Homemade Fabric Softner!

Here is a recipe that I found on a cool website for homemade fabric softner!

6 C. of water
3 C. White Vinegar
2 C. Suave Rosemary Mint Conditioner

Mix together gently in a gallon size container add to your rinse cycle or put in a downy ball!

You can also spritz on a washcloth and throw this in the dryer in place of a dryer sheet!

Homemade Laundry Soap!



In an effort to be more "green" and to save some "green" we decided to make some of our own laundry soap!  This was an adventure and we enlisted the kids to help grate the soap till we got smart and used a food processor! Then the whole process went very fast!

1 Bar of Fels Naptha soap (grated)

1 cup of Washing Soda

1 cup of Borax

Mix together and store in an air tight container

Use 2 T. per load

T-Shirt Redo!!!



Mady and I made a trip to the good ole thrift store today and picked up some t-shirts that we are gonna play around with!  This was our first attempt at this kind of scarf I have made a circle scarf before but this is really cute!!!!

Fresh Strawberry Yogurt Cake!

We went berry pickin this week and made a whole lotta jam but we also saved some strawberries for this supper yummy cake! This would make a great dessert but also good wit a cup of coffee in the morning!

Fresh Strawberry Yogurt Cake

Ingredients:
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
3 tablespoons lemon juice, divided use
1 teaspoon vanilla extract[
Zest of 1 lemon
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour, divided use
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
8 oz. plain Greek yogurt
12 oz. fresh strawberries, diced
1 cup confectioners' sugar

Directions:
1) Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease and flour a 10-inch Bundt pan (10-15 cup pan.) Sift together 2-1/4 cups of flour, baking soda and salt. Mix in lemon zest and set aside.
2) With an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in 1 tablespoon lemon juice and vanilla extract. In thirds, alternate beating in flour mixture and yogurt, mixing just until incorporated.
3) Toss strawberries with remaining 1/4 cup of flour. Gently mix them into batter.
4) Scrape batter into prepared pan. Bake for 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean. Remove from oven and allow cake to cool in pan for 20 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.
5) Once cooled, combine confectioners' sugar and reserved 2 tablespoons lemon juice in a small bowl and whisk until smooth. Drizzle over top of cake. Yield: 10 to 12 servings.

Enjoy!

Lemon Brownies!

Hello Sunshine!

These are so good and lemony and moist! I made these today and they were a huge hit! They come together very fast which is good because they don't last long!

Lemon Brownies

3/4 C flour

3/4 C sugar

1/4 t salt

1 stick butter, soft

2 eggs

juice from 1/2 lemon (about 1T)

zest from 1/2 lemon (about 1t)

Combine the flour, sugar and salt

in a large bowl.

Mix in the softened butter.

In another bowl whisk the eggs with

the lemon juice and zest.

Add to the larger bowl and mix well.

Pour into prepared 8X8 brownie pan.

Bake at 350 for 25 minutes.

You can double the recipe and bake in a

9X13 pan for 30 minutes.

Remove and let cool, then glaze.

Glaze

1/2C powdered sugar

1 T lemon juice

additional lemon zest

stir together

note: 1 stick of butter is = to 1/2 C or 1/4 pound.
I use unsalted butter.