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Blog. I've been having some trouble finding a healthy lip balm on the market. Usually, when I find one, I am put off by the price. And so, when a month ago I finished my all-natural store-bought, Weleda lip balm I thought it was time to finally make my own! I searched Pinterest and Google for the recipe that will be best for dry and cracked winter lips and after much reading and research I adapted one recipe, added some personal preferences and here it is, my homemade lemon lip balm based on the Burt's Bees version on Happy Money Saver. How to make lemon lip balm at home Ok, so this is a really small batch, the ingredients were enough for six 0.15 oz (5 ml) lip balm tubes, which suits me perfectly.

INGREDIENTS:(for about six 0.15 oz/5 ml lip balm tubes) 10 g beeswax10 g cocoa butter20 g sunflower oil4 drops vitamin E3 drops almond oil4 drops lemon essential oil3 drops peppermint essential oilDIRECTIONS: I used my electronic kitchen scale to measure the ingredients exactly. Cookie Dough Brownies. I know that I have introduced you to my sister before but she is guest posting for me today along with my mom.

Cookie Dough Brownies

Woot! They are both fabulous bakers, love creating food, and making delicious desserts. This one is a show stopper everywhere they take it. So show them some comment love and make some brownies. Hey, hey, hey! This is Emily and Kathy, the Farm Girl's sister and mom, respectively. Now don't worry; according to Facebook so do 331,786 other people.

I, Kathy, found the recipe in the Taste of Home magazine and then I, Emily, have been perfecting it ever since. Cookie Dough Brownies (click here for printable version) 4 eggs 1 cup canola oil 2 cups sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup baking cocoa 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup walnuts, optional Filling: 1/2 cup butter, softened 1/2 cup packed brown sugar 1/4 cup sugar 2 tablespoons milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips. Layers Of Love Chocolate Brownies. How To Make Perfect Brownies. I’ve tried lots of brownie recipes: Boxes, scratch, frosted, plain, nuts, chips, fudge … Each of them has something to like, but depending on my mood I might want a change of pace.

How To Make Perfect Brownies

Not any more. My wife found this recipe, and it’s perfect. I’m done looking. This is the brownie recipe that I’ll use from now on. Ingredients 1½ cups sugar ¾ cup flour ¾ cup cocoa powder (see note below) 3 eggs ¾ cup butter, melted ½ teaspoon salt (if using unsalted butter) ¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips (see note below) Directions A NOTE ON CHOCOLATE: You’ll notice the list of ingredients is very short. The assembly is about as easy as you can get.

Do this by hand, until the dry ingredients are just incorporated into the wet, and stop. Stir in the chocolate chips. Line a 9×13 baking dish with parchment. Pour the batter and spread it out. Bake at 325° for 20-30 minutes. Very carefully lift the parchment out of the baking dish. Matt’s Crazy Brownies. Blissfulb - bliss blog - blissful eats with Tina Jeffers: salted caramel brownies. I have a sweet tooth.

blissfulb - bliss blog - blissful eats with Tina Jeffers: salted caramel brownies

A big one. It can only be deemed normal in comparison to my husband and sons love of all things chocolate. The one problem with me baking sweets in our house is that they disappear fast, like really fast. It doesn't matter if we have four cookies or fourteen cookies they will all be gone within a day or two. So baking for a friend and keeping just a few pieces for me and the boys is a way to keep things somewhat reasonable around here. I would call myself a cook before a baker but I have been experimenting with all the things in the kitchen that has intimidated me the last year or so. This recipe does take a little more work than your normal brownie, first you make a salted caramel and then layer it in between the brownie batter and top the whole thing off with more salt and sugar. Salted caramel brownies from Baked Explorationsyield | 12 large brownies Ingredients Directions For the brownie, preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Peanut Butter Truffle Brownies and other holiday favorites. I went to the gym and ran my little heart out…then I came home and made these.

Peanut Butter Truffle Brownies and other holiday favorites

So I guess I’ll just call it even…if I’m lucky. Whenever I’m on the treadmill I think if I could just keep myself from eating everything I wouldn’t have to run so hard. Uggh. My life struggle. I have yet to meet a truffle I didn’t like so I was really excited about these brownies. After dinner tonight I went to the fridge to taste them for a second time and all that was left was a plate with crumbs on it so it must have been a hit with the whole family.