Smoked pork shoulder is an experiment with an infinite number of variables that must be controlled, reviewed and tweaked with each cook. The most prominent is temperature. ‘Low and Slow’, or a consistent temperature between 225 and 250 degrees Fahrenheit, is the mantra of smoked pork barbecue. However, with cook times ranging from 1.5 to 2 hours per pound, a 10 pound pork shoulder requires either an overnight smoke or late night eating. There is some information out there that states you can smoke a pork shoulder for 8 hours at 225F. While cook times vary, that is never going to be the case. I’m sure there’s an overabundance of discouraged first time pit masters who were 8 hours in at 6pm with hungry guests and nowhere close to pulled pork temperatures.* Just to let you know, I earn a modest commission off of purchases made through…
While I was waiting for my new bread baking supplies to arrive I had an itch to bake something sweet. I could have easily thrown together my go-to chocolate chip cookie recipe (aka the one I’ve had memorized off the back of the bag since childhood). What fun would that be? So, I give you: brown butter chocolate chip cookies. Just to let you know, I earn a modest commission off of purchases made through Amazon affiliate links on this page. Don’t worry, it is of no extra cost to you. I love the products I recommend and hope you do too! For more information, please read my full disclosure policy. I’ve never browned butter before these cookies. Okay, I’ve never browned butter on purpose, only burned it when I walked away from the stove to multitask. If you’re not sure how to…
Throughout this whole quarantine thing I have decided to bust out some more yeast and try my hand at a lot more yeast based recipes. Recently I made these homemade cinnamon rolls and oh my wow. My cousin sent me a funny baking in quarantine bingo card on Instagram and in my mind I said: challenge accepted. Just to let you know, I earn a modest commission off of purchases made through Amazon affiliate links on this page. Don’t worry, it is of no extra cost to you. I love the products I recommend and hope you do too! For more information, please read my full disclosure policy. I’m not stranger to a homemade cinnamon roll. Admittedly, I haven’t made cinnamon rolls from scratch since home ec class in 7th grade. I fondly remember making them in class and recreating them again at my friend Britney…
It may be in the 90s here for the foreseeable forecast with heat indexes well into the 100s but, it is that time of year folks. If you look carefully you’ll find pumpkin spice coffee creamer and Oktoberfest beers cropping up in the local stores. I’m ready now, but I won’t get too far ahead of myself. I recently made these amazing cinnamon rolls and this really great blueberry cream cheese babka that was a huge hit with my family. I’m feeling adventurous and semi-autumnal so I decided to try my hand at combining the two. I give you: Cinnamon Roll Babka. Just to let you know, I earn a modest commission off of purchases made through Amazon affiliate links on this page. Don’t worry, it is of no extra cost to you. I love the products I recommend and hope you do too…
Earlier this week we got out of the house and went strawberry picking. It was a beautiful day full of sunshine and bright red sticky strawberries. This experience was hands down my favorite activity we did this week. Naturally, I knew I had to do something with this huge bucket of strawberries we picked. I have been on a pretty big baking kick so I decided to experiment with a pound cake recipe for strawberry shortcake. Just to let you know, I earn a modest commission off of purchases made through Amazon affiliate links on this page. Don’t worry, it is of no extra cost to you. I love the products I recommend and hope you do too! For more information, please read my full disclosure policy. To me, there is not JUST a recipe for pound cake. Traditional pound cake to me is exclusively associated with sweet…
When I was pregnant I experienced the biggest sweet tooth I have ever had in my life. I prefer salty and savory over sweet most days but when I was pregnant all bets were off. If it was sweet I wanted it. Pretty sure I ate a whole watermelon by myself one week (it was the dead of summer and I was 7 months pregnant what can a girl do?). Once I had to reign in my sugar, however, I resorted to small sweets like peanut butter. I would combine some peanut butter with a little whipped cream for a pseudo peanut butter mousse. After I had Danny, this led to the creation of my Peanut Butter Pie. Just to let you know, I earn a modest commission off of purchases made through Amazon affiliate links on this page. Don’t worry, it is of no extra cost to you…
Can you feel it? The weather is getting warmer, the tree pollen is subsiding (at least in North Carolina). You can almost smell the grill out back and feel the sun on your cold, pale skin (it’s me, I’m the pale one). I associate warm weather with good food cooked out on our grill. Dave is a grill master and cooks up the best chicken, burgers, and brats anywhere. For no particular reason, I don’t do the grilling (bugs, humidity, intimidation..). I am, however, the side dish queen and nothing goes better with grilled goods than a chilled homemade pasta salad. Just to let you know, I earn a modest commission off of purchases made through Amazon affiliate links on this page. Don’t worry, it is of no extra cost to you. I love the products I recommend and hope you do too…
Have you ever seen something while mindlessly scrolling through your Pinterest feed that catches your eye? You click it to look closer and eventually follow it to a website with stunning pictures. That was me the other day when I came across this recipe for Blueberry Cream Cheese Babka. Just to let you know, I earn a modest commission off of purchases made through Amazon affiliate links on this page. Don’t worry, it is of no extra cost to you. I love the products I recommend and hope you do too! For more information, please read my full disclosure policy. I have never made Babka before but I’m not intimidated by yeast goods so I figured I could tackle something like this. The last time I was at the grocery store I stocked up on yeast packets because they were really hard to find (that and bread…
Okay so I was debating on actually posting a recipe and story about prime rib and just decided to go for it. My family LOVES a good prime rib roast so I will go ahead and share our favorite strategies for making the best prime rib roast! Just to let you know, I earn a modest commission off of purchases made through Amazon affiliate links on this page. Don’t worry, it is of no extra cost to you. I love the products I recommend and hope you do too! For more information, please read my full disclosure policy. Ordinarily my family reserves prime rib for the Christmas holiday. We always have prime rib roast on either Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. One year I got a small rib roast at my local grocer on a huge discount after the Christmas holidays. I squeezed it into a foodsaver bag…
One of the things I have been trying to do recently is ensure we are using our resources effectively. None of us particularly want to go to the grocery store during this pandemic. We have been very efficient about eating leftovers and re-purposing things so that we’re not eating the same thing every day. Today I decided to re-purpose some ingredients for easy cake batter dip! Just to let you know, I earn a modest commission off of purchases made through Amazon affiliate links on this page. Don’t worry, it is of no extra cost to you. I love the products I recommend and hope you do too! For more information, please read my full disclosure policy. So I am staring into the abyss that is my refrigerator and I notice one of those huge containers of yogurt. Danny has started eating solids and…