This recipe is your standard cream puff shell recipe. What makes it so good is the homemade custard filling. You don’t have to worry about fillers and preservatives found in store bought pudding/custard mixes. Most if not all of the ingredients are things that you already have in your home, so they are easy to…
Easy Thrifty Soft-Pretzels Print Make your own delicious, thrifty soft-pretzels at home with no special equipment. Author: Parsnips and Parsimony Recipe type: Bread Serves: 10-12 Ingredients 1½ cups warm water 1¼ teaspoons active dry yeast (1 pkg.) 2 tablespoons brown sugar 1¼ teaspoons salt 4 cups flour (You can use 1 cup wheat/3 cups…
For my daughter’s 2nd birthday, I wanted to do something very different. She does not have anything that she really likes or does not like and I had seen some really cute ideas on Pinterest for ladybugs. Since I am 9 months pregnant, I was looking for something easy to prepare and…
You may think that it is not worth your time to bag your grass clippings. Instead, you just toss them into leaf bags. Maybe you bag your lawn because you like the manicured look of your lawn without grass clippings. Whatever the case, if you have a lawn that you mow, you can use those…
When it comes to gardening, space is the one item that is always at a premium. If you do not want to grow any of the vine-type crops then you will probably be fine. However, once you want to start growing pumpkins, cucumbers, squash, water melon and other similar crops, you quickly find out how…
Have you ever admired those really cool ice cream cone cupcake that you see on Pinterest but haven’t had the opportunity to try making them yourself? Betty Crocker has now put together an easy-to-follow picture poster on how to make those ice cream cone cupcakes. It looks so simple and it is a great way to…