I love making deviled eggs, but getting the hard-boiled eggs perfect keeps me from making them very often. So how can you make perfect hard-boiled eggs? Pressure cook them! Here’s how to use a pressure cooker to make hard-boiled eggs. Why a Pressure Cooker Works Well for Hard-Boiled Eggs “You can find this pressure cooker […]
Our Favorite Focaccia Bread Recipe This focaccia bread recipe is our favorite. It can be similar to making pizza but with less oil in the dough. It’s excellent with soup, stews, or just salad! Using a pizza paddle dusted with cornmeal makes a wonderful crust! Preheat a pizza stone for this bread. Using your fingers,
Have you struggled to get quilt triangles even and quilt blocks square? Using a few notions, quarter square triangles can be easy to make, and you CAN make a quilt block you’ll be happy with. Let’s learn to make perfect quarter square triangles. Before the tutorial, I’ll start with the tools that make quarter-square triangles
Here is a great sugar cookie recipe which is perfect for rolling a little thinner, then spreading with filling. Shape the dough into hearts and you have a perfect Valentine’s Day sugar cookie, or just a wonderful tea cookie. Here’s how to make heart-shaped sugar cookies with cherry filling. How to Make Heart-Shaped Sugar Cookies
It was one of those days! Red felt and white fabric. I sprayed the quilt top after stitching the hearts and immediately saw it run. OUCH! I simply couldn’t think of ripping out rows on this quilt, and then remembered the reverse applique technique. It might come in handy for you too! Here’s how to
Sour Cream Coffee Cake The Best Sour Cream Coffee Cake was originally published in 2016. We have since added notes and a few updated photos. Our best sour cream coffee cake recipe is delicious and by far, our favorite. It’s easy to make, and it always comes out perfect. We make the cake and put
If you need a fast appetizer for a party, Easy Cheesy Crackers are it. They aren’t as fast as out of a box, but this homemade recipe takes no time at all in a food processor. If you have an hour, you’ve got time to make these tasty bites, and beware – they go fast.
Flaky, buttery pastry, creamy cheese filling, baked until light and topped with a sweet glaze and a hint of lemon. This little strudel treat quickly became very popular in our home. This cream cheese danish recipe uses the most versatile dough out there – puff pastry. Puff pastry can be found in the frozen dessert
Popcorn crispy treats are a great alternative to classic rice crispy treats and a creative and tasty way to substitute if you have a surplus of popcorn! They are just as delicious and provide a unique twist on the traditional rice crispy recipe. Pop your corn using olive or another favorite oil. Different oils seem
“Is it really simple?” It was, and my little girls are happy with them! Christmas cookie time is here, and I have two very eager little cookie bakers who are so ready to bake this year! Even though this Christmas season is going by so fast already with travel and a Christmas to-do list stacking up.
In this post, I’m sharing how to make free-motion swirls using a sewing machine. I was tired of the same old stippling, and stitch-in-the-ditch type quilting. Below is a 5-minute video on how to make free-motion swirls, first with practice, and then on a sewing machine. This is not hard if you practice the free-motion
When sewing a sleeve or neckband to a garment, you may see the instructions to pin in the ditch. This technique is really handy so don’t ignore it like I did the first few times! When putting a band on a sleeve, we want the finished sleeve to be as pretty as possible. Top stitching
