of pumpkin puree in my baking cupboard and four real pumpkins that are ready and waiting to be carved. My life becomes engulfed by pumpkins this time of…