This crispy, flavorful Pizza Sticks recipe is an Applebee’s copycat! They are topped with pepperoni, cheese, garlic butter, and herbs. After-school snacks were always a big deal when I was a kid, and my mom was really good about making us something delicious. So, with that in mind, I made these pizza sticks for my […]
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Pizza Sauce Recipe
The best Pizza Sauce Recipe is made with crushed tomatoes, garlic, and herbs. It’s easy to make and tastes amazing on homemade pizzas! Outstanding pizza sauce is essential to a great pizza. It provides the foundation for the other flavors on the pizza, and it can make or break the pie. When you make homemade […]
Chicken Tinga
Chicken Tinga is spicy shredded chicken with chipotle chilies, adobo sauce, tomatoes, and onions. It’s perfect for tacos and quesadillas! I ate at a Mexican restaurant while on vacation with friends, and when we tasted their jalapenos poppers, we were blown away! We made our own version of the jalapeño popper bites, but they were […]
Strawberry Sauce
Make this strawberry sauce recipe with fresh or frozen strawberries. Pour it on waffles and ice cream, or use it as a glaze for cheesecake! This fruity dessert sauce can be the ‘strawberry on top’ for all your summer treats and breakfast items! We love plump, juicy summer strawberries at our house, and one of […]
Spaghetti Sauce
Nothing beats homemade Spaghetti Sauce! This recipe is easy to prepare; it simmers for one hour and tastes like grandma made it. This homemade sauce is delicious on pasta and pizza, or use it as an appetizer dip! Once you try homemade spaghetti sauce, the jarred version will never taste the same again! It’s surprisingly […]
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 […]
Homemade Bisquick
This Homemade Bisquick recipe is easy to make and can be used as a Bisquick substitute. Make biscuits, pancakes, waffles, and cobbler! We like to prepare this bisquick recipe and keep it on hand so that we can quickly make desserts, breakfast, and dinner sides. Bisquick is a great pantry staple because it reduces the […]
Crock Pot Spaghetti
Crock Pot Spaghetti is so easy to make and your family is going to love it! The meat sauce is slow-cooked all day before adding the spaghetti. Slow cooker recipes are a hands-off way to get dinner on the table! Serve with a simple side dish, and use a crockpot liner for easy cleanup. This […]
Rainbow Rice Krispies Treats
Colorful Rainbow Rice Krispies Treats, with gooey marshmallows and crispy cereal in all the colors of a rainbow, are sure to make them smile! This adorable dessert is perfect for baby showers and unicorn parties as well as for St. Patrick’s Day, Easter, and spring. Traditional rice krispies treats are always a great dessert choice, […]
Candy Sticks
Sweet, colorful Candy Sticks are an adorable treat. Make candy kabobs with lollipops, marshmallows, and gummy candies for Valentine’s Day! One of my friends got a cute candy stick as part of a birthday gift, and it inspired me to make a Valentine’s Day version. You can make these sweet treats for any occasion!
Acai Bowl
Start the day with this colorful Acai Bowl recipe! Top each smoothie bowl with fresh fruit, granola, nuts, coconut, nut butter, and honey. These smoothie bowls are a fun way to eat breakfast or enjoy them as an afternoon snack or as a cool, flavorful dessert. Our kids introduced us to acai bowls on vacation, […]
Glazed Pecans
Glazed Pecans are a simple to prepare, sweet, and crunchy treat your whole family will love. Give them as a gift to your friends and loved ones! We like to snack on these glazed pecans and use them on our salads too, like strawberry spinach salad, apple cranberry salad, and watermelon salad. We recently shared […]
Peanut Butter Fudge
Make this easy Peanut Butter Fudge recipe for the peanut butter lovers in your life! It’s smooth, creamy, and perfect for sharing. Peanut butter desserts are always on our holiday dessert table, as well as homemade candy, freshly baked cookies, and pies of all kinds! My mom always made chocolate fudge for Christmas and my […]
Candied Pecans
This irresistible Candied Pecans recipe makes sweet, crunchy, sugared pecans with a meringue coating! Put them in jars to give as gifts. Everyone who tries these candied pecans falls in love with them and has to admit that they are rather addicting! I think they taste like pecan pie which is one of my favorite […]
Fudge Recipe
This Easy Fudge Recipe is smooth, creamy, melt-in-your-mouth delicious! It is so easy to prepare and can be made ahead of time! Although fudge is a popular dessert year-round, it is a favorite Christmas recipe for many families along with cut-out sugar cookies and homemade candies! Every year my mom made fudge during the holidays […]
Applesauce Recipe
Our easy homemade Applesauce Recipe tastes like apple pie without the crust! Kids love to help make this one. Making applesauce is a must-do activity every autumn! Everyone raves about this homemade applesauce and will want the recipe. Our neighbor Lois used to make it for us when we were kids and then invite us […]
