Hello sweet friends! Would you agree that the year 2020 has been like one horrific white elephant gift to all of humanity? 2020 has had all the characteristics of a typical white elephant gift but with none of the fun. A global pandemic, lost lives, lost jobs, economic ...
The Year of the White Elephant
Baking Basics: The Secret to Perfect Pecan Pie
Hello friends! Pecan pie is a cherished southern holiday pie. It's as sweet and comforting as southern culture itself, and with gussied up pecans decorated atop, it's always a delightful addition to any dessert table. However for as fancy as pecan pie may appear be, it truly ...
Baking Basics: How to Bake Biscuits
Hello Sweet Friends, I have decided to start a new section of my blog that focuses on baking basics. Think... how to bake a simple birthday cake, buttercream frosting, classic chocolate chip cookies, and pie crust. My hope is that this blog will be a cozy little place for ...
Easy Breezy Key Lime Pie
Hey friends, Last week I was asked to bake a key lime pie for a friend's birthday celebration. Up until that point, I had never baked a key lime pie, so it was really important to me to whip up the perfect recipe for this special occasion! If you're like me, key lime pie ...
The Real Reason I Bake
“There is no ‘should’ or ‘should not’ when it comes to having feelings. They’re part of who we are and their origins are beyond our control. When we can believe that, we may find it easier to make constructive choices about what to do with those feelings.” - ...
Party Cookies!
This week we baked a recipe called "Party Cookies" which came from a 1974 Rotary Club cookbook in my hometown of Marietta, Georgia. Quite frankly, this may be one of the best cookie recipes I've come across, and the fact that it came from an old southern Rotary Club cookbook is ...
Southern Fudge Pie
We used to host Christmas day lunch at our house in Marietta, Georgia every year. The day would go like this... I would wake my sweet dad up at four in the morning (sorry Daddy), open presents over the course of about ten minutes, and proceed to eat the candy Santa left in our ...
The Most Important Ingredient of All
Hello sweet friends, This is a post for all of the young readers of Pie Crust and Pixie Dust. No grown-ups allowed! ;) This week I wanted to write a post about my very special secret ingredient. This is the one ingredient that I've put in every recipe I've ever baked, and ...
Easy Egg Casserole
Hey friends! If you need to bake breakfast for a crowd, this is easy egg casserole is perfect. This recipe is a lot like a quiche but it uses refrigerated biscuit dough for the crust instead of an actual crust. The result? A breakfast casserole so delicious, you will never ...
If at first you don’t succeed
Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th. - Julie Andrews When I was four years old, my mom enrolled me in swimming lessons at the local YMCA. My class was made up of around ten children, and we were learning about floating and basic strokes (why yes, I ...
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