I hope everyone had a fabulous Easter! We went to church, hung out with family, and ate. A lot. This week’s menu plan consists of leftovers and fruits and veggies. And that’s about it. I’m still full.

I’ve been doing a lot of freezer cooking and baking lately. From Baked Cheesy Pasta to Breakfast Burritos (which I need to make again soon!), I’ve done a lot. What I didn’t have was a bread side. In comes these delicious Whole Wheat Butterhorns.

This recipe makes a ton. 32 to be exact. And they taste delicious. They were a huge hit with my kids. So, yeah, I’ll be making them again.

They were really easy to make, so even if you don’t think you’re good with bread making or yeast you could definitely give these a try.

If you make these, you won’t regret it. Plus, these are perfect for the freezer! Just pull them out and pop them in your toaster oven! Talk about easy!

Whole Wheat Butterhorns

recipe adapted slightly from Heavenly Homemakers

Ingredients:

• 2 T yeast
• 1/3 cup warm water
• 9 cups whole wheat flour, divided
• 2 cups warm milk
• 1 cup butter, melted
• 1/2 honey or sugar
• 6 eggs
• 2 tsp salt
• 3-4 T butter, melted

Directions:

1. In a large mixing bowl or Kitchen Aid mixing bowl, mix your yeast and warm water. Let sit until yeast bubbles, about 10 minutes.
2. Add 4 cups of flour, milk, butter, honey, eggs, and salt. Mix until smooth. Then add enough flour to get a nice soft dough. I used my Kitchen Aid with the knead hook and kneaded it for 5 minutes, and then threw the dough on the counter and kneaded it a few times to make sure it all came together.
3. Place dough in a large bowl, cover, and let rise until doubled, about an hour.
4. Divide dough into 4 parts, and roll each part out into a large circle, about 12 inches wide. Brush each circle with melted butter and cut each one into 8 pie-shaped wedges. Roll up each wedge from the wide edge to the tip and pinch to seal. Put butterhorns, tops down, on a lined baking sheet. Cover, and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes.
5. Bake at 375 degrees for 10-15 minutes until lightly browned. Brush with more butter and serve immediately or let cool on a wire rack.
6. Enjoy!

– Jill

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Does everybody have plans for Easter? We do. The typical stuff: go to church and then spend the day with family. I am looking forward to it all!

Since I seem to be obsessed with sweets, I thought I’d put up a few of our favorite desserts just in time for Easter!

Knock You Naked Brownies– best brownies ever. Seriously.

Triple Chocolate Truffle Cake– a really, simple yet elegant looking cake. It tastes fantastic too!

Hanky Panky Cupcakes– one of my favorite cakes in cupcake form!

Chocolate Oreo Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting– can you ever go wrong with Oreos?!

Apparently, I love chocolate. That should be no surprise!

Hope everyone has a blessed week and weekend!

– Jill

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We’ve been busy doing nothing this last week. Just a relaxing week full of church and hanging out with friends. This coming weekend we are staying at an indoor waterpark. The kids can’t wait!

On the Daniel Fast, potatoes are a must. We’ve been eating these homemade fries with homemade ketchup a lot. They are so good!

We played Settlers on Friday. I didn’t win but did have the longest road. I loved it!

Last night I found two of our girls asleep in our bed. So cute!

I’ve been making a ton of homemade bread. Easily one of my favorite things to do!

Someone is really excited for the water park!

Hope everyone is having a fabulous Monday!

–Jill

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(photo credit from Ana Caroline Lessa)

Maybe this post should actually be titled “Keeping Hope,” instead of finding it. I find that when things get tough it’s easy to feel hopeless, to feel like things are never going to change. But that’s not true. The truth is we have a big ol’ Papa who takes care of us.

