canning · Home making

Sweet Refrigerator Pickles

When your garden gives you cucumbers…

you thank the Lord and make pickles! I’ve been making this refrigerator Dill Pickle recipe in past years, but I decided that this batch would be a sweet variety. I found a recipe on PInterest from this site. She has some great recipes…if you don’t mind scrolling through LOTS of ads that pop up. (Grrr.) The blessing of refrigerator pickles is that you don’t have to can them. They can stay in your fridge for a couple of months.

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children · Crafts · summertime

Go Play With the Moon (dough)

How’s your summer going, moms of school-age children? If you need a fun little project to perk up the mid-summer doldrums, I have a fun and easy project/craft/activity for you and your child that is inexpensive, easy, quick, and doesn’t make a huge mess. This is a modeling dough that is so much easier to clean up than play dough!

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dessert · Pie

Amish Peanut Butter Pie

Today I’m featuring a pie that I barely mentioned on my blog a long time ago! I recently made this jewel again and was reminded why it was a favorite of ours!

Years ago while living in Indiana, we frequented a restaurant, Lakeview, that served an amazing Peanut Butter Pie. Then one day a friend from church invited us over for dinner and she served Peanut Butter Pie for dessert that tasted exactly like the pie we loved so much! I was so happy when she willingly shared her recipe with me! The “secret” that makes this pie different than many Peanut Butter Pies is the crumbly peanut butter mixture that is hidden under the filling and then also adorns the top of the pie! It’s so good!

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