Fun Holiday Treat “Baking” Ideas for...

When I was a child, I lived for the month of December, and in large part, it was because of the holiday baking and treat making that happened from day 1 to day 24. I didn’t think there was anything quite like frosting cookies, making giant messes with the sprinkles, “gluing” eyes and buttons onto...

Homemade Pumpkin Pie with Eagle Brand & Crisco

I was at an event with Smucker’s this past week where we had a lot of hands on experience from learning about the differences in Coffee, food photography (info to come!), as well as learning how to make our own homemade pie crusts using Crisco. I did have a lot of fun and I learned a lot about...

Grocery Guru - Perfect Grocery Companion...

When you are getting ready to head out to do some grocery shopping, how do you prepare yourself? I have tried several things ranging from setting reminders on my phone to post it notes to remind me of all the things I need to get, components for recipes that I want to try and even gift ideas for family...

Homemade Hot Cocoa

It’s just about that time of year where we are pulling out the fall clothes and where hot cocoa sounds oh so yummy! I looked in my cabinets only to find that hubby had drank all of our instant hot cocoa mix, so I decided to try something new. Homemade Hot Cocoa 1/2 cup sugar 1/3 cup Nestle Baking...

Bread Machine Monkey Bread

I use a Wolfgang Puck Bread Machine and love to make different things in it, other than just homemade bread. I have made pizza dough, as well as Monkey Bread. If you haven’t tried Monkey Bread – you are missing out! Bread Machine Monkey Bread Dough Ingredients (Put in machine in order as...

Poker Birthday Cake

Today is hubby’s birthday, so I decided to venture out of my comfort zone and look on the Wilton website at cake ideas. I came across a Poker Cake and thought ‘Hey, I can do that’… so I did. Well, not exactly how the cake in their picture was, but I decided to take the picture and play around...

Rubbermaid Glass with Easy Find Lids

I live in a 1900 home, and in my kitchen comes lack of storage. I find myself de-cluttering quite often just to make sure I have room for all my containers, the lids, the sets and the mis-matched pieces that I have. I spend countless time trying to find dishes to cook in, dishes to store in and dishes...

Wilton St. Patrick's Day Cupcakes

My son came to me yesterday saying he needed something green to take to school for a snack.... today. Well, not realizing that today was St. Patrick's Day, hubby already had some green grapes but I had to make some other treats for him to take to school, so I went to my Wilton Pantry (yes, I have an...

Class Valentine's Day Treats with Wilton

I woke up this morning in a creative mood, so I went with the flow. I made rice krispie treats and used Wilton's Candy Melts to drizzle over the treats, as well as I made candy to go on top. I made some hearts using candy melts and I used the Wilton Heart CandyPick Mold. I had another idea to make...

Candy in the Crock-Pot — Valentine’s...

I cannot tell you how much I love my Crock-Pot and how often I use it. If you are looking for that 'must have' for a kitchen, it is a Crock-Pot. Love it! here are some fun and tasty recipes that you will love this Superbowl weekend, as well as for Valentine's Day! Candy in the Crock-Pot®? Go for...

Wilton’s new Valentine's Day products

Happy February! There are only 13 days until Valentine’s Day, can you believe it? One of my favorite things to do for Valentine’s Day is to make goodies for Tucker’s class, as well as for our home treats & for hubby to take to work. We are snowed in this week, so when I woke up this morning,...

Recipe for Family Fun ~ The Family Dish {Recipes...

With as hectic as this month, and with as crazy as the holidays have been, I like to tame it down a bit away from the big meals and get back to everyday living and cook meals that are more down to Earth. Pasta is one of my favorite dishes. One can never have too much pasta! I had a fun opportunity to...

Perfect Cookie Decorating with Wilton's Color...

On Sunday, October 10, 2010, I had the chance again to go to Chicago to visit with the amazing people from Wilton. I have known about Wilton my entire life, grew up with Wilton products and baking with my family, and in June, I even learned a few things about cake decorating and I even managed to surprise...

Hungry Jack Pancake Party Kit

Our family can eat breakfast three meals a day if we were able to. There are so many days that the kids ask for cancakes (pancakes) for lunch. I don’t mind, its easy to make, we love the wheat blend mix from Hungry Jack, so they are yummy and so easy to make – just add water… Literally, it’s...

Wilton UltraGold Bakeware

Who loves to do some holiday baking? *raises hand* I was so excited this year because I was actually prepared! Wilton helped with that with the new upcoming release of UltraGold Bakeware. Coming up in January, Wilton is releasing UltraGold Bakeware, a new line of premium quality bakeware — without...

Marie Callender's Pies

We all have baking and holiday cooking on our minds and who wouldn’t, with Christmas just around the corner? While I love Pecan Pie, I don’t really care for making them. I know how, I just don’t have the patience for pies. This is where Marie Callender's Pies come in handy and with that perfect...

Wilton Cake Pans for any Occasion

I have always loved to bake cakes, but never was really ‘in’ to baking a whole lot. Not because I didn’t love it, but because I didn’t have the right tools for the job. Whether your cake is in a plain round pan or a plain square pan, sure they may taste the same, but wouldn’t it be neat to...