This is our go-to waffle recipe that I have been making for years! They’re soft and tender, crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside. They’re just as delicious the next day as they are fresh. Let’s get started! Combine flour, baking powder, cornstarch, salt and sugar. Stir. Make a well. Add vanilla, oil…
Category: Recipes From Our Kitchen

Lemon Scones
These lemon scones are a light, tender scone that is more like a biscuit but equally delicious! My daughters attended an on online baking class as part of their homeschooling class over the weekend, and they learned how to make these scrumptious lemon scones. The neatest thing is the teacher who is also a pastry…

Cookie Pizza
This delicious giant cookie is meant to be an individual cookie, but it is large enough that we all shared together! It is made with just a few ingredients topped with a yummy ganache and decorated with more chocolate. My girls learned this cookie recipe in an online class from Bake with Caramella who is…

Original Vanilla Nanaimo Bars
Nanaimo Bars was always a family favorite with walnuts in the base along with chocolate, graham cracker crumbs and coconut while the middle was always a creamy vanilla buttercream-type filling made with custard powder and then topped with a rich chocolate. Everything perfect in a bar or square that we usually had on special occasions, when company came over or through the holidays! You’ll enjoy this tasty treat too!

Homemade Gingerbread Houses
Nothing compares to homemade gingerbread filling the house with warm ginger and cloves. This delicious gingerbread can be enjoyed with a glass of milk, homemade eggnog or a cup of coffee and is great fun for the whole family.

Butterscotch Confetti Squares
Butterscotch Confetti squares have been a delicious dessert item that I have grown up with. When I was a kid, it was something that was made for special occasions like holidays, wedding or baby showers and get togethers. Now, we enjoy them nut free, whenever we want! And they are super easy to make. We…

Homemade Hot Cocoa
Nothing beats homemade hot cocoa in the winter to warm the soul! It is nice to enjoy a mug of yummy hot chocolate after being outside in the snow and cold, crisp winds, especially after shoveling! And making homemade hot cocoa is quite simple, and only takes 4 ingredients! Drinking hot chocolate dates back a…

Making Kapusta – Old Fashioned Sauerkraut
I have always wanted to learn how to make homemade sauerkraut. Learning about ways the settlers preserved vegetables has always been of interest to me. I find it fascinating, especially in our modern times how pioneers cooked and preserved food. I thought it important for my family to learn these old fashioned ways of preserving,…