This easy Popeyes biscuit recipe copycat makes delicious buttery biscuits like the ones at Popeye’s chicken restaurants. Just 4 ingredients!
Homemade Popeyes Biscuits
This easy Popeyes biscuit recipe is a homemade copycat recipe that tastes just like the buttery flaky biscuits at Popeye’s chicken restaurants! We absolutely love Popeye’s chicken and I think we might love their biscuits even more! If you have ever eaten at Popeye’s you know what I mean!
If you have never eaten Popeyes biscuits, you’re in for a treat! These biscuits are so yummy! They are a taste explosion of buttery goodness with salt and a light flaky texture everyone loves!
Biscuits are one of the most versatile food items because they go with almost any meal! They’re perfect for breakfast, lunch or dinner!
Don’t Be Afraid! These Popeyes Biscuits Are Easy!
Don’t be afraid to make these biscuits because they are made from scratch. This easy Popeyes biscuit recipe is really very simple with only 4 ingredients and they literally take only 5 minutes to make!
If you’re at all hesitant about your baking or cooking skills, biscuit recipes are the perfect place to start! If you follow the instructions, biscuit recipes are almost no-fail recipes! I have known many inexperienced cooks who had great success with biscuits.
This Easy Popeyes Biscuit Recipe is in volume 2 of our cookbook:
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Easy Tips For Biscuit Making
After you mix the Popeyes biscuit dough, you will need to roll it out to about 1/2 inch thick before you cut it into biscuits. The biscuits will rise as they bake so this is the perfect thickness for amazing biscuits.
Once you roll out the biscuit dough, you will cut the dough into biscuit shapes using a biscuit cutter or glass. If you use a glass, it is helpful to dip the glass in a bit of flour or coat the rin in some flour so that the glass does not stick to the dough.
When you have cut biscuits from all of the dough, there will be some dough left. Don’t let it go to waste. Gather the remaining dough and roll it out to 1/2 inch again and cut biscuits from the remaining dough. Once there is no longer enough dough to cust biscuits from, pat the remaining dough into a rough biscuit shape and bake with the biscuits.
Unlike a lot of other biscuit recipes, this Popeyes biscuit recipe calls for melting butter in the bottom of the 9×13 inch baking pan. Then, once the biscuits are cut, you will place them in the pan and coat well with the butter so that the outside almost fries in the butter while the biscuits are baking. This gives them the nice crunchy texture just like the ones at Popeye’s Fried Chicken restaurants.
This recipe calls for 1 stick of butter, but if you want an even more buttery flavor, you can pour a little melted butter over the top after the biscuits are in the baking pan just before you pop them in the oven.
This sounds like a lot of process, but it really only takes about 5 minutes. Try this easy Popeye biscuit recipe and I KNOW you won’t be disappointed!
This Popeyes Biscuit Recipe Is Great To use With These Recipes!
This easy Popeyes biscuit recipe copycat makes delicious buttery biscuits that taste just like the ones at Popeye’s chicken restaurants. With only 4 ingredients, you will be surprised how easy they are to make!
Author:Tawra Kellam
Ingredients
4 cupsbaking mix (Bisquick) 3/4 cup club soda 8 oz. sour cream 1 stick butter
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Here’s how to clean a burnt pot or pan. Cleaning a burnt pot can be tough, especially when it’s very burned and greasy, but this method makes the job so much easier!
Mary asks:
“Can you tell me the quickest way to remove years of burned on grease on the bottom of my flat pan.“
I’ve used Awesome, Scrub Free, and Dawn Dish Detergent (the one used for cleaning oil from the birds during oil tanker spill from the Valdez that ran aground in Alaska).”
“With the combination of the three, and a lot of elbow grease, I’ve removed some of it, but I’d really like to find one product or method that makes it easier.”
Tawra: I am the queen of burning things. One time I even melted the tea kettle to the burner! No kidding, Mike and mom still tease me about it. I have tried over the years many things to save my pots and pans. Here’s what I do.
I wasn’t clear if you meant the bottom of the inside of a pan or the outside, so I’ll address both.
For Cleaning the Inside of a Burnt Pan:
Place a generous amount of baking soda (about 1/2 cup) in the bottom of your pan. Make sure it covers the bottom of your pan. Fill the pan with water and then simmer for an hour or so. Most of the burnt-on stuff should come right off. You can do this more than once if needed.
If the grease doesn’t all come off the burnt pan with the first method, then take a razor blade and scrape off the last of the burned on food. Follow up with an SOS pad to scrub away the rest and after that the pans are usually good as new!
For Cleaning the Outside Bottom of a Pan:
If the burnt on grease is on the outside bottom of the pan, then go straight to the SOS pad and scrub hard. Unfortunately, for years of baked-on grease, this method takes elbow grease—but it’s the most effective option I’ve found. The only easier way we have found to deal with this is to buy a new pan, which was the first thing Mike recommended when he noticed “quickest” and “easy” in your question ;-).
These tips have saved many of my pans over the years, and I hope they work for you too, Mary. Let me know how it goes!
Looking for a sweet treat that’s as budget-friendly as it is impressive? This easy cream cheese mints recipe creates soft, melt-in-your-mouth party mints perfect for weddings, baby showers, bridal showers, and any special occasion! These elegant little bites are sure to delight your guests without breaking the bank.
