Spices Over Yanda Blog (Previously Allyson's Attempt at Domestication)

 Hello friends! This Christmas was an awesome and unforgettable one for me.  I had all my children, grandchildren and both our moms in town!  Such a blessing! Since we are still currently living in our trailer (though we did make it out on our land), we rented a house for the week to host out of. With such a large group, I planned on cooking all our meals at home to save money and make sure we ate well.  We had some family members who only eat lean meats and others that don't care for sourdough anything, so I had to adapt a few things. Adapting and trying new things is fun! Of course one of the requests was for my overnight cinnamon rolls, which has become a tradition for Christmas morning.  Luckily, I was able to get the house a day early, so I could prep everything.  That made everything possible.  Here is the best overnight cinnamon roll recipe you will ever try and I have put it to the test for years!  I doubled the recipe using my bosch mixe...

 Today I am leaving my second child at college.  Cambria loves to cook and is adventurous with what she likes to eat.  I'm getting ready to take her shopping for her first groceries and I wanted to add a few of my favorite things to cook and bake on my blog so she can find them easy. Chocolate Chip Cookies Ingredients: 1 stick of butter (8 tablespoons) - melted 1/2 cup of white sugar 1/4 cup of brown sugar 1 teaspoon of vanilla 1 egg 1 1/2 cups of all purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/4 teaspoon salt 3/4 cups total of chocolate chips (do a combination of milk, semi sweet, peanut butter) Instructions: heat oven to 350 degrees mix the sugars and melted butter until creamy stir in the egg and vanilla just until combined add in the flour, baking soda, salt - mix until dough consistency - you might need to add more flour (sometimes the mixer will make this too creamy so I mix by hand) add in the chocolate chips and mix/stir until combined drop by spoonfulls onto a bakin...