These outstanding Apple Bars are so easy to make with only 5 ingredients: cake mix, butter, apples, pecans, and sweetened condensed milk! Moist, flavorful apple bars are popular year-round, but they really shine during the autumn months. These chewy, tender bars are sure to become a favorite.
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Cinnamon Scones
These Cinnamon Scones are delicious with cinnamon icing! This big fluffy scones recipe is easy to make and is the perfect start to the day. These Cinnamon Scones are light, fluffy, and super easy to make! They are the perfect thing to enjoy with a cup of coffee in the morning. Add whatever you want, […]
Pumpkin Biscotti
This Pumpkin Biscotti recipe is dotted with chocolate chips! Enjoy these crisp, dunkable, twice-baked cookies with a cup of coffee or tea. Pumpkin and chocolate are the perfect flavor combination in this easy biscotti recipe! For those looking for other pumpkin biscotti recipes, we also share how to make them without chocolate chips and how […]
Caramel Apple Fruit Pizza
Caramel Apple Fruit Pizza is an autumn dessert pizza with a sugar cookie crust, cream cheese frosting, toasted pecans, and caramel drizzle. Fruit dessert pizza is a popular choice, especially during the spring and summer, with all of the fresh fruit that is available. Now that apples are in season, you can enjoy an apple […]
Watermelon Salsa Recipe
This watermelon salsa recipe is so fun when served from a watermelon bowl! It is delicious with chips or on top of grilled chicken or tacos. Does any other fruit say summer as fresh watermelon does? Every summer party, picnic, and backyard cookout from as far back as I can remember included watermelon. We love it […]
About The Team
Meet Tonia and Brian Tonia Larson started The Gunny Sack in 2010, and it has grown from a part-time endeavor to a family business. Brian Larson joined Tonia to work full-time at The Gunny Sack in 2020, and their three children worked as part-time employees as well. We love running the business together, from the […]
Deviled Eggs
This easy Deviled Eggs recipe has a creamy, tangy filling with paprika and chives on top. It’s a holiday staple and picnic favorite! This is the perfect appetizer for holiday dinners from Easter to Thanksgiving. Deviled eggs are a classic appetizer that everyone loves. They are a wonderful addition to parties, potlucks, picnics, and holiday […]
Steak Marinade
This Steak Marinade recipe is a simple combination of pantry-staple ingredients that adds fantastic flavor to your steaks! In our family, we pretty much like all steaks cooked any which way, but even so, we have our favorites. We love steaks seared in a pan, as I talk about in this post: How To Cook […]
Bisquick Crepes
This easy Bisquick crepes recipe makes thin, airy crepes! Add sweet fillings like strawberries and Nutella or savory like ham and cheese. One of the best things about this easy recipe is that you can serve it for breakfast, dinner, and dessert! Fill breakfast crepes with fruit; for dinner, add savory fillings, and for dessert, […]
How To Make Fried Rice
Here’s how to make fried rice with step-by-step instructions. This easy fried rice recipe can starting point of so many yummy variations. When dining out, I’ll choose fried rice over white rice every time! It’s one of my favorites. But it’s not always practical to order take out so today I’m sharing my recipe for […]
Easter Dinner Ideas
These delicious Easter Dinner Ideas are TOTALLY DO-ABLE for everyone from beginners to busy moms and includes everything from ham to cake! I wanted to share our Easter dinner ideas and recipes for stress-free Easter! The blog post is broken down into the following Easter Dinner categories: appetizers, main dishes, vegetables, casseroles, salads, breads, beverages, […]
Roasted Asparagus
The perfect Roasted Asparagus is easy to make with only four basic ingredients. Make for a weeknight dinner or serve as a holiday side dish! I never realized how much I love asparagus until I was an adult. It is super easy to prepare and goes well with so many main dishes.
