Natural Homemade Living

Soft pumpkin cookies I have to admit that I am one of millions using pumpkin as my favorite ingredient right now. Pumpkin and fall are a perfect match! I've been adding pumpkin to my yogurt with a little cinnamon, pumpkin in my smoothies, pumpkin spice lattes, pumpkin tea...the list goes on and on. I had a strong feeling that grandma would have a pumpkin cookie recipe and she did! My family loved them and they were great for the lunch boxes! Makes 42 cookies soft, delicious pumpkin cookies. Ingredients: 1 stick room temperature butter (1/2 cup) 1 egg 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 cup pumpkin 2 1/2 c flour 1 1/2 c sugar 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp baking powder pinch of salt 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp nutmeg 1/4-1/2 tsp ground cloves (I love the flavor so I used 1/2 tsp) Directions: Mix butter, egg and vanilla together. Once mixed, add the pumpkin and beat until smooth. Add dry ingredients and mix until smooth. I used a cookie scoop and placed the dough onto parchment pa...

 Chocolate Indoor S'mores! I love camping season and everyone loves s'mores made over the open fire. But on rainy days and during the winter months, these fancy s'mores are fun to make and are so delicious! I make a variety of flavors including gluten free. I start with chocolate graham crackers, honey graham crackers, gluten free graham crackers, mint chips, chocolate chips and white chocolate chips (make sure you use a good brand). Small marshmallows or marshmallow fluff are required at my house. Don't forget your favorite toppings. The kids love the chocolate and mint chip combination, they think they taste like thin mint cookies but better!   We love the sprinkled s'mores! Gluten free s'mores  Directions: Break your graham crackers in half or quarters. The gluten free graham crackers I use are already in squares. Place marshmallows on crackers halves and broil them in the oven broiler until they are lightly browned, it takes about one minute....