Not only are these mints quick and simple to make, but they’re also a great way to add a personal, homemade touch to your event. Plus, making them yourself is far more affordable than buying pre-made treats.
If you’re planning a wedding or special event, be sure to explore our Cheap Wedding Ideas series, where we share practical tips to cut costs while creating a memorable day. From DIY décor to budget-savvy catering ideas, you’ll find plenty of inspiration to help you save money without sacrificing style.
This cream cheese mints recipe, known as “Molded Mints” in our Dining On A Dime Cookbook, Volume 1, is just one of the many easy, delicious, and affordable recipes included in the book. With step-by-step instructions, you’ll be whipping up these crowd-pleasing mints in no time!
Whether you’re hosting a wedding, celebrating the holidays, or throwing a party “just because,” this easy cream cheese mints recipe is the perfect addition to your menu. Give it a try, and watch your guests come back for seconds (and maybe even thirds)!
This Cream Cheese Mints Recipe is called Molded Mints in our Dining On A Dime Cookbook, Volume 1.
This easy cream cheese mints recipe makes soft, wedding-style mints perfect for weddings, Christmas, and other holidays! These mints are super easy to make and your family and friends will love them!
Looking for a delicious sugar-free treat? This easy sugar free cream cheese mints recipe delivers soft, melt-in-your-mouth wedding-style mints that are perfect for weddings, Christmas, and any holiday celebration! Quick to make and irresistibly tasty, these mints will be a hit with family and friends!
Beat ingredients together with a mixer. It should be a thick, but moldable dough consistency. If it is too dry, you can add a tablespoon of milk.
If desired, add food coloring. For more than one color, divide the dough into equal parts in separate bowls.
Mix the food color into the dough with a mixer. If using multiple colors, rinse the beaters between colors.
When mixed, roll into small balls. If the dough is too soft to roll, refrigerate for a few minutes before rolling to harden slightly.
Lay each ball on a baking sheet and press with a fork to decorate, OR pipe into peppermint drops.
Store in an airtight container.
These mints can be frozen or refrigerated.
From A Reader:
Kristina Writes: I wanted to add a tip to your cream cheese mints recipe. If you don’t have candy molds for your mints, you can roll them into balls and use an initial imprint stamp with the first initial of the bride and groom’s last name. Just push the stamp down in the center of the mint and use even pressure. They look like designer mints. If you powder the mints with more sugar, do so before you stamp the mint. Thanks for letting me put in my two cents!
Fudge is my favorite Christmas candy and this is my favorite Christmas cookie. My mom made these every year. I remember getting up at 5 in the morning before everyone else to get ready for school. I would sit on the kitchen floor with my dog and pop one of these cookies into my mouth and then pop one into my dog’s. We both loved our early morning treat sooo much.
Author:Jill Cooper
Ingredients
1 cup butter 6 Tbsp. sugar 2 cups all purpose flour 1 tsp. vanilla 1 cup nuts powdered sugar
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400°.
Cream butter and sugar together.
Add flour, vanilla and nuts.
Roll into walnut sized balls onto a greased cookie sheet and lightly flatten.
Bake for 10 minutes.
Remove from oven, place on waxed paper and sprinkle with or roll in powdered sugar.
For more delicious quick and easy recipes like this, check out our quick and easy cookbooks!
This yummy and easy 7 Layer Bar Cookies Recipe makes a delicious treat your whole family will love! They are great for parties or anytime you need a great dessert!
This easy 7 layer bar cookies recipe is rich and delicious! Made with graham cracker crumbs, chocolate, butterscotch, coconut and more, it is a super tasty treat perfect for the most die-hard chocolate or cookie lover!
Ingredients
1 stick (1/2 cup) margarine 1 cup graham cracker crumbs 1-2 cups flake coconut 1 (6 oz.) pkg. chocolate chips 1 (6 oz.) pkg. butterscotch chips 1 can sweetened condensed milk 1 cup nuts, chopped
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°.
Melt margarine in a 9×13 pan.
Add the rest of the ingredients in layers.
Bake for 25-30 minutes.
Cut into bars when cool.
(If you need some delicious and easy recipes that your family will love, you’ll definitely want to check out our cookbooks!)
This homemade all purpose cleaner recipe makes my absolutely favorite cleaner for my house! I pretty much use this cleaner for 90% of the cleaning done around my house. I just use the Dawn but if you need something a little stronger you can use ammonia. It’s in volume 1 of our cookbook and I just love the way it makes everything from windows to sinks and toilets shine!
1 gallon water 1 cup ammonia or 2 tsp. Dawn dishsoap 1/2 cup vinegar 1/2 cup baking soda
Instructions
Combine all ingredients.
Put into a spray bottle to clean showers, toilets, sinks and counters.
This homemade all-purpose cleaner is great for most cleaning needs. Use all-purpose cleaner to clean your floors. Just spray on and wipe off as you would counter-tops.
This is not a disinfectant.To make it a disinfectant, too, add about 1/4 cup rubbing alcohol to the bottle.
All Purpose Cleaner Recipe #2 – (My newer version.)
