Mini No Bake Cheese Cakes

Cheesecake is hands-down my all time favorite treat and I have an obsession with collecting cupcake wrapper.... so, I was pretty excited to try out this little recipe:

Step number one: crush up some graham crackers or some crispy cookies & fill the bottoms of the cupcake wrappers.

Step number two: mix together 8 oz of cream cheese with 1/4 cup of sugar.

Step number three: fold in 8oz of whipped cream.

Step number four: spoon topping into the prepared cupcake wrappers.

Step number five: adorn with any extra toppings you fancy.

I used vanilla wafers for my crust. 

Enjoy!

-sarah

Fresh Berry Muffins.

Here is a quick & tasty little recipe for berry muffins. Since it is right in the middle of raspberry season I have been baking with them a lot. This was one of my favorites so far (along with a crostata but i'll save that for a later day.)


Fresh Raspberry Muffins:


6 tbs of butter
1/3 cup of milk
1 egg + 1 yolk
3/4 tsp of vanilla
1 1/2 cup of flour
3/4 cup of sugar
1 1/2 tsp of baking powder
3/4 tsp of salt
1 1/2 cup of berries

Mix together all ingredients and bake at 375 degrees for 18-20 min.

Enjoy! And remember that you can use any other type of berry in place of raspberries.

Have a beautiful weekend!

-sarah

Old Fashioned Summer Raspberry Jam

Summer is well on its  way and one of the things that I am most looking forward to is going berry hunting to make homemade jams! Last summer Jake & I went out with our friends, Sam & Sarah, and gathered tons of delicious wild raspberries for jam.

Here is the recipe we used:
Ingredients:
4 cups of raspberries
4 cups of sugar
Steps:

-Use a large pot.

-When the jam reaches a full rolling boil it will double in volume.

-Heat mashed berries until they reach a full rolling boil.

-Boil 2 minutes.

-Add sugar.

-Stir well.

-Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, boil for 2 minutes.

-Remove from heat.

-Beat with rotary beater for 4 minutes

-Pour in sterilized jars and seal.

Once raspberry season is well under way I will write a more detailed post with step-by-step photos :)

Happy Thursday!

-sarah

Honey Butter Recipe!

Idea for a sweet and simple valentine gift!
I made some of this recipe around Christmas time and it was a pretty big hit so I decided to re-use the idea for a Valentines Day Craft show that is coming up in a couple weeks.

Here is that very quick and easy recipe:
1 cup of butter at room temperature
1 cup of honey
1 cup of powdered sugar
2 teaspoons of cinnamon
(makes six 4 oz jars)

Whip butter and then add sugar, followed by honey and cinnamon.

So delicious on an english muffin!

Try it out and let me know what ya think!

-sarah