Crock Pot Applesauce
Try this Crock Pot Applesauce recipe with your kids! It’s so easy to make in a slow cooker and they will love eating the applesauce. Using a crock pot to make applesauce is the easiest, hand-off way to make it! Just put the ingredients into the slow cooker and let it do the work. Plus […]
The BEST Homemade Milkshake Recipes
Here are the BEST homemade Milkshake Recipes you’ll want to make on repeat this summer! Keep cool with these classic all-American shakes. A burger, fries, and a shake is an all-American diner staple. Vanilla, chocolate and cookies n cream are the most popular flavors. It’s so easy to all of your favorite milkshakes at home, […]
Chipotle Ranch Dressing
Our Chipotle Ranch Dressing recipe is fantastic on salads and wraps as well as a perfect dip for chicken tenders and french fries. Although we already have a delicious homemade ranch dressing recipe, we wanted to make a spicier version with even more flavor. So we came up with this chipotle ranch dressing and now […]
Hot Honey Recipe
This Hot Honey recipe is a tantalizing combination of sweet and spicy. It’s perfect for drizzling on fried chicken, pizza, ham and ice cream! The first time we tried hot honey was on fried chicken sandwiches at a restaurant in Wilmington, North Carolina. Since then, we’ve eaten it on pizza, grilled cheese sandwiches, and chicken […]
Ranch Dressing Recipe
This homemade Ranch Dressing recipe is easy to make and better than store-bought! Your family will love using it as a salad dressing and dip. Although we like many different salad dressings, ranch dressing remains our favorite! Besides being delicious on a large variety of salads, it can be used as a dip for anything […]
Cranberry Punch
Creamy, frosty Cranberry Punch is a refreshing holiday drink that is ready in minutes and is irresistible to everyone from kids to adults! A frosted cranberry punch is the winter version of an Orange Julius! This cranberry julius is perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve.
Strawberry Whip
Creamy, frosted Strawberry Whip is a refreshing pink drink that is ready in minutes and is irresistible to everyone from kids to adults! This frothy, whipped strawberry pink drink is pretty as well as delicious! It’s easy to make and perfect for a summer treat or drink at a Barbie party.
Lemonade Whip
Creamy Lemonade Whip is similar to Frosted Lemonade and is perfect for hot summer days! It’s ready in minutes with only a few ingredients. Lemonade is already a classic summer drink, but when you make it a creamy whipped lemonade, it brings it to another level. This recipe is a copycat Chick-Fil-A frosted lemonade but […]
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 […]
Fruit Dip Recipe
This Fruit Dip recipe with cream cheese and marshmallow cream is easy to make and is delicious with fresh fruits from strawberries to apples! It’s pretty hard to make fresh fruit more delicious, but there is something about a fruit dip that brings it to the next level! This is a great recipe to make […]
Strawberry Lemonade
Our strawberry lemonade recipe is sweet, tart, and so refreshing! This homemade freckled lemonade is a Red Robin copycat. There’s nothing like fresh-squeezed lemonade during the summer, and the addition of strawberries makes it even more special. You can also get the kids involved by letting them help squeeze out the lemon juice!
Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Homemade Chocolate Covered Strawberries are the ultimate treat! They look beautiful on a serving platter and can be given as a gift. I shared a recipe for white chocolate covered strawberries way back in 2013 and decided that I should also share how to make chocolate covered strawberries. These strawberries are easy to make and […]
Caramel Pretzel Bites
Caramel Pretzel Bites have a sweet, chewy caramel sandwiched between salty, crunchy pretzels dipped in smooth vanilla almond bark. These festive little caramel pretzel bites are the perfect combination of sweet and salty, crunchy and chewy. They are so easy to make and you don’t even need to turn the oven on.
Mulled Cider
This Mulled Cider recipe is easy to make with apple cider and mulling spices. Add whipped cream and caramel for a Starbucks hot apple cider! Although I love coffee drinks, it is great to have another option to offer family and friends during the holidays. Mulled cider is a favorite of everyone, from young to […]
Poultry Seasoning
Make your Poultry Seasoning with only six ingredients you already have on your spice rack! Use it for making stuffing or seasoning chicken. For Thanksgiving dinner this year, I finally decided to figure out how to make homemade dressing! One of the ingredients called for in stuffing or dressing recipes is poultry seasoning. Since I […]
Peppermint Syrup
Make your own Peppermint Syrup with only three ingredients! Perfect for a peppermint mocha or hot chocolate. We are peppermint loving family and enjoy it in our desserts as well as our coffee. This peppermint syrup is so easy to make and is something we like to keep on hand. If you need a last-minute […]