Tag: Baking

Chocolate Mug Cake in the Microwave

Chocolate Mug Cake in the Microwave

I keep this chocolate mug cake mix in the pantry so that I can make a single serving of chocolate cake any time I want. It only takes minutes thanks to the microwave which means that you’re only moments away from warm, gooey chocolate cake!

Chewy Oatmeal Cookies

Chewy Oatmeal Cookies

There’s something altogether comforting and soothing about chewy oatmeal cookies. It seems to be baked right into it and held together by brown sugar, old fashioned oats, and just a touch of cinnamon.

Pumpkin Bread

Pumpkin Bread

Pumpkins are front and center at the farmhouse once October arrives. I use them to decorate the inside and outside of the farmhouse. I also love to create sweet and savory recipes with them. The simplest is one of my favorites: classic pumpkin bread.

Quick and Easy Buttermilk Cake

Quick and Easy Buttermilk Cake

This quick and easy buttermilk cake can be mixed by hand and will be ready for the oven in minutes. It’s as easy as making a cake from a boxed mix.

The Secret to Making Meringue

The Secret to Making Meringue

more about technique and patience than anything else.

Make Your Own:  Magic Baking Pan Release Spread

Make Your Own: Magic Baking Pan Release Spread

Now you can make your own magic baking pan release spread to keep at the ready whenever you have a bit of baking to do.

Banana Cream Pie

Banana Cream Pie

Banana Cream Pie is delicious in any form, but this one is my favorite. I use Nilla Wafers for the cookie crust because it reminds me of the banana pudding dessert I loved as a little girl. They were usually topped with a few of Read More

Molasses Cookies

Molasses Cookies

Molasses.  It’s a flavor beloved or reviled.  I adore it.  I love it in bread, barbecue sauce, baked beans, and the old fashioned molasses cookies that I have been trying to perfect a recipe for this holiday season. Molasses cookies seem to take as many Read More

Snickerdoodles

Snickerdoodles

A batch of warm homemade cookies are pure comfort food. If those cookies happen to be snickerdoodles, all the better. The aroma of cinnamon and the delicate crunch of sugar that each snickerdoodle is rolled in before baking make them an old fashioned and delicious treat.

Our Favorite Holiday Recipes from The 1840 Farmhouse Kitchen

Our Favorite Holiday Recipes from The 1840 Farmhouse Kitchen

Each holiday season, we turn to our favorite family recipes.  It simply wouldn’t feel like the holidays without them.  From the sweet chocolate crinkle cookies that remind me of my childhood to the savory tomato and onion jams that we will enjoy with our appetizers Read More

Make Your Own:  Cake Flour Substitute

Make Your Own: Cake Flour Substitute

Have you ever stumbled across a delicious recipe only to discover that it requires cake flour? If you have it in the pantry, hooray. If not, you can make your own cake flour substitute in minutes.

An 1840 Farm Thanksgiving Celebration

An 1840 Farm Thanksgiving Celebration

really no wonder that Thanksgiving traditions have remained so strong over the years. A day that combines family, friends, and comforting homemade food is a holiday to cherish.