Abigail Kimball

Hey everybody! Today I am going to show you one of my favorite recipes.  It is super easy and I love it!   The recipe makes a lot of cups, because you only use three teaspoons of it per cup of water :).  So here is what you need: Dry Creamer (I used hazelnut creamer, but you can do whatever) Cocoa Instant coffee Sugar Chocolate pudding mix (optional, but fun) Ok, so put one cup of the dry creamer into a bowl (I used a jar so it looked fancy).  Next add the chocolate pudding (or just skip this step if you want). Add four tablespoons of cocoa. Now add one cup sugar. Last but not least add in one cup instant coffee. Now mix it all up; I could not mix it in the jar so I mixed it in a bowl and poured it in. To make the actual mocha put three teaspoons  mocha mix in a cup with cold water.  Microwave for one minute (If you want it really hot you can microwave it more), and stir. Your mocha ...

This is an easy recipe that I remember being a favorite in all my childhood. I mean, what's better than a crescent-roll covered cocktail sausage DIPPED (my relationship with all dipped things is quite attached) in whatever suits your fancy?!? And in a kids eyes, it's just a hotdog you can grab and devour without much mess. It takes literally 20 minutes to make and  bake; bonus! And since we're using crescent rolls and cocktail sausages, it isn't a gross little kid snack that all the adults eye with disgust as they feed it to their children. When you make this for parties, picnics, lunch boxes and picky kids, you'll be sure to succeed! I set this down on the counter and within an hour they were completely gone and I have no recollection of any leftovers whatsoever. The best thing about this is that you only need two ingredients: crescent rolls, and cocktail sausages. That is IT. Tasty. Recipe Ingredients: Crescent rolls in a can Twice as many...

I've shied away from fried donuts for sooo long because I was always afraid they'd turn out burnt on the outside, doughy on the inside, and irregularly shaped. Talk about mistake-making trauma! My terrible history with deep-frying food has already been explained in my  fried chicken post . However, I love to repeat it. In a nutshell, no matter how many blog posts, cookbooks, youtube videos and lectures from experienced grandmas I carefully noted, my frying would end up in a giant mess of greasy, burnt, terrible tasting articles of unidentifiable food. Recently, I got up the courage to try fried chicken, once again! I hit a treasure trove when I found this AMAZING video by  Divas Can Cook . She was so mind opening, I have no idea what clicked, but somehow I suddenly knew how to fry. So, donuts will be no-problemo, right? Right, except for My Big Mistake of leaving my test donut in over-heated oil for 10 minutes while I got utterly absorbed in meticulously cutting perfe...

So, these are basically a granola bar or a healthy rice krispy. For those who are already super healthy with a low-sugar diet, you can trick your kids (and self!) into thinking they are eating rice krispies. When really, it's just a granola bar with the same texture and way better ingredients. Nowadays, it seems that either granola bars are way over-priced for what's in them, what's in them isn't healthy but it's cheap and tasty, or they have the best ingredients, flavor, and nourishment but are way to expensive for your budget. I noticed this a few years ago, and strove to find the perfect granola bar recipe that wasn't too crumbly, didn't have extravagant ingredients that are great but normally aren't in our pantry, was easy to make and didn't take much $$$. After trial and error, I discovered a recipe my mom had printed out and tried. Unfortunately, it had been printed and stuck on the fridge for a semi-permanent encampment of 3 months. I d...

This recipe is tried and true. It's the one I always remember us making when I was little. Obviously, there's many out there, and lot's of different types. This one is a hard sugar cookie recipe, but you can subtract 2 minutes from the  cooking time and it will be nice and chewy. You definitely won't  finding these like the ones you buy that have 1/2 an inch of frosting and who knows what chemicals. Not that my recipe is any healthier. It's half sugar and butter, but I find that better than "preservatives" and "thickeners" and "emulsifiers." Kinda grosses me out to not know what's in my food unless it's Hot Cheetos. Those have a special exception. Laughing emoji. Anyway, I love this one because you can flavor it, color it, top it, and shape it. Quite a versatile recipe. This time, I decide to make pinwheels for St. Patrick's day. I also did crosses and 3 leaf clovers but didn't take pictures of those because th...