This disinfecting cleaner is the one I prefer and use most often. It is the same as the all purpose cleaner above except that it includes alcohol for disinfecting.
1gallonwater1cupammonia or 2 tsp. Dawn dish soap
1/2cupvinegar1/2cupbaking soda1/4cuprubbing alcohol
Instructions
Combine all ingredients.
Put into a spray bottle to clean showers, toilets, sinks and counters.
This all-purpose cleaner is great for most cleaning needs. Use this all-purpose disinfecting cleaner to clean your floors. Just spray on and wipe off as you would countertops.
Notes
This all purpose disinfecting cleaner is a disinfectant because it includes the alcohol.
This Sour Cream Enchiladas Recipe makes yummy enchiladas that are easy to make and super popular with families. It’s easy to add your own variations to satisfy everyone in your family!
This Sour Cream Enchiladas Recipe makes yummy enchiladas that are super easy to make. It’s easy to add your own variations to satisfy everyone in your family!
Author:Tawra Kellam
Yield:4 servings
Ingredients
1 can enchilada sauce 8 oz. sour cream 8 oz. shredded cheddar cheese 12 corn tortillas
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°.
Spray a 9×13 pan (or one slightly smaller) with cooking spray.
Place a tablespoon of sour cream and cheese in the center of each tortilla.
Roll up each one and place it in the pan.
Pour enchilada sauce over it all.
Spread the remaining sour cream and cheese on top.
Cover and bake at 350° for 20-30 minutes (or 250° for 45-60 minutes).
This recipe serves about 4. If you have hearty eaters, you may want to double or triple it.
Notes
You can make this in the morning and let it sit until you are ready to cook it.
Optionally, you can include additional items like:
cooked ground beef
diced onions
chopped bell peppers
chicken
pork roast
green chiles
black olives
or anything else that sounds good with enchiladas!
This Sour Cream Enchiladas Recipe is from volume 1 of our cookbook:
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Other recipes that go great with these sour cream enchiladas:
This easy snickerdoodles recipe is a tasty treat that everyone loves! You’ll also find instructions to make a jar mix that’s perfect for gift giving!
Snickerdoodle cookies are a classic sugar cookie style cookie that everyone loves! They are not as sweet as sugar cookies but have a nice buttery cinnamon flavor. Snickerdoodle cookies can range from crispy to soft. Our easy snickerdoodles recipe is on the softer side, with just a slight delicate crunch to make them perfect!
I don’t know many people who don’t just love snickerdoodles! My kids can eat an entire batch in one sitting… If there are any left by the time they get home from school!
If you want, you can make several batches of snickerdoodle cookies and keep them in the cupboard in a cookie jar so you can have fresh snickerdoodles any time! This easy snickerdoodles recipe makes a snack that’s great for keeping on hand for after school snacks. Keep some on hand and you won’t always have to come up with something new for the kids before they go out to play.
Snickerdoodles as a Jar Mix Gift
This easy snickerdoodles recipe is designed as a jar mix perfect for gift giving. Our recipe below includes instructions for making the cookies right away and also instructions for making the jar mix to give as a gift.
If you are gift-giving, save pretty jars or mason jars to put the mix in. Put a pretty ribbon around the top and you have a quick and easy gift! These jar mixes are also perfect when included in homemade gift baskets!
This easy snickerdoodles recipe makes delicious buttery snickerdoodle cookies! With the texture of sugar cookies and a slight cinnamon flavor, these cookies are a tasty treat that everyone loves! You’ll also find instructions to make a jar mix that’s perfect for gift giving!
Author:Tawra Kellam
Yield:5 dozen small cookies
Ingredients
Dry Mix
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 tsp. salt 1 tsp. baking soda 2 tsp. cream of tartar 1 1/2 cups sugar
Ingredients To Prepare The Mix
1 cup shortening or butter 2 eggs 1 jar Snickerdoodle Jar Mix
Instructions
In a large bowl, combine the snickerdoodle dry mix ingredients.
Mix well.
If you are making the recipe as a jar mix, store the mix in an airtight container and attach the preparation instructions below.
If you want to make the cookies now, preheat the oven to 400°.
In a large bowl, cream the butter with a mixer until light.
Add the eggs and beat on low speed until the mixture is smooth.
Add the Snickerdoodle Mix.
Continue to beat on low speed until the dough begins to form.
Combine the sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl.
Shape the dough into quarter sized balls.
Roll the dough balls in the cinnamon and sugar blend.
Arrange on ungreased baking sheets 2 inches apart.
Bake for 8-10 minutes or until light brown.
Cool on wire racks.
When making this easy snickerdoodles recipe as a jar mix, attach this note to the jar:
To Make The Snickerdoodle Cookies:
1 cup shortening or butter
2 eggs
1 jar Snickerdoodle
Mix 2 Tbsp. sugar and 2 tsp. cinnamon
Preheat oven to 400°. In a large bowl, cream the butter with a mixer until light. Add the eggs and beat on low speed until the mixture is smooth. Add the Snickerdoodle Mix and continue to beat on low speed until the dough begins to form. Combine the sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Shape the dough into quarter sized balls and roll in the cinnamon-sugar blend. Arrange on ungreased baking sheets 2 inches apart and bake for 8-10 minutes or until light brown. Cool on wire racks. Makes 5 dozen cookies.
