My Big Fatgeek Recipes!

How beautiful is this?! It was so lovely and wonderful. My best friend is the queen of interior decor! Fall and Halloween being her favorite season and holiday of the year. She also loves candles so she loved the idea of PartyLite candles. I personally like the idea of hosting the parties because A) I [...]

My girls loved these. I made a huge batch and froze the leftovers for busy mornings. 3 cups AP flour 1 cup quick oats ¾ cup buttermilk powder 2 Tablespoons baking powder 1 teaspoons salt (mix all these dry ingredients together and set aside) 2 ½ cups water 3 eggs, beaten ½ cup oil 2-3 [...]

I bet I know what you are thinking… but no, it’s not a cinnamon roll. It’s pizza… Oh yes, that is cheese and herbed french bread you see before you, with hidden layers of pepperoni! Now I bet you are thinking, I want that recipe…. okay. If you insist… 2 cups warm water 2 Tbsp [...]

2 packages (1/4 ounce each) active dry yeast 1/2 cup warm water (110〫to 115〫F) 8 cups all purpose flour 1 package (3.4 ounces) instant vanilla pudding mix 2 cups warm milk (110〫to 115〫F) 2 eggs, lightly beaten 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup vegetable oil (don’t use olive oil!) 2 teaspoons salt 1/4 cup butter, melted [...]

I remember being super excited when my Father in law was willing to tell me how to make this recipe. Though I can’t honestly say that mine tastes as good as his, I do strive to get it as close as humanly possible. My husband’s father was Native American and the recipe is from his [...]

  French Bread (Betty Crocker picture cookbook 1950) printable 1 c luke warm water 1 1/2 tsp salt 1 cake compressed yeast (I believe a cake of yeast was the equivalent of a packet of dry yeast, so that’s what I used.) 1 tbsp soft shortening 3 1/2 to 3 3/4 cups sifted flour When dough is [...]