“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?” Matthew 6:25-27

This morning I found myself starting to worry. I knew I was about to agree with hopelessness and then I said, “No! I will not to agree with that.” Instead, I prayed and started to think about all that God has done for me, for us, and knew that worrying would get me no where. And then I realized something. I already had hope. The enemy was just trying to take it away from me. Things are never hopeless. God is always there, and He cares. So when those thoughts started coming, I threw them away, refused to even think about them, and started to think on the good things. I started looking up bible verses about hope and what He has to say about it.

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11

His plans are so good. And the awesome thing? He has a plan for everyone! A plan to prosper us and give us a hope and a future! Wow. Seriously. That’s awesome.

So, if you start feeling hopeless, like things aren’t going to change, think about what He has done in the past. Think on good things. Looking up Bible verses about the truth of a situation is so important.

Then when you have your hope back, your faith starts to build, and you can receive what He has for you. And miracles follow faith.

“And He said to them, “Because of the littleness of your faith; for truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.” Matthew 17:20

If you want to see more verses about faith, believing, and miracles, here’s a great source.

I hope everyone has a great weekend! Walk in what He has for you!

Blessings!

– Jill

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This is our favorite go-to bread recipe. I make it once, if not twice, a week. Obviously, we’re not eating it right now, but the kids are. And like with many things they are devouring it.

Thanks to the maple syrup this bread is slightly sweet, which means it goes great with jelly. Or toasted with peanut butter.

This bread is really easy to make. I’ve made it a number of times and have had no problems. Not only that but it makes two loaves. Two loaves is huge in this house. We can easily eat one within the first 10 minutes that it’s done. So, having another fresh loaf of bread for the next day is a win. That and I’m really into making things homemade. Have you ever looked at the ingredients on a loaf of bread from the store? Not good. So, from now on I’ll try my hardest to make them from scratch.

Whole Wheat Maple Oatmeal Bread

recipe from King Arthur Flour

Ingredients:

• 2 cups boiling water
• 1 cup oats (I used instant– it’s what we have on hand)
• 1/4 cup maple syrup (or honey, brown sugar, or maple syrup)
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 T sea salt
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 T yeast
• 1 & 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
• 4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour

Directions:

1. Mix boiling water, oats, maple syrup, butter, salt, and cinnamon in a large mixing bowl. Cool until lukewarm.
2. Add the yeast and wheat flour; stir. Add the all-purpose flour 1/2 cup at a time until you form a rough dough. Knead by hand 7-10 minutes or if using an kitchen-aid 5 minutes. Transfer dough to a lightly greased bowl and cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Let rise one hour.
3. When the first rise is done, transfer dough to two greased bread pans. Cover the pans with plastic wrap, and let rise another hour.
4. Preheat oven to 360 degrees. Bake for 33 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes in pan and then remove bread to a wire rack. Let cool completely before slicing.
5. Enjoy!

– Jill

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I love Christmas. I can’t wait for it to be here. Last week I really wanted to put up my Christmas decorations and then I thought I should probably wait until after Thanksgiving. So, I did the next best thing. I made a list of all the Christmas cookies and treats I want to make starting this week. So, what I have for you right now is a bunch of pictures of goodies that I’ve made in the last year, most of them related to Christmas.

1. Danish Sugar Cookies
2. Turtle Cookies
3. Cranberry Bliss Cookies
4. Salted Caramel Mocha
5. Triple Chocolate Biscotti
6. Maple Snickerdoodles
7. Triple Chocolate Cake Batter Cookies
8. No Bake Reese’s Bars
9. Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies
10. Pumpkin Spice Latte
11. Peppermint Dessert
12. Dark Chocolate Mocha
13. Triple Chocolate Truffle Cake
14. Chocolate Peanut Butter Blossoms
15. Knock You Naked Brownies
16. Brown Butter and Sea Salt Cookies
17. Red Velvet Black and White Cookies
18. Cookie Dough Cheesecake Bars
19. Peppermint Mocha
20. Mini Mint Brownie Bites

Did I tell you how much I love Christmas? I hope everyone is having a great Monday!

– Jill

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Join us over at Bloom (in)courage where I’ll be sharing what God has been teaching me about media.

Click here to read my guest post.

– Jill

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