One Christmas while I was in college my family went to New York City. On that trip I won second row tickets to Wicked which was just getting popular. Idina Menzel completely blew me away. I think I actually stopped breathing for a few minutes because I was so amazed by her. I will never forget that show.
It was a fantastic trip, but I have one regret. I missed out on Magnolia Bakery, and their banana...
Monday, October 27, 2014
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Fluffy Vanilla Frosting
I just posted my basic buttercream recipe and though these recipes are very similar, I use both of them for different things, so I think they each deserve their own spot in the limelight.
This one is fluffier and lighter due to the long whipping time. It takes a little longer to make but makes a smoother, lighter, buttercream. I like it better for frosting cupcakes.
For my cakes, or when I need a stiff frosting for...
Friday, October 24, 2014
Best Basic Buttercream Frosting
I like to make birthdays a big deal at our house. I used to do elaborate cakes that literally took days to make. We're talking a life-sized guitar cake, a firetruck with a burning building that actually smoked, cakes that hung from the ceiling... INSANITY, my friends.
While I still love to make crazy cakes, they were taking so.much.time. And one day it occurred to me that I could spend just one day making...
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Mint Oreo Brownies
I went to BYU, home of the mint brownie, so really this recipe was inevitable. They don't completely replicate the brownies that sustained me through 4 years of college but they have Oreos and hot fudge so what more can I ask? These are a must-make!...
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Butter Pecan Ice Cream
This summer we took our kids to a dairy farm in Idaho called Reed's Dairy. It really is a farm.. tons of cows, pigs, sheep, goats, kittens running around.. And right in the middle of all that is a little shop with some of the creamiest ice cream I've ever had, and the best chocolate milk in all the land. It's a weird experience- going to a place that smells like cows and ordering up a triple scoop, but you kind of...
Saturday, September 27, 2014
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Caramel Brownie Ice Cream
This is the best thing I ate this summer. No competition.
Caramel flavored ice cream with brownie chunks. (Droool.) You can just use leftover brownies or you can try something like Flipz instead if you don't want to bother making brownies.
Seriously, if you make one more ice cream recipe this year, please make it this one! ...
Monday, September 22, 2014
S'mores Ice Cream
This summer we introduced our kids to 'The Sandlot'.
(It was all fun and games until my 6 year old played catcher on his T-ball team and started taunting the batters. Thank you Ham..)
On the 4th of July we went to the city park and they played 'America the Beautiful' by Ray Charles as the fireworks went off.
Magical Sandlot moment.
Seriously. I almost cried.
And all summer my kids quoted, "S'more? S'more what?" and...
Sunday, September 21, 2014
Double Cookie Chocolate Ice Cream
I can't believe how long I have been absent from blogging. Every day I think I need to edit some pictures or write a post but the pictures and recipes just keep piling up.
It was a crazy but wonderful summer. My kids were in school until JULY (year-round school), and we did a lot of traveling. We found a live sand dollar on the beach at Coronado Island, our youngest rode Radiator Springs Racers for the first time, we...
Saturday, September 20, 2014
Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl Ice Cream {Tips for making Homemade Ice Cream}
I am slightly obsessed with my ice cream maker. In the summer I buy the huge half-gallon of heavy cream at Costco, and it all gets turned into cold, creamy, goodness. Homemade ice cream just tastes so much better than store-bought and even better- you can control what goes into it. When I make Cookies & Cream ice cream for example, I like to put in an entire package of Oreos.
(It's okay that you're judging me right...
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