Notes
When you make this easy snickerdoodle cookies recipe as a jar mix, you can decorate the jar with pretty ribbons, stickers or anything you like to make it a special gift for the recipient.
This Snickerdoodles recipe jar mix is a wonderful addition to a homemade gift basket for any occasion, but especially for holidays and birthdays!
This easy snickerdoodles recipe is from Volume 1 of our cookbook:
This homemade ranch dressing recipe is quick and easy to make and is versatile for salads, vegetables and many other foods. It also makes an easy party dip!
Ranch dressing is a delicious American salad dressing that has been the most popular salad dressing in the United States for decades, and it’s no surprise why people love it!
Ranch dressing is usually made from buttermilk, salt, garlic, onion and various herbs and spices mixed into a sauce, usually based on mayonnaise. It’s super easy to make. Just combine the ingredients, mix and store in a jar in the refrigerator.
This homemade ranch dressing recipe can easily be made into a ranch dip, perfect as a vegetable dip for parties. It is simple to make this into a homemade ranch dip recipe. All you have to do is use sour cream or yogurt in place of the buttermilk.
This ranch dressing is much less expensive to make than the store bought dressing and has a much fresher taste! Give it a try and you’ll love it!
These homemade Gatorade sports drink recipes are quick and easy to make. They’re inexpensive and if you drink a lot of them, you’ll save a lot of money!
Several readers sent in their favorite homemade Gatorade sports drink recipes and we’re sharing them here. If you have one you would like to share please post the recipe in the comments! -Tawra
If you would like to add more electrolytes to these recipes, you can find electrolyte drops here. You can add a few drops per serving to any of these recipes if you like and save a LOT of money over buying pre-made sports drinks.
1 pack unsweetened Kool-aid (any flavor)
2quarts cold water1/2cupsugar1/2 tsp. salt
1/2cuporange juice
Instructions
Mix all of the ingredients together in a 2-quart jug.
Chill and serve.
This equals the electrolyte replacement found in many popular drinks on the market.
I have always found that sports drinks taste better to me and seem to work better for me if I cut them in half with water. This is probably not as frugal as making something from scratch, but it is a savings. From Barb
1cupwater1 Tbsp. orange juice or 2 tsp. lemon juice
1 Tbsp. sugar – DO NOT use a low-calorie sugar substitute
1 pinch salt
Instructions
Add the ingredients to the water.
Shake well.
Store in a jar or sealed container.
Notes
This Electrolyte Replacement will keep at least 24 hours without refrigeration, and weeks if it is kept cold.
For those who do not like citrus, use 3 oz. of cranberry juice cocktail in 5 oz. of water but do not add sugar.
Hope these suggestions help! I’m guessing this last mixture is similar to the homemade pedialyte for the mission field.
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This easy garlic mayo recipe is a tasty addition on hamburgers, sandwiches, chicken, or fish. It’s a great way to add a little extra flavor to regular mayonnaise. It also makes a great dip for vegetables!
Looking for a simple way to take your everyday meals to the next level? This easy garlic mayo recipe is a quick, tasty upgrade to plain mayonnaise—and it only takes two ingredients! Creamy, tangy, and infused with the bold taste of fresh garlic (or garlic powder if you’re in a hurry), this spread is the perfect addition to just about everything.
Spread it on hamburgers and sandwiches, drizzle it over grilled chicken or fish, or use it as a dip for fresh veggies and fries. However you enjoy it, this garlic mayo adds that rich, savory punch that makes ordinary meals feel like something special.
All you need is 1 cup of mayo and a couple of cloves of garlic (or a dash of garlic powder), and you’re set. Just mix, refrigerate to let the flavors meld, and enjoy all week long. It’s an easy, affordable condiment that delivers big flavor with hardly any effort.
Whether you’re meal prepping, cooking for a crowd, or just want to make your lunch sandwich a little more exciting, this homemade garlic mayo is a must-try!
This easy countertop disinfectant recipe is a great disinfectant that can be used for most cleaning needs and it will save you a lot of money over buying it at the store!
Here is our easy homemade countertop disinfectant recipe. This recipe works well as an all purpose cleaner and I use it for lots of cleaning applications in my home. The alcohol is a disinfectant and the ammonia is a disinfectant and also a degreaser.
You can save a lot of money making your own cleaning products instead of buying the expensive ones at the store that have the same ingredients.
When you use this or any kitchen and bathroom cleaner, it is important that you NEVER mix any cleaning product that has ammonia with any cleaning product that has bleach. If you use bleach and ammonia together, it creates a poisonous gas. This applies to all cleaners, not just homemade cleaners. This countertop disinfectant uses ammonia, so you would want to avoid using it with any cleaner that includes bleach.
Here is our countertop and all purpose cleaner recipe. Mix some together and keep it in a spray bottle wherever you need quick clean-ups and disinfecting.
Tired of spending money on expensive outdoor window cleaners? This simple and budget-friendly homemade outdoor window washer recipe works just as well—without the high price tag! Made with just a few everyday ingredients, it’s perfect for reaching those high-up windows without needing a ladder. Clean your windows with ease and save money in the process!
