“A lot of living happens in the kitchen.”

Author: Rachel Ballinger

Peanut Butter Blossoms

Peanut Butter Blossoms

These cute little cookies are called Peanut Butter Blossoms and are a sweet treat for all your chocolate and peanut butter lovers. They’re also a fun cookie to let the kids help with. What kid (or adult!) doesn’t like to unwrap chocolate kisses? Just try not to eat them all before the cookies come out of the oven!

Snow Cream

Snow Cream

This delicious snow cream made from freshly fallen snow and a quick mixture of milk, sugar, and vanilla is such a fun treat on a snow day. The kids absolutely love it and I’ll be honest, I like it too! It reminds me of Bluebell’s 

Chocolate Chip Scones

Chocolate Chip Scones

It’s time to pour yourself a cup of tea and make these flaky chocolate chips scones. Scones are the perfect blend between a cookie and a biscuit. Sweet but not too sweet with a little sugar sprinkled on top.  Why You Should Make These Scones: 

Festive Homemade Eggnog

Festive Homemade Eggnog

This smooth and creamy eggnog is my favorite for the holiday season. Cheers! Homemade is even better than store bought. I love making it with eggs from our chickens. Made with eggs, sugar, milk, and lots of yummy spices, it’s perfect to toast your loved 

Buckeyes (the best Christmas candy ever!)

Buckeyes (the best Christmas candy ever!)

These delicious little balls of peanut butter, rice crispy cereal, and chocolate that we call Buckeyes are hands down our most favorite Christmas candy ever! Each year, it’s a family affair mixing them up and shaping all the little balls, and then dipping them in 

Sally Ann Cookies

Sally Ann Cookies

One of my favorite cookies to bake at Christmastime are these Sally Ann cookies. I think they’re actually my favorite Christmas cookie! They are kind’ve a cross between biscotti and a cookie. Perfect for dipping in a steaming cup of coffee or hot chocolate.   

White Chocolate Cranberry Scones

White Chocolate Cranberry Scones

These white chocolate cranberry scones are full of chocolate chips and dried cranberries and drizzled with a zesty orange glaze. They are a sweet treat with a cup of coffee, perfect for tea parties, and they make wonderful gifts especially during the Christmas season.  Scones 

Cranberry Apple Pie

Cranberry Apple Pie

This cranberry apple pie is the perfect Christmas pie! Filled with all the quintessential flavors and spices, it’s as beautiful to look at as it tastes in your mouth. Apples, cranberries, orange zest, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves. Mmmm! I look forward to this pie 

Homemade Yogurt

Homemade Yogurt

Smooth and creamy, this homemade yogurt is easy to make. You can make a large batch for way less than buying it at the store and it’s so healthy. You know exactly what’s in it.  We make a lot of smoothies with the yogurt. Also 

Prizewinning Sugar Cookies

Prizewinning Sugar Cookies

This is our family Christmas sugar cookie recipe! We also use it for any other holiday that calls for a cookie. They are soft with a yummy vanilla sugar flavor. They store really well so they can be made in advance.  We decorate the cookies