Author: Katie Shaw

Katie Shaw lives in Virginia with her husband, three daughters, chocolate lab, and over thirty chickens. She loves creating simple tutorials for sourdough, bread, and soap. Her recipes, articles, and YouTube videos reach millions of people per year.

Vegetable Stock.with Herbs (To Pressure Can or Freeze)

Vegetable Stock.with Herbs (To Pressure Can or Freeze)

Cranberry Orange Sourdough Quick Bread

Cranberry Orange Sourdough Quick Bread

two French toast slices with cream cheese and orange sauce on plate with orange slices on side.

Orange French Toast with Cream Cheese Spread

Sourdough Cinnamon Raisin Bagels

Sourdough Cinnamon Raisin Bagels

small white cottage on a snowy night.

7 Ways to Have a Simple & Frugal Christmas This Year

top view of boule bread with half of it sliced up on wooden board.

Sourdough Cinnamon Raisin Bread (Round Loaf)

glass of fall prosecco sangria on wooden board with fruit slice and cinnamon stick inside.

Fall Prosecco Sangria with Apple Cider

bowl of creamy shrimp alfredo pasta with fork twirled around noodles.

Shrimp Alfredo Pasta

opened jar of cranberry sauce with cranberries and spoon on the side.

How to Can Cranberry Sauce

jars of cranberry juice arranged on counter with bowls of cranberries.

How to Can Cranberry Juice: A Winter Staple

overhead shot of 4 sugar dusted pecan pie croissants on tray on counter.

Pecan Pie Croissants (Easy Le Crookie Copycat)

top view of apple pie yeast bread sliced with knife and apples on the side.

Apple Pie Yeast Bread: A Sweet Pull-Apart Loaf

jar of butternut squash soup base, with peppercorns and herbs in front, and a butternut squash and other canned jars behind.

Canning Butternut Squash Soup Base

top view of chocolate pudding with whipped cream and chocolate pieces in jar next to spoon.

Simple Chocolate Pudding That’s Way Better Than Store-Bought

vanilla pudding in quarter pint glass jar with whipped cream on top, with another in background.

Vanilla Pudding From Scratch

brioche loaf with two slices cut on wooden board.

Bread Machine Brioche Loaf

overhead shot of bread loaf with two slices buttered on plate.

Super Soft Sourdough Milk Bread

overhead close up of cluster of peppermint fudge pieces.

Classic Stovetop Peppermint Fudge

chicken alfredo lasagna rollup being lifted out of pan.

Chicken Alfredo Lasagna Rollups

jar of enchilada sauce.

Smoky Homemade Enchilada Sauce (Pressure Canning Recipe)

How to Can Bourbon Cherries (For Drinks + Desserts)

How to Can Bourbon Cherries (For Drinks + Desserts)

Close-up of a pink cosmos flower with long green stems and leaves, bathed in natural sunlight in a grassy garden setting.

How to Grow Cosmos in Your Home Garden (A Simple + Pretty Cut Flower)

Close-up of a colored and cut-out Nativity scene with baby Jesus, Mary, a donkey, and a stable. The background includes a window with stars and a palm tree.

6 Nativity Scene Printable Coloring Pages To Bring The Christmas Story To Life

sausage broccoli pasta dish on plate.

Sausage and Broccoli Pasta with a Parmesan Cream Sauce

Bread Machine Italian Bread

Bread Machine Italian Bread

Irresistible Sourdough Doughnuts

Irresistible Sourdough Doughnuts

front shot of broiled salmon piece on plate in the middle of rice and asparagus.

Broiled Brown Sugar Salmon

canned jars of spaghetti sauce on counter with tomato on side.

Our Favorite Pressure-Canned Spaghetti Sauce

overhead shot of white chocolate raspberry sourdough bread on wooden board with raspberries around it on the counter.

White Chocolate Raspberry Sourdough Bread

A Barred Rock chicken pecking at grass in a sunlit backyard. Its black and white barred feathers contrast against the green foliage in the background.

Your Guide to Barred Rock Chickens {Pretty and Easy To Care For}

front shot of loaf with end cut off to reveal inside of bread.

Soft, Fluffy, and Easy: Bread Machine White Bread for Beginners

close up view of shrimp with bang bang sauce.

Crispy Bang Bang Shrimp

sealed jar of banana peppers on red checkered cloth.

Homemade Pickled Banana Peppers (Canning Recipe)

front shot of beef stew inside jar.

How to Pressure Can Beef Stew

sideways shot of filled croissant sandwich on counter with grapes in background.

Best-Ever Chicken Salad Croissant Sandwiches

front shot of bread with one slice cut on counter in front of window.

Bread Machine Buttermilk Bread

front shot of inside of bread sliced up with apples in background.

Apple Cider Sourdough Bread

baked beans in aluminum tray with wooden spoon.

Smoked Baked Beans

front shot of jar of apple syrup on counter.

How to Can Apple Syrup (Using Apple Peels)

front shot of slider on plate with chips.

Slow Cooker Beef Sliders with Simple Garlic Mayo