Naturally Frugal Living
When I was making bark candy for my kids last week, I realized how easy it would be to turn the bark into candy bars. I am going to share two variations that I have made by adapting bark recipes: Cookies and Cream Candy Bars and Chocolate Peanut Butter Krackle Candy Bars. This allows me [...]
We were doing errands on Saturday when my youngest son spotted a cookies and cream candy bar and asked for it. Although he is 5 years old, he has never asked for or been given a candy bar before so I wanted to be able to say yes, but it contained ingredients that he couldn’t [...]
Occasionally, when life is really busy, or just plain crazy, I cheat and doctor a cake mix rather than cook from scratch. I would rather have company over and serve them an easy dessert, rather than not entertain at all. When the cake mix brand that I like goes on sale, I will buy a [...]
Doughnuts are one of our favorite treats. After I made a Cookies and Cream Bundt Cake, I told my kids that I was thinking of making Cookies and Cream doughnuts because they are just like mini-bundt cakes. They were fully on board with the idea. You can find my Gluten-Free Cookies and Cream Doughnut Recipe [...]
This is an easy doctored cake mix. I used Pamela’s Gluten-Free Cake mix as a base. You can find the recipe for Gluten-Free Cookies and Cream Cake with Cookies and Cream Glaze at my new blog, Gluten-Free Flavor Full. This post is linked to Gluten-Free Wednesdays and Full Plate Thursday.
I feel incredibly guilty sharing this recipe, not because you are going to become addicted to these cupcakes, which you are, but because they are so easy to make! If you need a quick and easy, but uniquely delicious recipe, try these Gluten-Free Chai Latte Cupcakes.
A big thank you to Saxifrage at Sweet Sensitivity for the wonderful prize package from Pamela’s Bakery. The package included the products vanilla cake mix, chocolate cake mix, pancake mix, brownie mix and a bag of Extreme Chocolate Mini Cookies. The cookies are delicious eaten by the handful, but I am going to smash them and [...]
The first time I tried Pamela’s Vanilla Cake mix, my daughter and I fell in love with it. So when Pamela’s mixes went on sale at our local store I bought several vanilla and chocolate mixes to have on hand when I needed to whip up a dessert quickly. Unfortunately, when I tried the chocolate [...]
Looking for an easy applesauce cake recipe? You can find this doctored cake mix recipe for Gluten-Free Applesauce Cake at Gluten Free Flavor Full.
Easy Applesauce Cake 1 package 18.5 ounce yellow cake mix (To make this gluten free, I used Pamela’s Classic Vanilla Cake mix which is 21 oz.)2 teaspoons cinnamon1 teaspoon ginger1/2 teaspoon nutmeg3 eggs 2 cups unsweetened applesauce Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, mix all ingredients thoroughly. Pour into a greased 13 [...]
