Trying to find light snacks is not always an easy task with my ravenous brood. We love popcorn, but after reading about all the unhealthy preservatives in microwave popcorn, we eliminated all popcorn for a while. We found an air popper, but to be honest, the amount of butter we had to add to make it taste appealing was just too much. It felt very heavy instead of the light 'family movie night' snack we were looking for. I researched some of the recipes for kettle corn on Pinterest and the 'net … [Read more...]
Easy homemade cornbread
Being a bread lovin’ family living in the South, we are REQUIRED to love cornbread! Well, maybe that is a little strong, but it sure does seem to be common ‘round these parts. We Morefields love to find any excuse to make homemade cornbread! I’ll give our basic cornbread recipe and then some optional add-ins we really enjoy. For the cornmeal, we love to grind our own. This sounds more difficult than it actually is. We use the same grinder for our wheat, and grind popcorn kernels for cornmeal. … [Read more...]
Homemade Cinnamon Swirl Rolls
Any of you who have have visited our site more than once know that we LOVE making bread & trying new variations! After making our Apple Cinnamon Raisin Rolls with Icing, I thought it would be fun to try these. I remember as a little girl eating pinwheels. Oh how I loved to unravel them & enjoy each bite. Those were the inspiration to this newest variation. And because they are so easy to make, it is fun for the kids to join in and help! We start with our basic bread … [Read more...]
Homemade “Gourmet” Pizza (all the taste without the tip!)
Today, I was inspired by some delicious looking gourmet pizza pictures I passed on the internet. I decided to give it a whirl with some of our family's favorite ingredients. The great thing about homemade pizza is that you can add or take away whatever suits your fancy. Start with your favorite Pizza crust. My family likes homemade wheat crusts, but you can do whatever is easy for you & on hand. I have also used my bread machine on the dough cycle just using our basic bread recipe … [Read more...]
Apple & Raisin Cinnamon Bread
I love homemade bread just about as much as I love trying to think up some new variation to try! My family really enjoyed this new one for us, so I hope you will too. http://amorefieldlife.com/2012/01/15/basic-bread-recipe/ I used our BASIC Bread recipe (above) and did the following variation: Add all the liquid ingredients into bread machine pan, then add the following: 1 cup Raisins 1 Apple cut in small pieces, and 1 Tblsp Cinnamon Afterwards, add dry ingredients as normal. I … [Read more...]