Makes 18 cupcakes Lava is a super-hot substance that gurgles beneath the surface of Earth and sometimes erupts out of volcanoes. Lava can be anywhere from 1,300 to 2,200 degrees. It is made of rocks, dirt, and ash that are so hot they’ve melted together and become a…
Makes 36 cake balls German chocolate cake is flavored with nuts, caramel, coconut, and chocolate. It seemed a perfect choice, since that’s all our favorite ingredients, to make our very first cake ball. If you’ve never had a cake ball before, they’re awfully fun—like…
Makes 24 cake balls We used to look forward to the Girl Scouts coming to our house so that we could purchase boxes of their Samoa cookies. This year when the young ladies came a-knockin’, we (somewhat sadly) politely declined. The boys got to asking why they didn’t…
Makes 1 pie crust We’ve tried lots of different ways to make pie crusts and never found one to our liking. Some were too sweet, some were too flaky, some were even too difficult to make. One morning, Stacy woke up early and headed to the kitchen, determined to solve…
Serves 8–10 The first time we made coconut cream pie, we had a serious accident! We forgot to let the pie chill in the fridge, so when we tried to move it, it spilled everywhere! We made it again in hopes that it was tasty after all. Luckily, it’s delicious and sets…
Makes 1 cup of whipped coconut cream We love to put berries and coconut cream on our Sunday morning Frozen Waffles, but they’re also a delicious treat all by themselves. If you like to get the can of whipped cream from the fridge and spray it on your dessert, this is…
Provides 10–12 servings Tapioca pearls look like hundreds of tiny bubbles when you cook them, but really they’re just tiny balls of starch made from the cassava root. We add them to pudding and, voila, bubble pudding! Tapioca pearls can be found affordably and easily…
Serves 10 We love cherry picking! After climbing the trees and picking these little cute gems, making this delicious dessert is the perfect way to end the day. It’s even better with our Honey Nut Ice Cream (p. 237) on top! We use a cherry pitter (we got ours at the…
Makes 24 mini cups or 9 muffin size These mini muffins taste like a peanut butter candy walked into a muffin, only they’re much healthier. If you’ve never tried sunflower seed butter before, you’re in for a treat! It’s the seeds of a sunflower ground up like peanut…
Makes 16 oz smoothie Sometimes, especially in the cold of winter, it’s fun to use your imagination and pretend you’re on vacation. Use tropical fruits like mango and pineapple to make a “vacation smoothie” like this one. Then put on your bathing suit and sunglasses…
Makes about 24 balls One of our favorite activities is picking fruit from our local “u-pick” farm. When cherries are ripe, we always pick lots and lots of them because it’s fun to climb trees and it’s nice and shady picking. We pit them, freeze them, and use them all…
Makes 6 cups of granola Having changed what you eat, you probably miss cereal from time to time. We’re not going to lie: we miss cereal, too. Granola has always been a favorite, but with the traditional variety containing oats, we have to pass it up at the store. The…