Every year about this time I gather my favorite cookie cutters, rolling pins and sugar decorations. It’s been a tradition of mine to prepare pounds and pounds of buttery sugar cookie dough. My family loves it when I declare the main baking day for all the Christmas cookies and desserts.Continue Reading
The next time you hit the road to visit one of our National Parks, State Parks or local campgrounds do yourself a favor and create a delicious and simple foil packet meal after your day of exploring and fun. With a little imagination, you can create unique meals with tastyContinue Reading
I love waking up at the campground and having a morning that’s not scheduled. Making hot coffee in the percolator over the fire is a ritual. The cast iron griddle heating to cook thick cut bacon and my camp Dutch oven about to be filled with the richest baked FrenchContinue Reading
Did you know that August 4th is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day? An entire day focused on celebrating America’s No. 1 cookie. I cannot think of a better day to celebrate that homemade or store-bought favorite treat. From milk chocolate chips to extra dark chocolate chunks, the perfect balance isContinue Reading
This delicious berry crumble comes together in minutes and only has four ingredients. Simple pantry staples along with a bag of frozen mixed berries delivers a fast and tasty dessert. I’ve provided both the camp Dutch oven directions and oven baking directions for you. Using Frozen vs Fresh Berries LookingContinue Reading
Easy Homemade Churros What better way to surprise your family with this delicious, easy homemade churro recipe than at the campground. On our family trips to Disneyland, you can find my husband standing in line for a hot, crispy, cinnamon and sugar churro. I can’t believe how long he waitsContinue Reading
The Best Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream Years of Testing and Tasting Ice Cream For years, I have tried to make the ultimate homemade ice cream. I mean how hard can it really be to make homemade ice cream? Hard! Either it’s too icy, too fatty or just not flavorful enough. IContinue Reading