Here’s a quick and easy homemade fry sauce recipe! This creamy, tangy sauce is a favorite in some parts of the country as a dip for french fries—but it’s just as delicious on burgers, sandwiches, and more!
Fry Sauce – The Secret Sauce You Didn’t Know You Needed!
Ever heard of fry sauce? When we moved to Idaho, we were stumped when fast food places kept asking if we wanted some fry sauce with our French fries. Fry sauce? What’s that? We didn’t have any idea what fry sauce was, but when we tried it, we were hooked!
This easy homemade fry sauce recipe is creamy, tangy, and downright addictive. While it’s famous as a french fry dipping sauce, don’t stop there—it’s also amazing on burgers, chicken, sandwiches, and more. With just a few simple ingredients you probably already have on hand, you can whip up this tasty sauce in minutes. It’s a must-try if you’ve never had it—and if you have, you already know how good it is!
This homemade tortilla chips recipe is a great way to make your own homemade tortilla chips that taste better and are fresher than store-bought! This easy tortilla chips recipe is a great way to revive and use corn tortillas that are getting too brittle to roll.
Homemade Fried Tortilla Chips: A Simple Way to Save Money and Reduce Waste!
Have you ever opened a package of corn tortillas only to find that a few days later they’ve become too stiff to roll without cracking? It happens to all of us. Instead of throwing them away or letting them sit unused in the fridge, there’s an easy solution that turns those tortillas into something delicious—homemade tortilla chips!
Making your own tortilla chips at home is surprisingly simple, and once you try them, you may never want to go back to the bagged kind again. They’re fresh, crispy, and incredibly flavorful. Best of all, they’re a great way to stretch your grocery budget by using something you might otherwise waste.
Store-bought tortilla chips can be expensive, especially if you buy them regularly for snacks, nachos, or salsa. But when you make your own, you’re essentially turning inexpensive corn tortillas into a whole batch of chips for just pennies. If you already have tortillas on hand, the only extra ingredient you need is a little oil for frying.
Another great thing about homemade tortilla chips is how fresh they taste. When you fry them yourself, you get that warm, crispy texture that store-bought chips just can’t match. They’re perfect for dipping in salsa, guacamole, queso, or even enjoying plain with a sprinkle of salt.
This recipe is also incredibly flexible. Have a big pack of tortillas and worry you won’t use them all in time? Just turn them into chips! Slightly older tortillas actually work really well because they crisp up beautifully when fried. Instead of struggling to roll them for tacos or enchiladas, simply cut them into wedges and fry them.
Homemade tortilla chips are perfect for family movie nights, quick nachos, taco salads, or serving alongside your favorite Mexican dishes. You can even experiment with different seasonings like garlic salt, chili powder, or lime salt if you want to add a little extra flavor.
Once you see how easy these are to make, you’ll want to make them a lot more often! Crispy, fresh, and budget-friendly—what could be better?
This easy homemade milkshake recipe is a tasty way to enjoy a gourmet tasting milkshake in minutes without having to spend the high price of a specialty milkshake out!
Milkshakes are usually delicious, but it’s so expensive to buy them at a specialty ice cream store. Don’t waste your money spending too much for someone else to make it when you make it yourself for a lot less in minutes.
Here’s an easy milkshake recipe you can use to make homemade milkshakes that taste just as good as the expensive specialty milkshakes. Thi recipe includes chopped bits of candy bars, so it is a perfect way to use leftover candy after holidays like Valentine’s Day Halloween or Christmas.
A milkshake is really just a mixture of ice cream and milk, so it’s easy to make a basic milkshake just by blending together your favorite flavor of ice cream and some milk until you get the right consistency. This candy bar milkshake recipe calls for chocolate or vanilla ice cream, but you can easily modify it by using your favorite flavor of ice cream.
You can use any kind of candy bars you like, so feel free to experiment! You can also add your favorite fruit like cherries or strawberries. If you keep the consistency thick, you will end up with something like a homemade blizzard. If you prefer your milkshake thinner, you can add more milk.
For more easy milkshake recipes and recipes for homemade smoothies, check out Dining On A Dime Cookbook, Volume 1 and Volume 2!
1 cup mini candy bars, chopped 2 cups (1 pint) ice cream (chocolate or vanilla) 1/2 cup chocolate syrup 1 1/4 cups milk whipped cream or whipped topping (optional)
Instructions
Chop candies in a food processor. They are easier to chop if they are partially frozen.
Add the rest of the ingredients.
Mix until blended.
Top with whipped cream or whipped topping if you like!
This recipe makes a thick milkshake. Add 1/4 cup milk for a thinner shake or adjust milk as desired. Makes 2 milkshakes.
Notes
If you prefer a more lively milkshake, you can use any flavor of ice cream you like. Berry ice creams often compliment chocolate well, so feel free to experiment!
If you like, you can add fruit like cherries, strawberries or bananas.
This milkshake recipe calls for chopped mini candy bars, but you can use larger bars and cut them into smaller pieces. You can also use chocolate chips.
This recipe works great with all kinds of candy bars, not just plain chocolate. You can use milk chocolate, dark chocolate, chocolate with almonds, chocolate with rice krispies, chocolate with peanuts and more!
