Never Miss A Post! Free Email Update When I Share Something New What Is Self-Rising Flour? Self-rising flour includes a leavening agent and is used for baked goods that need to rise during baking. Biscuits, quick breads, cakes, and scones are examples of items that may call for self-rising flour. Here’s a secret: I never…
Is Expensive Butter Always Better?
Never Miss A Post! Free Email Update When I Share Something New Browsing the butter section of any grocery store provides you with a number of options for your butter-buying sojourn. You’ll likely see the generic store brands – often fetching the lowest price – the mainstream name brand Land O’ Lakes, and then the…
How To Fix Burnt Cookies | 6 Ways That Work
Sidebar: Hey there! We’re still in the middle of our renovation nightmare, so I am still without a kitchen and unable to cook, eat decent food, or create and blog new recipes. However, since blogging is my most passionate hobby and I’ve been dying inside without being able to post, please enjoy these tips!…
How To Make Homemade Chicken Stock
Never Miss A Post! Free Email Update When I Share Something New Why Should I Make My Own Chicken Stock? Since stock is available so readily from any grocery store, what’s the point in making your own? If you’re someone who likes to waste as little food as possible – like me – then making…
How To Stock Your Kitchen For Coronavirus Quarantine (the SANE way)
Man, this business with the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has gripped the entire world. You can’t scroll through social media or any news website without seeing something related to the virus, be it fear-mongering headlines, misinformation, actual scientific information and good advice, or the hilarious memes that this fiasco has sprouted. One of the more common…
Here Are The Best Ways To Reheat Your Leftovers
It’s the 17th day of #blogtober! I will be putting up new content every day this month as well as hosting a giveaway at the beginning of each week! This week’s giveaway can be found HERE! It’s a good one! Never miss a new post here on Brownie Bites! Are you tired of soggy, dried…
The Difference Between French Vanilla and Vanilla Ice Cream
Is there a difference between French vanilla and vanilla ice cream? I spent a large portion of my life not knowing if there was actually a difference in calling an ice cream flavor French vanilla, other than it sounded extra special. I admit, I’d always been drawn to the name because it just sounded fancy. …
How To Make Absolutely Perfect Pancakes (And Mistakes To Avoid!)
Anyone can whip together a batch of decent pancakes at home, but have you ever wondered why the pancakes at restaurants and diners are just… better? Amazing, even? They’re thick, fluffy, and moist, yet still so tender that they almost melt away in your mouth. There’s really nothing like tucking into a towering stack…
What Food You Should REALLY Buy For Snow or Power Outage
How To Stock Up For Snow? We’ve all seen the stories of grocery stores being stripped of their inventory of bread and milk every time a little snow shows up in the forecast. We’ve been conditioned to feel like we need to rush out and buy these things to try and feel prepared for being…
How To Score Free Stuff On Your Birthday!
Birthdays seem to get less fun the older you get. After a certain point you stop being excited about getting a year older and start wrinkling your nose at seeing that number tick higher and higher. I turned 34 on August 30th and decided that I’d try something different this year and cash in on…