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How to Make the BEST Kolaches | Cream Cheese-No Knead

May 19, 2023 by goodenoughandstuff 2 Comments

These kolaches are seriously the best I’ve ever had! Filled with rich cream cheese, sausage and jalapeños, these delicious stuffed rolls are a big hit!

If you like this recipe, you might like this faster version: Super Easy Ham and Cheese Stuffed Rolls

3 jalepeno kolaches with a bite taken out of the top kolaches

I do want to note that most of these pictures are stills I took from the video I’m working on so some of them aren’t very well focused. It’s better to see it in motion.

Video coming at some point soon! (when I get enough time to edit it)

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How to Make Kolache Dough

This batch makes about 24-26 kolaches.

Heat your oven to 200 degrees F then TURN OFF. This is to create a warm place to rise the dough.

In a mixing bowl, combine 4 and 1/2 teaspoons (two packets) of instant yeast and 1/2 cup of warm water. Let that sit and get foamy while you work on the other ingredients.

I like the flavor of Bella Rise Instant Dry Yeast.

Melt 1 stick of butter and mix in 2 cups of milk. Warm that up until it’s warm to the touch but not burning hot.

Add 1 and 1/4 cups of sugar and 2 teaspoons of salt to the milk mixture.

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The Best Magic Bars | Only 5 Ingredients! So Simple.

April 21, 2023 by goodenoughandstuff Leave a Comment

If you’re looking for the perfect magic bars recipe, this is it. Chewy and satisfying, these bars have the perfect ratio of ingredients. They’re chocolate and caramel sauce with toasty sweet coconut over a buttery graham cracker crust.

There are a lot of magic bars recipes out there but this is the best one!

You might also like this recipe: Key Lime Cheesecake Cookie Bars

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My kids love these bars and they were a family tradition around the holidays when I was little.

I like to write recipes on the backs on my kids’ art and then put them in sleeve protectors, in a binder. Here’s what was on the back on the magic bars recipe. It’s a guy, within a guy, within a guy, and so on 🙂

Magic Bar Crust

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How to Make the EASIEST Cabbage Soup | Napa Cabbage Soup

March 24, 2023 by goodenoughandstuff Leave a Comment

When you want to eat something warm but not too heavy, Cabbage Soup is the best! It’s flavorful, comforting, inexpensive, and simple to make!

napa cabbage soup with ham in a white bowl

If you ever wanted something that was like eating crunchy, delicious water – this also the meal for you.

I grew up eating cabbage rolls every Easter (which I will share a recipe for soon) so cabbage has a special place in my heart.

Which makes me feel especially guilty when it goes bad in the fridge.

Don’t we just find the weirdest things to feel guilt about?

Consequently, I made up a simple soup which uses a ton of cabbage but isn’t very difficult.

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The Best Carrot Cake | Easy Easter Dessert

March 16, 2023 by goodenoughandstuff 2 Comments

This is the only carrot cake recipe you’ll need to try. It’s moist, perfectly spiced, and super delicious! The topping is what I call “Cheesecake Fluff”. Light, tangy, sweet, and the perfect match for the carrot cake.

carrot cake with cheesecake fluff stacked on top of each other on a white plate

This carrot cake is so good, your kids will hang around (joking and stealing swipes of the frosting) until you’re finished taking pictures.

Then they’ll descend on it and attack it like they’ve never eaten anything in their whole life.

There was another kid just out of the shot too. This cake brings happy smiles.

Got Too Many Carrots?

I perpetually have too many carrots.

I have the same problem with broccoli.

Maybe I’ll try broccoli cake next. Life’s long enough to waste a little time making weird stuff like that sometimes.

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Cornbread Pancakes with Chili | The Best Comfort Food

March 2, 2023 by goodenoughandstuff Leave a Comment

Cornbread pancakes with chili are the perfect comfort food for a winter day. If ever there was a meal that feels like a hug, this is it. Perfect for breakfast, lunch, or dinner!

close up of a stack of cornbread pancakes with butter and chili in the background

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Johnny Cakes are Cornbread Pancakes

Mostly. From what I can tell, Johnny cakes use only cornmeal. This recipe calls for half all-purpose flour and half cornmeal because using only cornmeal makes is more dense than I like.

But it’s fun to call things old-timey names.

Remember that awesome, old musical “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers“?

It’s one of the best movies. It’s one of my favorites and I highly recommend it. You can rent it HERE.

There’s a scene where all the brothers are crawling over the table and grabbing handfuls of food, stuffing their faces and filling their plates.