This easy Cheerio marshmallow treats recipe makes a tasty cereal bar similar to Rice Krispies treats, but with Cheerios and peanut butter! It’s a perfect treat for kids’ lunches and after school snacks!
Author:Jill Cooper
Yield:about 24 servings
Ingredients
3 Tbsp. butter or margarine 1 pkg. mini marshmallows (6 cups) 1/2 cup peanut butter, smooth or crunchy 5 cups Cheerios cereal
Instructions
Grease a 9×13 pan well.
Microwave the butter in a large bowl on high for 45 seconds or until melted.
Stir in marshmallows, coating with the butter.
Microwave on high 1 1/2 minutes or until melted, stirring after 45 seconds. Watch carefully in case you need to stir more frequently.
Mix in peanut butter and immediately add cereal.
Lightly mix to coat well with the peanut butter.
With a greased spatula or wax paper, press the mixture into the baking pan.
Notes
Mix 1 cup of M & M’s or raisins and 1/2 cup of peanuts. Add to the mixture at the same time you add the cereal.
Using this easy homemade flour tortillas recipe from Volume 1 of our Dining On A Dime Cookbook, it’s simple to make yummy homemade tortillas at home using ingredients you already have in your kitchen!
The homemade flour tortillas are so fresh and delicious! We love tearing them into pieces and eating them with homemade salsa from the garden!
There’s something incredibly satisfying about making your own homemade flour tortillas from scratch. Not only are they simple and budget-friendly, but the flavor and texture are far better than anything you can buy at the store. Once you try this easy recipe, you may never go back to packaged tortillas again!
This recipe uses basic ingredients you likely already have on hand—flour, salt, baking powder, shortening, and water. That means no last-minute trips to the store and no expensive specialty ingredients. It’s a perfect recipe when you have a little extra time and want something warm, fresh, and homemade on the table.
The process itself is straightforward and even a little therapeutic. Mixing the dough, kneading it until smooth, and rolling it out thin gives you a hands-on connection to your food that’s hard to beat. Don’t worry if your tortillas aren’t perfectly round—rustic shapes just add to their homemade charm!
Letting the dough rest is an important step you don’t want to skip. This allows the gluten to relax, making the tortillas easier to roll out nice and thin. The thinner you roll them, the softer and more flexible they’ll be once cooked.
Cooking the tortillas is quick and fun. A hot, dry skillet is all you need. Within seconds, you’ll see bubbles forming and light golden spots appearing—this is when you know they’re ready to flip. The smell alone is enough to make everyone wander into the kitchen asking what’s cooking!
These tortillas are incredibly versatile. Use them for tacos, burritos, quesadillas, or even simple wraps with whatever leftovers you have in the fridge. You can also serve them warm with a little butter for a simple, comforting treat.
If you love fresh, homemade recipes that taste better than store bought, this homemade flour tortilla recipe is a must-try. It’s easy, affordable, and brings a little extra warmth and love to your kitchen.
This Homemade Flour Tortillas Recipe is from Volume 1 of our cookbook:
Here are some easy strawberry recipes that are perfect for when you find a good sale or are just overwhelmed with strawberries! There are lots of tasty ways to use strawberries including strawberry jam, strawberry sauce, strawberry desserts, popsicles and more!
How To Use Strawberries
Ah June! –In the spring we think of a mouth-watering strawberry patch. Now it has turned into a forest with enough strawberries to feed most of the U.S. Undaunted by the mounds of berries in our kitchen, we have visions of row after row of beautiful jars of strawberry jam on our shelves.
Then it happens! The first pot boils over leaving a red mess all over the stove, up on the walls and on the counters and floor. Hours later after the kitchen looks like World War III was fought in it we stand in our kitchen and proudly display our 2 pints of strawberry jam.
Don’t despair. Canning isn’t the only way to use excess strawberries. In addition to the strawberry recipes below, here are some other suggestions to help you use strawberries:
Think small. Don’t plant too many plants in your garden. Plant just enough for what you need.
File all your recipes for fruits and veggies in order by the name of the fruit. Then when you need to find recipes for all the extra produce you can easily find several recipes.
To freeze berries: Throw extras into a bag and freeze. Don’t waste time freezing them on a tray, they do just as well thrown in a bag. These are great to use later for virtually any strawberry recipes!
Use strawberries to top cereal or oatmeal; add milk for a strawberries and cream flavor.
Easy Strawberry Recipes!
If you need strawberry recipes for something a little more complicated than a bowl of strawberries with a sprinkle of sugar, the following strawberry recipes should give you a great variety of tasty options you can use all year!
This easy strawberry jam recipe is one of those strawberry recipes that’s a great way to preserve extra strawberries or take advantage of a big sale on strawberries! This strawberry jam is super tasty!
Author:Jill
Yield:7 cups
Ingredients
Units
3 qts. fresh strawberries
3/4cupsugar1 Tbsp. lemon juice
Instructions
In large microwave-safe bowl, combine strawberries, sugar, and lemon juice.
Cover loosely and microwave on high 15 seconds.
Stir mixture to dissolve the sugar.
