I just wanted to get a quick recipe up before all of the family stuff starts for Thanksgiving. Once the family is all in one place, there is no time for editing photos or typing out recipes. I mean, I love you guys, but I'm not about to miss a game of Old Maid with the grandkids to tell you how I came up with my latest culinary masterpiece. So, let's get right to it - these bars came about because I had a couple of things around the kitchen I was sure would be just fantastic together. The apple ... Read More about Apple Butter Caramel Bars
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Molasses Crinkles Cookies
When I was 8 or 9 years old, my Grandmother asked me what I wanted for my upcoming Birthday. I surprised her by asking for a whole batch of Molasses Crinkles, just for me. You see, we lived next door to my Mom's folks back then, and Grandma had an inordinate fondness for a particular cookie, called Sour Cream Softies. They are similar to Snickerdoodles, but with less backbone, and by then, I was heartily sick of them. I wouldn't mind one right now though, or standing and watching Grandma whip up ... Read More about Molasses Crinkles Cookies
Chewy Carrot Cookies
Carrots. Healthy & full of vitamins. Fiber. Antioxidants, probably. Home grown with all natural gardening methods. Sweat of our brow and all that good stuff. I know what we should do with these nice, healthy carrots - let's make some into cookies! Yay! Chewy Carrot Cookies! Yay! Seriously - we do eat a lot of carrots. We grow a lot and when those are gone we buy more through the winter. And with all of the nutritious, healthy veg we have been enjoying, we can afford a few cookies now and ... Read More about Chewy Carrot Cookies
Anadama Bread – Step by Step, Making Yeast Bread
When Larry and I first got married, his sister in law was always making this fantastic bread that I had never heard of before. I grew up in a family with a couple generations of breads makers before me - both my Mom and her Mom baked their own bread for long stretches of time, so making yeast breads was never an intimidating idea to me. But this bread was better than anything I had ever had before, and I was so glad when my new sister in law gave me the recipe. I have never changed one single ... Read More about Anadama Bread – Step by Step, Making Yeast Bread
Blueberry Skillet Cake
After a couple weeks of awful hot and humid weather, where no sane person entertained even the ghost of an idea that involved turning on the oven, I woke the other morning to cool, crisp air and a weather forecast that said the day would stay that way. Just what I was waiting for, as we had a container of freshly picked blueberries in the fridge, that I had been hoping would get a chance to be in this cake. I actually worked on this recipe last August, but ran out of blueberries before I had a ... Read More about Blueberry Skillet Cake
Coconut Toffee Squares
Is there a better flavor combo? Coconut, toffee, almonds, chocolate? Chewy, rich, with a little crunch? A little snap when you bite through the chocolate? Oh golly… See – if I had my way, we would eat a lot more chocolate. But Larry thinks it is actually possible for something to have too much chocolate! Have you ever heard anything so crazy? Still, I love him anyway, so when I come up with a recipe that has chocolate, most of the time, I make sure that there are some things in there that Larry ... Read More about Coconut Toffee Squares