I don’t know if you’re like me, but I cut out recipes from any magazine that I get. Instead of keeping the entire magazine for just a few recipes, I cut out the ones I want and throw the rest of the mag away. Well, this worked for me for a while, but then my clipping collection started to take over! I literally had clippings pouring out of every cookbook and recipe file I have. So, I decided to take action and I thought I would tell you how easy it was.
Here was my idea…..I wanted something I could mount the clippings in, much like a cookbook. So, I bought an empty 3-ring binder, a pack of notebook paper and some tape. I went through my clippings, and this is the part that took a while, and sorted them by type of recipe. Then I taped a recipe, or in some cases 2 recipes to a piece of the notebook paper. I labeled them with a marker, big and bold so that I could see the title when flipping through the pages. Then, I just put them in the binder in the order that I wanted. It was super easy, it just took a little time. I’m a mom, like most of you, so I don’t have big blocks of time to myself. So, I just kept my stuff out and when I had a few minutes here and there I worked on it. It probably took a couple of hours total, but it majorly cleaned out my recipe stash. Just an idea….tweak it to fit your situation.
As for fall baking, I’m doing surprisingly well, as are some of you. I’ve tackled iced pumpkin bars, pumpkin bread, apple cider cupcakes, pear-apple tatin….so far so good. What have you tackled?
