A Butcher, Two Bakers, A Crazy Homemaker.

That was my family growing up.  My dad was the butcher and my mom stayed home with me and my siblings (we would have made any person crazy).  Luckily for us kids, both my parents were fond of baking.  And very good at it.

One of my favorite childhood memories was baking cookies with my dad to pack in our school lunches.  We'd pick a recipe from the old blue cookbook, and if we didn't have all the ingredients it required we would search and find a different one.  It was always a challenge to find a recipe on a day you didn't have eggs in the house.

Luckily for me, the baking gene appears to be hereditary.

Nothing like a warm chocolate chip brownie and a glass of milk after a long day at school.

An American Pie for an American Day

Fireworks, family, friends and freedom.  Hope your 4th of July is filled with all of these things. I also hope your day is filled with good old all American food.  I started the day baking my favorite: homemade apple pie.

Mikety Moe's Birthday Cookies

This is how I spent two entire days of my life last week.  In the event you don't have a 5 year old, this is Patrick, SpongeBob Squarepants sidekick on the hit Nickelodeon cartoon.  As you can see, photos are provided, recipe and directions are not.  If you are crazy enough to bake these cookies, I am happy to publish more specific instructions.