Old House Home Stead

My hubby comes from a long line of good cooks!  I’m so blessed to know them!  This recipe was handed down by his Aunt Linda.  It makes me think of Spring!  It’s super easy and yummy!  You’re going to want to serve it with ice cream to cut the sweetness!  *wink* Pineapple Dump Cake 2…

After all our years of raising chickens and using their eggs in the kitchen I stumbled upon this little nugget of wisdom! Crack the egg on a flat surface (not the rim of a bowl) to crack the shell easier and reduce the amount of shells that fall in the bowl.   Who’da thunk?

Next month is what we’ve all been waiting for!  The month that we can finally say the “S” word.  No, not Snow…the good “S” word!  SPRING!   Now, don’t get all “It sure doesn’t look like Spring” on me.  It will be Spring in 28 more days!  At least on the calendar, anyway.  I know…I’m an…

My girls have a wonderful Sunday School teacher, Miss. Carol (she’s married, but that’s what my kiddos call her).  She’s a retired lady with many talents.  She quilts, paints, sews, and is a whizz in the kitchen!  My girls love going to her house and working in her studio alongside her.  The creations they bring…

I posted the original recipe HERE, but I’ve tweaked it over the last year or so to be a bit healthier and budget conscious.  Creamy Chicken -n- Noodle Casserole 16 oz. egg noodles (cooked) 1 can cream of chicken soup (or use my homemade version HERE, just cut the recipe in half) 3/4 can of…

This is my favorite sugar cookie recipe!  At Christmastime we make cut out sugar cookies using a packaged mix.  It takes a bit of the stress out of the event.  But when I want real sugar cookies full of homemade goodness I go to this recipe!  Sugar Cookies 2 1/2 c. flour 1/2 t. baking…

This recipe needs no explanation!  The name says it all!  Yummy gooey goodness! Gooey Bars 1 yellow cake mix 1 egg 1 stick butter, softened 1 lb. box powdered sugar 1 8 oz. block cream cheese 2 eggs 1 t. vanilla Mix cake mix, egg, and butter and press in a 9×13 pan.  Beat together…

Disclaimer– I’m still tweaking this recipe, but I thought I’d share it with you and see if you had any tweaks you’d make yourselves.  Kind of like learning together. How’s that sound?   32 oz. shredded hashbrowns (I used the frozen kind, but thawed them first — in the fridge) 1 lb. cooked and crumbled bacon…

I was at it again the other evening…attempting to make the perfect homemade yogurt.  I posted the original yogurt recipe I tried HERE.  I tweaked it a bit with some suggestions from Suzanne’s blog Chickens in the Road (one of my new favorite blogs!).  I’ll post my original recipe, but with the tweaks highlighted (so…

A dear friend gave me a link to The Happy Housewife the other day for a granola recipe.  I’ve been reading THH for a long time and I can’t believe I missed this recipe! It’s super simple.  I am thinking about tweaking it a bit.  For a yogurt topping, though, it works great!  The eldest…