The oldest brother slaps what looks like a cornbread pancake onto his plate and digs in.

As the 8th child of out 10 kids, I’ve got some experience with wolfing down food like it’s about to run away.

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The Best Eggless Sugar Cookies for Valentine’s Day! | Beet Dye

February 14, 2023 by goodenoughandstuff Leave a Comment

These sugar cookies are rich, flavorful, and egg-free. Use Beet Dye for the pink color or skip it and just enjoy the cookie! These are perfect cookies for Valentine’s Day!

They have a lovely flavor and a beautiful gentle pink color. Kid safe and delicious, they’re sure to be a hit!

a stack of pink, eggless sugar cookies made with beet dye

I’d like to set the record straight and say that I have nothing against regular food dye. I use it all the time and I don’t have any beef with it.

I just happen to be stuck with some beets and I noticed they’re incredibly pigmented!

In fact, it looked like a literal bloody mess all over my hands and the counter when I dug into using them up.

I figured they must good for dyeing things and I was right.

And then I did a small amount of research and my idea was not a new one.

Not that I was super surprised but isn’t it interesting to discover something that a ton of other people already know but it feels like a new idea to you?

When I was around 8 years old, I had the idea to make a baby doll that you could fill with warm water so it would be warm and heavy like a real baby.

And then a week later I saw an informercial selling that exact thing.

Weird and disappointing for a little kid.

I thought I was gonna make a ton of money off of that idea.

Watch the video!

Why Make These Beet Dye Cookies Eggless and Edible?

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Delicious Beefy Ginger Ramen Noodles | Amazing Ramen Hack

February 8, 2023 by goodenoughandstuff 2 Comments

Check out this awesome Ramen Hack that packs a ton of flavor and delicious veggies. It’s an easy meal the whole family can enjoy!

beefy ginger ramen hack up close with carrots and eggs

I come from a family of 10 kids and my mom was the single provider for most of the time I was growing up.

We were a wild tribe of children who made broken doors into slides, wrote “___ was here” on everything, used the laundry chute as a short cut , and only ate certain food.

Food variety kind of goes out the door when you have 10 kids to feed on a very limited budget.

There was only a handful of savory things I liked to eat as a kid.

Some important food on that list were: deviled eggs (on Easter), saucy noodles, Ramen, cheese (which is fancy food that we didn’t get very often), and lasagna casserole (which is just a version of saucy noodles and cheese but a kid makes weird categories).

Actually we all loved eating Ramen. Little Andrew at the bottom is real focused on something 👀

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Amazing Costco Muffin Hack! | How to Decorate a Cake

January 14, 2023 by goodenoughandstuff Leave a Comment

Try this amazing Costco muffin hack and learn all the basic techniques for frosting and decorating a delicious, mini cake!

**Jump to the recipe card for simplified instructions!**

This Costco muffin hack is the perfect way to jump into cake decorating because it uses a smaller amount of ingredients per cake, you can try different techniques on different muffins, you can skip the baking part to save time, the muffins are cheap and huge, and they make delicious gifts!

And they’re so stinkin’ cute!!

Watch the whole process here:

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THE BEST Homemade Sheet Pan Pizza in 30 Minutes!

December 10, 2022 by goodenoughandstuff Leave a Comment

This is the BEST Sheet Pan Pizza because it’s delicious, simple, and so fast. Get a pizza on the dinner table quickly for a happy family meal.

sheet pan pizza cut into squares with pepperoni

Why is this the BEST sheet pan pizza?

Because it tastes so good and YOU DON’T HAVE TO LET THE DOUGH RISE!! That’s music to my ears.

Everybody loves pizza and this one is so easy to whip up from home. Just keep a few ingredients on hand and you can feed a crowd of family and friends on the fly.

Watch the video to see me weirdly put eggs on one of the pizzas. It turned out about how you’d expect.

Dancing diapered babies have confirmed that this is indeed the best pizza.

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Everything You Want to Know About Texas Persimmons | Free Printable Jam Recipe!

November 9, 2022 by goodenoughandstuff 10 Comments

What are Texas Persimmons? If you’ve ever lived in Texas, you’ve probably seen them. Let’s learn all about them and make some jam!

My family discovered Texas Persimmon a few years ago when we moved to Texas. We love hiking around and being out in nature together.

We’re always on the lookout for what berries are ripe and it’s so fun to see when the Texas Persimmon berries are just starting to form. It feels like it takes forever for them to ripen but they’re worth the wait!

Watch the video for all the recipes and to see us!

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