Living and writing in a circa 1840 New England Farmhouse with three generations of my family
A good quality vanilla extract can add so much to a recipe. Once you know how to make your own vanilla extract, you’ll never find yourself without ample supply in your baking pantry. You’ll also find that it makes a delicious gift!
This cookies and cream buttercream frosting is a delicious way to add flavor and texture to cakes, sheet cakes, or cupcakes.
I can’t take credit for the recipe that inspired me to make these super fudgy brownies. I can be grateful that I did make them, incorporated a few of my own alterations, and that the result is even more delicious!
Every year, I spend the weekend after we have shipped out the last basket from The 1840 Farm Mercantile Shop making cookies to send across the miles to our friends and family. It’s a tradition that started a few years ago. As a person who spends a lot of Read More
I didn’t expect to fall in love with Ted Lasso, but I did. He’s that guy you meet in some innocuous way. You like him well enough but don’t expect to like him so much. Yet you just can’t help yourself. He’s just so, well, Read More
This recipe comes from the humblest of beginnings. It wasn’t a thunderbolt moment when I had an unbelievably delicious idea to try. It wasn’t from reading one of the treasured cookbooks in my collection. No, it was because I was disappointed to open a new Read More
Weather wise, we’ve had an odd week. We had sunny days with warmer than usual temperatures for March. I liked those a lot. We also had days with temperatures that barely made it to the 20s with winds clocking in at more than 50 miles Read More
This recipe was a happy little accident. With the holidays fast approaching and cookie baking time at hand, I started gathering my baking ingredients. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find one: butterscotch baking chips.
This is a simple kitchen counter cake, the kind grandma might have made to entice you to stay a bit longer when you stopped by for a visit. She knew the power of a simple Chocolate Buttermilk Cake. I do too.
Bring on the sprinkles, because you’re going to want to stop what you’re doing, head to the kitchen, and bake a pan of these simple and scrumptious Frosted Sugar Cookie Bars. They’re so much easier to make than a batch of individually frosted sugar cookies. Yet they absolutely deliver on that soft, tender frosted sugar cookie taste.
The summer of ice cream continues here at the farmhouse. If you remember the No Churn Sweet Cream Ice Cream I shared with you earlier this month, you already know that I have been making all sorts of ice cream recipes this summer. You also Read More
Once you learn how to make ice cream without an ice cream maker, you can make unlimited flavors of homemade ice cream. Grab a bowl and a whisk and get ready to make something delicious!