¾ cup regular rolled oats ¾ cup sugar ½ teaspoon salt 2 cup all-purpose flour 1 cup butter 1 tablespoon water

1 tablespoon olive oil ½ cup thinly sliced onion 1 cup halved cherry tomatoes 1 tablespoon snipped parsley ⅛ teaspoon salt ⅛ teaspoon black pepper

Mix up your Christmas decorations this year by putting a new spin on garlands, wreaths, and trees. Embrace Barbiecore with pink Christmas decorations, or channel Elvis with a monochromatic blue Christmas color scheme. Nontraditional holiday looks are also easy to incorporate into your existing decor. Rather than hanging a red and green wreath that doesn’t match the rest of the room, display the traditional wreath form in a color palette that complements your space....

You’ve probably noticed the syrup bottles are displayed next to pancake mix at the grocery store (for obvious reasons). But does that tell you how to store this sweet staple at home? The short answer is no. Just as you refrigerate open pasta sauces or condiments like ketchup and mustard, you should stick your opened maple syrup inside the fridge. Read on to learn more about storing maple syrup, as well as its corn syrup-based cousin, table syrup....

This spring, create your own decorative Easter egg tree or purchase one as a spring centerpiece that will steal the show at your Easter brunch. Bring the tradition inside by decorating a small faux tree or collection of branches with flowers, cut paper shapes, and dyed Easter eggs. Decorated Easter trees are a colorful and festive way to welcome the spring season. These are some of our favorite looks. To make it, fill a colored bucket with sand, insert branches, then hang the handmade paper bird ornaments and plastic eggs to complete the display....

The stain removal instructions for washable fabrics—including acrylic, burlap, cotton, denim, linen, nylon, polyester, and spandex—are fairly straightforward. Other materials—such as acetate, fiberglass, rayon, silk, triacetate, and wool—typically shouldn’t be washed, but it’s still possible to get the spots out with a few tricks. Follow our guide below to learn how to remove stains, even the toughest offenders. Fabric Stain Removal Tips Before you begin treating a stain, check the fabric’s care label for helpful information on fiber content and recommended care, including the water temperature recommended....

Different Types of Roses One of the best ways to zero in on the type of roses you want to grow is to consider the classifications of Modern, Old Garden, and Wild Roses that rose experts use. Wild roses are just, well, wild and as individual as nature made them. Modern and Old Garden Roses are each divided into classes. Those classes each have a different focus on specific characteristics. Another way that rose experts and organizations such as the American Rose Society group different types of roses is by growth habit, dividing all roses into climbers, shrubs, and miniatures....

2 dried chile peppers 1 fresh jalapeño pepper, seeded and chopped ¾ cup beef broth 5 pitted dried plums Cumin Polenta 2 14 ounce cans reduced-sodium chicken broth 2 teaspoon ground cumin 1 cup yellow cornmeal ½ cup whole milk 1 tablespoon butter salt and pepper

Drop Biscuits: Prepare as above through Step 1, except increase the milk to 1-1/4 cups. Using a large spoon, drop dough into 12 mounds onto a greased baking sheet. Bake as directed above. Makes 12 biscuits. Buttermilk Biscuits: Prepare as above, except for rolled dough biscuits substitute 1-1/4 cups buttermilk or sour milk for the 1 cup milk. For drop biscuits substitute 1-1/2 cups buttermilk or sour milk for the 1-1/4 cups milk....

⅓ cup mascarpone cheese, softened 1 tablespoon honey ½ cup whipping cream

Bourbon Hard Sauce: In a small bowl combine 1/4 cup butter, softened, 1/4 cup powdered sugar and 1 teaspoon bourbon or vanilla. Stir until just combined.