This year has been a year of discovery: my inner baker. Or is it chef? Ah, whatever. I’m discovering that I really like making things from scratch. They taste better than boxed or frozen things. It’s frugal. It fulfills some inner homemaker need deep within. This past year I’ve learned how to make: Chocolate Chip Granola Bars Homemade bread Pizza dough Buttermilk biscuits Soft pretzels Bagels Flour tortillas They’re all …
Works for me Wednesday
A Pancake Tip
So it’s not rocket science, but sometimes when I make pancakes I make extra and freeze them in ziploc baggies for later in the week when we need a quick breakfast. Astounding. I know. So I make a double portion of batter with my Pioneer baking mix, some milk and some buttermilk and then whatever we don’t eat, I freeze in the freezer. They can be popped in the toaster …
WFMW – Homemade Saxon Math
Ideally, if all things came together and the stars aligned and a magic fairy waved her wand and zapped my school supplies,… I’d be teaching Princess with a Saxon 2 Math book right now. Alas, as the stars did not align, no fairy waved her wand, and God chose to bless me with an extra dose of ingenuity in lieu of plopping a book in my lap…here’s what we came …