How To Host A Small Thanksgiving
Here’s your guide for How To Host A Small Thanksgiving with a free printable planner including a shopping list and kitchen conversions chart. This year your Thanksgiving celebration may look a little different than it has in the past. But you can still have a wonderful meal and cozy day giving thanks for all your […]
Caramel For Apples
This homemade caramel for apples recipe is easy to make with 5 ingredients! Use it to make THE BEST gourmet caramel apples at home. As long as I can remember, my mom has been making soft caramels, especially for the holidays. The last time that I made that recipe, I wondered if it would work […]
Two Ingredient Dough Focaccia Bread
This Two Ingredient Dough Focaccia Bread recipe is a NO YEAST bread that is super easy to make! It can be served as a side, an appetizer, or used for sandwiches. With times as they are right now, I wanted to make a no yeast bread to share with everyone. We love two ingredient dough […]
Two Ingredient Dough Calzones
This Two Ingredient Dough Calzones recipe is perfect for an easy family-friendly meal. Just make the dough and let everyone add their favorite fillings! One of my family’s favorite meals is pizza, especially the guys in the family. We enjoy it in all sorts of forms from grilled pizza and pizza balls to stromboli and […]
Two Ingredient Dough Soft Pretzels
Two Ingredient Dough Soft Pretzels are SO EASY to make without yeast! Mix the dough, form the pretzels, dip in baking soda, and bake. Everyone loves getting soft pretzels with cheese dip from the mall and food vendors! Did you realize that you can make your own at home using two ingredient dough? My family […]
Gnome Cookies
These cute Gnome Cookies are surprisingly easy to make and are super fun to decorate with your choice of a buttercream or cotton candy beard. Nordic Christmas Gnomes have been around forever but suddenly this year I took notice and think they are adorable. My husband, on the other hand, says they look like biker […]
Tater Tot Casserole
Tater Tot Casserole has a creamy layer of ground beef, Italian sausage, green beans and corn topped with crunchy tater tots and melted cheddar cheese. I’m from Minnesota and we call this tater tot hotdish but most of the country knows it as tater tot casserole. No matter what you call this dish, it is […]
Buttercream Frosting
Here’s a recipe for buttercream frosting that is perfect for cakes, cookies, and cupcakes. Once you make homemade buttercream, you won’t go back to store-bought frosting! I use buttercream frosting for so many of my recipes and I realized that I didn’t even have the recipe on my blog. So I am finally getting around […]
Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins
These Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins with chocolate chips are soft and moist with just the right amount of pumpkin spice. They’re perfect for breakfast or snack! Stevia In The Raw has sponsored this blog post and has provided product samples to create this recipe. Fall is in full swing, and I couldn’t be happier! We […]
Chipotle Chicken Recipe
This Chipotle Chicken recipe is packed with flavor and perfect for tacos, burritos, and nachos. The easy marinade coats the chicken with delicious seasonings! When we had my daughter’s graduation open house, we had a nacho bar for the food. I wanted to nachos to be a little more filling than just having queso and […]
Mango Chicken Kabobs
Mango Chicken Kabobs have a tropical flair with mango and pineapple! Make the marinade with coconut milk, pineapple juice, and ginger. We could happily eat different variations of kabobs all summer long and never tire of them. The best kabobs have a combination of meat, veggies, and fruit. The bright, vibrant colors on each kabob, […]
Fruit Salsa with Cinnamon Chips
Fruit Salsa with Cinnamon Chips is a tasty appetizer everyone loves! This fruit salsa recipe is easy to make and perfect for many occasions. I’ve been making sweet salsa for years and have several kinds of fruit salsa recipes on my blog, from pineapple salsa to watermelon salsa. But it all started with this fresh […]
Slow Cooker Ham Recipe
Wondering how to make Slow Cooker Ham? It’s the easiest way to cook a smoked bone-in ham in the crockpot and it turns out PERFECT every time!
How To Cook Bacon In The Oven
Wondering how to cook bacon in the oven? We’ve got you covered with what temp to cook bacon at, how long to cook bacon in the oven and an easy cleanup tip! Bacon is on the very short list of my family’s absolute favorite things. We usually have store-bought, fully-baked bacon in the fridge and […]
Slow Cooker Ham and Cheese Soup
A hearty bowl of Slow Cooker Ham and Cheese Soup is the perfect way to warm up! Put it in the crockpot in the morning on a busy weekday for an easy dinner. There is something about the cold weather that makes me crave a bowl of warm, hearty soup! It’s probably because I’m looking […]
Pork Fried Cauliflower Rice
Pork Fried Cauliflower Rice is an easy meal that is chock full of veggies! It’s so tasty your family won’t even miss the rice. We had some leftover pulled pork to use up, and I remember my mother-in-law telling me that she likes using her leftover pork to make pork fried rice. It is super […]
Two Ingredient Dough Naan Flatbread
Serve Two Ingredient Dough Naan Flatbread as a side or turn it into mini pizzas or sandwich wraps! It’s EASY to make with no yeast and no waiting for dough to rise! This recipe shows how to use two ingredient dough to make naan flatbread. Yes, the whole recipe uses more than two ingredients…you can […]
Easy Thanksgiving Menu
This Easy Thanksgiving Menu that is TOTALLY DO-ABLE for everyone from beginners to busy moms. The holiday menu plan includes everything from turkey to pie! This Easy Thanksgiving Menu is full of ideas and recipes for stress-free Thanksgiving! The blog post is broken down into the following Thanksgiving Menu categories: appetizers, main dishes, casseroles, salads, […]
Roasting Pumpkin Seeds
Roasting pumpkin seeds is one of our favorite fall activities! Save the seeds when carving pumpkins to make roasted pumpkin seeds for a delicious snack. Every year my kids want me to buy pumpkins for them to carve and not for the reasons you might think. They are way more interested in roasting pumpkin seeds […]