Semi-homemade

Easy Mother’s Day Breakfast: Chocolate Butterscotch Croissants

Monday, May 6, 2013

You know what are not nice? Geese. When I was probably 14 or so, I didn’t know they were so territorial. There was a flock of them…a gaggle? Anyway, a lot of them on the hillside by the pool at the church camp I attended. I was all, “Heh heh. Watch this.” I ran at ...

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Perfectly Pinterest: Whipped Cream Hearts and Strawberry White Hot Chocolate

Friday, January 13, 2012

At the risk of sounding completely broken in the brain, I have to ask, do you guys ever get distracted by things that sparkle? I know, I sound like a three year old right now. Seriously, though, you know those GIFs that say things like, “I don’t have A.D.D., I just… Ooooh look! GLITTER!”? Well, ...

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Semi-Homemade Almond Croissants

Friday, June 17, 2011

You may be wondering how my journey to Minnesota was, and whether or not I’m having fun. Well, if you follow me on twitter, then you know my journey was long, uncomfortable, long, and long. This past Wednesday, to get from my island home to the land of 10,000 lakes, I had an entire day ...

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Semi-Homemade Donuts

Monday, April 11, 2011

My husband finally returned home this weekend, after having been abroad for training for a little over a month. Who can’t stop smiling? This girl! I’m so happy to have my family all together in one place again! To celebrate, we had one of my favorite breakfasts ever this weekend: biscuit donuts.You know, “homemade” donuts ...

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Tootsie Roll Modeling Chocolate on Steampunk Cupcakes

Friday, December 3, 2010

With holiday season in full swing, I’ve been getting a lot of questions and comments about fondant. A lot of people are either intimidated by it, or disgusted by it. I can understand both points…if you’ve never worked with it, it’s kind of scary, and a lot of fondant tastes awful! Well, before I get ...

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Lazy Day: Semi-Homemade Caramel Apple Cookies

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, then you know that I’m usually all about the homemade. I love baking from scratch as much as possible, but every once in a while, I’m either too lazy or too rushed. And even less often, I have some little thing that I love, that comes ...

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Sweet and Savory Straws

Monday, May 3, 2010

I love cheese straws. Puff pastry and cheese? What’s not to like? Plus, thanks to Pepperidge Farms, they’re incredibly easy to make! As much as I love them, though, I wondered if I could come up something on the sweeter side. I like making cheese straws for appetizers, but I thought it’d be nice to ...

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Super Simple Chocolate Croissants

Monday, February 22, 2010

Chocolate croissants. Need I say more? Okay. You’re right…I do have to say more if I want to share how to make them. Until we moved to the Northeast, I had never heard of, let alone eaten, chocolate croissants. I mean, in my defense, at the tender age of twenty I wasn’t exactly exploring hot new ...

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Sweet and Easy Valentines

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

We don’t have big Valentine’s Day celebrations in this realm. We do, however, enjoy the excuse to just love Love. I mean, that’s what it’s really all about, right? For us, V-day is simply a good reason to eat sweets and be cuddlier than usual. Those are things we could all use a little more ...