by Laura Macklem | Aug 14, 2020 | Desserts |
I’m terrible at making pie crust. It just always seems to tear. I haven’t totally given up on learning to make a decent crust, but until then, I will use my cheater crust. Yes, it’s homemade, it’s just not rolled out. The bottom crust is...
by Laura Macklem | Nov 15, 2014 | Desserts |
We recently went to a homeschool fall celebration party, where the kids all painted pumpkins. My kids spent a lot of time brushing the perfect picture on their sugar pumpkins for Halloween, and were extremely proud of their artwork. We displayed them on the front...
by Laura Macklem | Apr 28, 2013 | Desserts |
My husband’s side of the family was just in town this weekend, so I had nine people to feed. Besides my daughter’s birthday cake, I wanted to offer a dessert, but was very short on time. My solution was this quick to prepare, slow cooker rice pudding, a...
by Laura Macklem | Mar 7, 2013 | DIY |
I really only came up with this idea in a moment of desperation, when in the middle of a baking project I ran out of decorating sugars. This is simple, cheap, and all you need is sugar, and food coloring. I can’t believe all the money I wasted in the past on...