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Homemade Bread is one of my favorite foods of all time. Can you tell by the name of this site?! There really is nothing quite like a warm slice of fresh bread served with a thick pat of butter on top. Mmmmm! This recipe is perfect. It’s simple to follow, takes about 2 hours to make and yields 2 loaves of wonderful bread. It’s quite versatile too, so feel free to use part whole wheat flour if you’d like. So this recipe has lots of experience in my kitchen and I hope that you find it easy to make as well. It really is the easiest most perfect yeast bread recipe I’ve come across yet! Ingredients 1 package (1/4 ounce) active dry yeast 2-1/4 cups warm water (110° to 115°) 3 tablespoons sugar plus 1/2 teaspoon sugar 1 tablespoon salt 2 tablespoons canola oil 6-1/4 to 6-3/4 cups bread flour Directions In a large bowl, dissolve yeast and 1/2 teaspoon sugar in warm water; let stand until bubbles form on surface. Whisk together remaining 3 tablespoons sugar, salt, and 3 cups flour. Stir oil int...

This easy cornbread recipe is sweet, moist and super delicious! Its crunchy, buttery edges make this the best cornbread recipe ever! Have it for breakfast or served alongside your favorite stews, chili, soups and more. Cornbread is a highly underrated side dish. You can whip up this deliciously sweet and moist homemade cornbread recipe with just a few pantry staples, and it makes a perfect side dish for breakfast, lunch, or dinner! Serve it slathered with butter at breakfast, crumbled into your soup or chili at lunch, or as a side with your collard greens and pork chops for dinner. It’s inexpensive, comforting, and seriously easy to make! Ingredients 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 cup yellow cornmeal ¼ cup brown sugar ¼ cup granulated sugar 1 tsp baking powder ½ tsp baking soda ¼ tsp salt 1 cup buttermilk 2 eggs ½ cup, 1 stick, unsalted butter, melted Instructions Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Butter 5 mini loaf pans or a 9-inch square baking dish and place in the oven to warm up. In a large...

Want a super quick iced tea recipe that takes less than 10 minutes to make? This is it! An easy recipe that makes 2 quarts of perfect iced tea each and every time. Tea is rich in antioxidants called flavonoids, which are most potent when tea is freshly brewed. Another benefit of brewing your own iced tea? When you make your own iced tea at home instead of using a powdered mix or buying it bottled or from a fast-food restaurant or coffee shop, you'll save money. Plus you can control the calories by limiting how much sweetener you add. Cold brew iced tea makes the best iced tea. It’s how you should always make iced tea. Better tasting iced tea Cold-brewing tea is a slow and gentle steeping process that creates a sweeter and smoother tasting tea. No more bitter iced tea Tannins, which can make tea bitter and astringent, aren’t steeped out of the tea in cold water the way it does in hot water. No more harsh or bitterness in your iced tea anymore! No need to boil water Because cold bre...

Some games are classics for a reason, they’re just simple good old  fun. These ones are our favorites, updated for modern indoor play. Most of these indoor games for kids are fun games to play with friends indoors without many materials. The classic games don’t require any fancy equipment. Egg & Spoon Race Grab a spoon and any small round object that will fit on top (or if you’re brave and have easy-to-clean floors, go ahead and use a real egg!). Create a course for your child to navigate through and see if they can do it without dropping it off the spoon. Once they’ve got the hang of it, go for speed! Potato Sack Race Update this classic by using pillow cases! Have your kids step in and hold it up around their waist, then hop to the finish. So simple, but they will be laughing like crazy and getting crazy tired all at once. 3‑Legged Race Tie your kids’ outside ankles together with something soft and stretchy like a long ski sock, PJ pants or bandage wrap. Now they’ll have to ...

Has your child ever received a balloon at a birthday party and been totally enamored by it? Take that fascination to the next level by adding in a few rules and they’ll be happily moving around developing their gross motor skills while burning off some of that rambunctious energy. Try some of our favorite balloon games and always keep a few handy to pull out when the going gets tough. Just a reminder that pieces of burst balloons can be a serious choking hazard, so if you have younger kids, make sure they are supervised during these activities at all times. Don’t Let The Balloon Touch The Ground This is the classic game that kids fall for every time. The rules are simple – hit the balloon up in the air but don’t let it touch the ground. To make it more challenging for older kids, have them juggle more than 1 balloon, or tie one hand behind their back. Time them to see how long they can do it for, or if you have multiple kids, have them count how many times they can hit it back and fort...

This Caramel Coffee Bread Pudding is decadent and delicious made with challah bread, coffee and drizzled with a yummy caramel sauce. First things first. Let’s talk about the pudding. It’s so simple to make, and yet it tastes like it came from a fancy-schmancy coffeehouse. Ultra-custardy, moist, and absolutely reminds me of a cafe mocha. As much as bread pudding can, there’s an entire cup of brewed coffee inside the pudding alone. Let me emphasize a  few very important points before I leave you to your bread pudding recipes. You must devour this pudding warm. It is the bombety warm and every luscious bite totally melts in your mouth. You simply must include literal rivers of the aforespoken caramel rum sauce. Taking it all the way. Lastly and most importantly, you must eat all of this bread pudding in the day it is made. Preferably within minutes, because hello, anticipation! It’s really not nearly as good after one day, but I honestly don’t think you’re going to have a problem with...

This easy meatball recipe is so flavorful and delicious while being super easy to make. If you always thought homemade meatballs were too much trouble, make this easy Italian meatball recipe to see how simple it is.  The flavor can’t be beat and you can use the meatballs in lots of recipes. Meatballs are everyones favorites. They’re so versatile in terms of serving since they could be an appetizer or part of a main dish. Meatballs are easy to transport if you need to bring them to a party. And they can be customized based on the theme of what you’re going for, whether it’s the most obvious choice of Italian, or something a little more funky style meatballs. This meatball recipe is the easy and fun recipes , with simple ingredients. Ingredients Extra-virgin olive oil 1 large onion, 1/4-inch dice Salt 2 cloves garlic, smashed and chopped Pinch crushed red pepper 1/2 pound ground beef 1/2 pound ground veal 1/2 pound ground pork 2 large eggs 1 cup grated Parmigiano 1/4 cup finely chopp...