Microwave on high, uncovered, for 5 minutes.
Stir mixture well.
Check to see if it is done by putting a little on a spoon. Place it in the freezer for 5 minutes uncovered.
After 5 minutes, look at the preserves on the spoon. They should be thick but not hard.
For slightly thicker preserves, microwave on high for another 5 minutes.
For sweeter preserves, stir in a little more sugar. Then cook another minute.
Spoon preserves into jars and refrigerate or cool at room temperature, spoon into plastic bags and freeze. Makes 7 cups.
Notes
This jam easily lasts 3 weeks in the refrigerator and 3 months in the freezer.
This strawberry fruit leather recipe is an easy and cheaper way to make a strawberry snack like homemade fruit roll-ups. This strawberry recipe is a great way to use extra strawberries!
Author:Tawra
Yield:Five 2 inch logs
Ingredients
Units
3cups fresh or frozen strawberries*
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
1 Tbsp. light corn syrup
Instructions
Place strawberries into a blender and process until smooth.
Measure 2 cups of strawberry puree.
Stir in lemon juice and corn syrup.
Line a 15×10 inch jellyroll pan with heavy-duty plastic wrap and tape the plastic wrap to the pan at the corners.
Pour the strawberry mixture into the prepared pan.
Spread thin, leaving 1 inch on all sides. You can adjust this to fit your dehydrator or another pan; be sure it is spread thin on the pan.
Dry in an oven at 150° or in a dehydrator for 7-8 hours or until the surface is no longer sticky.
Remove the strawberry fruit leather from the pan while still warm.
Roll up jellyroll fashion.
Cut into logs.
Wrap in plastic wrap. Make five 2 inch logs.
*Any other fruit may be used in place of the strawberries.
Stir in strawberries and sweetened condensed milk.
Chill for 30 minutes or until partially set.
Fold in whipped topping.
Pour mixture into crust.
Chill 2 hours.
Kiwi Lime Strawberry Dessert
This is one of those easy strawberry recipes that makes a very versatile dessert. It is great for this time of year when we want lighter and easy desserts. The green and red color, along with the ease of preparing it make it great for Christmas too so you might want to file it with your Christmas dessert recipes, too.
This recipe calls for frozen strawberries but if you want to use fresh strawberries just chop the fresh strawberries and sprinkle with a little sugar. Let them set overnight for a few hours and they will produce the juice that you need in the recipe.
The strawberry juice can be used to make strawberry sauce anytime for strawberry recipes like strawberry shortcake. Making it this way is much cheaper than buying the sauce in the packets and it tastes so much better. You can make any kind of berry sauce you want using the strawberry sauce recipe below. It requires no baking and it’s quick. Does it get any better than that?
Use this easy strawberry sauce recipe to make strawberry sauce for any recipe that calls for it. This strawberry sauce makes a great topping for desserts. For an easy dessert, pour over a piece of angel food cake and top with whipped cream.
Author:Jill
Ingredients
2 (10 oz.) pkgs. frozen strawberries in juice
2 tsp. cornstarch
Instructions
Drain strawberries and place the juice in a saucepan.
Stir in cornstarch, blending well.
Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat and cool.
Stir in strawberries.
Strawberry Recipes For Cool Summer Treats!
If you’re looking for great strawberry recipes for summer treats, this easy strawberries and cream popsicles recipe makes a wonderful treat that the kids are sure to love! They’re much tastier and a lot cheaper than the store bought fruit popsicles. And if you have extra strawberries from your garden or find them on sale, this is a great recipe to use them!
This easy strawberries and cream popsicles recipe makes a tasty homemade treat perfect for warm days!
Author:Tawra
Ingredients
1 cup strawberries 1/2 cup vanilla ice cream or yogurt 1 cup of milk 1 Tbsp. sugar
Instructions
Blend the ingredients together until smooth.
Pour into popsicle molds and freeze.
This strawberry banana popsicles recipe is one of our favorite easy strawberry recipes for a cool summer treat! It makes a tasty snack and works out to be much less expensive than buying fruit popsicles at the store!
In a blender, mix the gelatin mixture, banana and yogurt.
Pour into popsicle molds.
Freeze.
This homemade fruit popsicles recipe is another of our easy strawberry recipes that’s great for summer! It’s very versatile and you can use your favorite fruit! Virtually any fruit will work, so don’t be afraid to experiment!
2 tsp. unflavored gelatin 2 Tbsp. cold water 1/4 cup boiling water 1 1/3 cups instant strawberry drink mix (like Nestle’s strawberry) 2 cups heavy whipping cream 2 tsp. vanilla
Instructions
Mix gelatin into cold water and let stand 5 minutes to soften.
Stir in boiling water and keep stirring until the gelatin is dissolved.
Cool 10 minutes.
Combine drink mix, whipping cream and gelatin mixture, beating until thickened.
Beat in vanilla.
Spoon into individual dishes.
Chill for 1-2 hours. Serves 8.
This Berries on a Cloud Dessert Recipe makes a delicious light and fluffy dessert resembling meringue. It’s soft and sweet with a yummy strawberry flavor!
Beat egg whites, cream of tartar, and salt until foamy.
Add sugar, 1-2 Tbsp. at a time, until 1 3/4 cup is added.
