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…
Makes 1 loaf or 15 muffins Not often, but sometimes, your bananas get overripe before you eat them. Don’t let them go to waste because of a few freckles or bruises! You can freeze them for use in our Hawaiian Vacation Smoothie or you can make this wonderful warm and…
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…
Serves 2-4 We love avocados in our family and try to put them in EVERYTHING. What better way to add smooth, rich flavor to a drink than adding a whole avocado to it? This smoothie is so creamy and thick, we’ve started calling it a milkshake! INGREDIENTS • 2 dates,…
Makes 24 cookies These chocolate chip cookies are amazingly delicious. As a matter of fact, we think they’re even better than any chocolate chip cookie we had before we ate like dinosaurs. We like to dip ours in (unsweetened) chocolate almond milk, but they’re also…