Learn to Cook Cottage Kitchen Style

This made-from-scratch On the Ready Pastry Dough is excellent to have on hand for those spur-of-the-moment pastries!   It's nice to have dough that...

These made-from-scratch Cinnamon Twist Sticks are so good they won't last long in your bread box!    My daughter first made these while trying to f...

A from scratch fluffy pancake recipe is a lifesaver when all the kids request them on a Saturday morning! You might be like I was and, for the long...

Warm Spice Banana Honey Bread If you like a little spice, these warm spice banana bread muffins are for you!  I love to make muffins. They are the...

Natural Egg Dye   Before the existence of craft stores in the 18th century, cottage homemakers had to create handmade decor displays. Many of thos...

When Banana bread is baking in the oven, you can smell it throughout the whole house. Little feet come running from back rooms, and heads pop aroun...

Honey Sugar Cookies  Sugar cookies are my favorite cookie! I love them. So, of course, I had to figure out how to make them with honey.    Sugar ...

Honey Blueberry Muffin  These honey blueberry muffins are naturally flavored with honey, and homegrown blueberries add the right amount of sweet an...

 There is nothing better to mark the beginning of Fall than placing a pumpkin on your front porch! But what do you do with those festive pumpkins ...

   This year was the year! I finally did it! I was determined that this would be the year. I watched my elderberry bushes daily to beat the birds ...

   I have discovered the wonderful world of herb salts! I love fresh herbs, but sadly I can't keep them growing all year round. You saw my DIY herb...