The MK Creations Blog
Recipes, homemade goodness, simple living & a little bit of everyday life
Welcome to MK Creations, where we’re learning to slow down, make more from scratch, and find joy in the simple things.
What started with a sourdough starter has grown into a love for homemade food, baking, gardening, and creating a more intentional home. Here you’ll find recipes I’ve made in my own kitchen, sourdough tips for beginners and experienced bakers, homemade pantry staples, seasonal recipes, and little pieces of our everyday life here in Montana.
Grab your coffee, pull up a chair, and stay awhile. There’s usually something baking around here.
Browse the Blog
- Discard Recipes
- Drink Recipes
- Fall Recipes
- Homemade Staples
- Recipes
- Seasonal Recipes
- Sourdough Recipes
- Spring Recipes
- Summer Recipes
- Tips & Tricks
- Winter Recipes
Start Here
New to MK Creations? These are some of my favorite places to begin.
Sourdough
Whether you’re brand new to sourdough or already have a starter that has taken over your kitchen counter, you’ll find simple recipes and helpful tips to make sourdough feel approachable.
From-Scratch Recipes
I love knowing exactly what goes into the food we eat. Here you’ll find homemade recipes made with simple, wholesome ingredients and fewer unnecessary preservatives.
Baking
From soft cookies and flaky biscuits to cinnamon rolls, focaccia, and everything in between, this is where you’ll find the sweet and savory things coming out of my kitchen.
Seasonal Recipes
I love cooking and baking with the seasons. Find cozy fall recipes, holiday treats, summer favorites, garden-inspired recipes, and plenty of reasons to turn on the oven.
Meet MK Creations
Learn how a sourdough starter turned into a loce for making food from scratch, gardening, sharing online, and eventually opening a roadside farmstand.
Start Here: Simple Sourdough for Beginners
Ready to start baking sourdough? This beginner-friendly guide walks you through the basics and helps take some of the intimidation out of making your first loaf.
Latest From the Kitchen
The newest recipes, homemade projects, seasonal ideas, and everyday moments from MK Creations.
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Homemade Sourdough Pop-Tarts
(Flaky, Buttery & Perfect for Using Sourdough Discard) There’s an unmistakable nostalgia that washes over you when you savor a warm pop-tart straight from the toaster. However, once you embark on the journey of creating food from scratch, those familiar boxed delights, with their preservatives and unnatural dyes, begin to fade in allure. Enter homemade…
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Sourdough Discard Pretzel Bites
(Chewy & Perfectly Dunkable) I think I’ve found my new favorite snack—these delightful pretzel bites have completely captured my heart! The soft, chewy texture is simply irresistible, and I can honestly say I could enjoy them every single day without growing tired of them. Whether I dip them into a rich, homemade cheese sauce that…
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Homemade Pretzel Cheese Dip
(Rich & Creamy) Some foods have a way of blending into the background, quietly fulfilling their purpose, while others have the power to halt conversations and draw everyone’s attention. This homemade cheese dip undeniably belongs to the latter category. With a texture that is luxuriously creamy yet light enough to keep you coming back for…
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Homemade Biscuits from Scratch
(Flakey, Delicious, & Simple to Make) I was truly intimidated by the thought of making biscuits. I envisioned a complicated process that would require expert skills to achieve those perfectly flaky, golden-brown treats. But, to my surprise, I was completely mistaken! As it turns out, biscuits might be one of the easiest recipes I have…
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How to Feed Your Sourdough Starter
(A Simple Guide for Beginners) Embarking on your sourdough journey can be both exciting and a bit daunting, especially when it comes to one of the most critical aspects: feeding your sourdough starter. This process may seem puzzling at first, but don’t fret! Once you grasp the fundamental principles behind why and how to nurture…
From Our Kitchen to Your Table
Some of the things I make here at MK Creations eventually make their way to our roadside farmstand in Huson, Montana.
The farmstand is where I get to take the things I’m making in my own kitchen and share them with our community, from fresh baked treats and sourdough goodies to seasonal favorites.
Everything is made in small batches with the same homemade spirit you’ll find throughout this website.
Visit the MK Creations Farmstand →
MK Creations isn’t about making everything perfect.
It’s about making what we can from scratch, using ingredients we feel good about, learning as we go, and enjoying the little things along the way. Sometimes that means a beautiful loaf of sourdough sitting on the counter. Sometimes it means a garden that didn’t quite grow the way we planned. Sometimes it means flour on the kitchen floor, kids underfoot, and a recipe that needs a little more troubleshooting. And sometimes, it’s simply a warm cookie and a cup of coffee at the end of a long day.
That’s life around here.
And that’s what you’ll find throughout MK Creations 406.
Simple Food. Homemade Goodness. Real Life.
Stay Awhile
Whether you’re here looking for a sourdough recipe, trying to figure out what to do with your discard, searching for a homemade treat, or simply looking for a little inspiration to make more from scratch, I hope you find something that makes its way into your own kitchen.
Welcome to MK Creations
Homemade recipes • Sourdough • From-scratch cooking • Seasonal living • Montana life