Continue to beat until stiff peaks form.
Spread into a greased 9×13 pan.
Bake for 1 hour.
Turn off the oven and do not open the oven door.
Leave in the oven with the door closed for 12 hours so the meringue sets.
After 12 hours, mix cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla.
Fold in whipped topping and marshmallows.
Spread over meringue.
Chill for 12 hours.
Mix pie filling, lemon juice and strawberries.
Spoon over each serving.
This strawberry dessert recipe is probably one of my favorite desserts, partly because it is not too rich. It is a very light dessert. It is an especially good one to keep made up in the freezer for when unexpected company comes by.
I like to use it not only for graduation parties, but also for baby showers or any other get-together because I can make it a week ahead of time and that means one less thing to have to deal with the day of the special event!
In this post, you’ll find great ideas and easy instructions for decorating Easter eggs including the traditional method, natural Easter egg dyes and other creative decorating suggestions.(more…)
If you want to know how to make sweet tea, here’s an easy sweet tea recipe for a refreshing summer drink! You can save money making a pitcher full of sweet tea for pennies instead of paying several dollars a glass at a restaurant!
How To Make Sweet Tea At Home – Sweet Tea Recipe
Those of you from the South may find a post about how to make sweet tea a little funny because sweet tea is an everyday thing in much of the South and some of you were weaned on the stuff.
There is a whole generation of adults, though, who don’t know how to make sweet tea because sugar was put on the “bad food” list when they were growing up, but surprise, surprise it is once again ok to use sugar in our drinks. Yeahhhh!!!!
Everyone is jumping on the bandwagon to buy sweet tea at the fast food restaurants and in the bottles. I cringe every time I see someone pay such a huge amount to buy sweet tea when it is so easy to make and costs only pennies for a pitcher full.
In addition to sweet tea, many people buy bottles of regular and green tea for the antioxidants. Be careful – when tea sits for a while it starts losing its antioxidants, so making fresh sweet tea is best.
To help you save some money on what may be becoming your favorite drink or what might still be an old favorite, here is how to make sweet tea using my easy sweet tea recipe.
Even though I am not officially a true Southerner, I will warn you I drink mine so sweet it will curl your hair. You can adjust the sugar if you want, but try it this way first and see what you think. Part of the secret to good iced tea is having the sugar properly dissolved. Just adding sugar to regular unsweetened cold tea doesn’t get it completely dissolved, but there’s an easy secret to this dilemma when making sweet tea.
Some people make a simple syrup to help dissolve the sugar, but you don’t have to go to all that trouble because this recipe makes it’s own simple syrup with the tea.
2quartswater3 regular size tea bags
3/4cupsugar (more or less, to taste)
Instructions
Boil part of the water (about 3 cups). This doesn’t have to be precisely measured. Just estimate using enough so that when you pour it over the tea bags and sugar, it will cover them well.
While the water is boiling, place the tea bags and sugar into a 2 quart pitcher.
After the water boils, pour it over the tea bags and sugar.
Cover and let it steep for 10-20 minutes, depending on the desired strength (at least 5 minutes if you are in a hurry). I let mine sit for 30 minutes or more.
When the tea is steeped, gently stir it. You don’t want to break the tea bags.
Add more cold water, up to the 2 quart line.
Chill.
Notes
If I will be serving my sweet tea over ice, which is the way I love it, I will only add water to the 1 1/2 quart line instead of 2 quarts so that the tea does not get too diluted as the ice melts.
After you taste the tea, you can adjust the sugar and water in the recipe to your own preference.
For flavored sweet tea: Use 2 regular tea bags and one flavored tea bag (like peach or raspberry). This adds just the right amount of flavor to the tea. If you like lemon, toss in a slice!
This sweet tea recipe is from volume 1 of our cookbook:
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Here are the steps for how to make sweet tea with pictures:
Boil part of the water (about 3 cups). This doesn’t have to be precisely measured. Just estimate using enough so that when you pour it over the tea bags and sugar, it will cover them well.
While the water is boiling, place the tea bags and sugar into a 2 quart pitcher.
After the water boils, pour it over the tea bags and sugar. Cover and let it steep for at least 5 minutes if you are in a hurry. I let mine sit for 30 minutes or more (or until I remember that I made it ;-).
Then, gently stir it. You don’t want to break the tea bags.
Add more cold water up to the 2 quart line. Chill.
If I will be serving mine over ice, which is the way I love it, I will only add water to the 1 1/2 quart line instead of 2 quarts.
Of course, after you try it, you can adjust the sugar and water to your preference.
Sometimes I will use 2 regular flavored tea bags and one flavored tea bag (like peach or raspberry). This adds just the right amount of flavor to it. If you like lemon, toss in a slice!
Here’s a quick and easy meal plan you can make with just 10 to 15 minutes’ preparation time. Starting with a tasty carmelized 3 ingredient pork chop recipe, add some easy side dishes and finish it off with a quick and easy instant peach cobbler! This is an easy meal sure to please your family!
Meal Plan:
3 Ingredient Pork Chops Country Fried Potatoes Cooked Carrots Caesar Salad Fresh Bread, Butter and Jam Instant Peach Cobbler
