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Orange Cream Gelatin Dessert is an easy dessert that you can make from a few items in the pantry and freezer at any time of the year. It works well for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Mother’s Day, bridal or baby showers, etc. It is sweet and rich, yet somehow also seems light and refreshing. It is a […]
Peach Custard Pie is my favorite pie. It has been my favorite pie for as long as I can remember. It is the pie my grandma taught me to make. I think because she knew how much I like it that she wanted me to know how to make it. Of course, she never wrote […]
My Grandma’s Fresh Peach Pie takes me to my happy place. I am not a fan of the double-crusted cooked peach filling pie that is often what is served when someone says peach pie. However, I love the fresh peach pie that my grandma used to make. Unlike other fresh peach pies I have had, […]
Finding my paternal grandmother’s handwriting in faded pencil on a fragile piece of paper at the bottom of a recipe folder prompted me to make her peach cobbler for the first time in my life. I must admit that I can not remember my grandmother making peach cobbler…I remember her fresh peach pies and peach […]
There used to be a grocery chain that sold a pastry in their bakery they called lemon pillows. They were a favorite of my dad..and the rest of us. They were a puffy rectangle pastry with a delicious lemon filling. It has been many years since they went out of business, but I have been […]
What do you do when you have a quart of eggnog left after your eggnog loving teen never gets around to drinking it? You start baking. This is the easiest bread pudding I have ever made. I literally threw it together in about five minutes and baked it for about 45 minutes. Unlike the above […]
Note: This post contains an Amazon Affiliate link. If you purchase the item using the link, I will get a few cents in commission. It will not impact the cost of the item. This article has been updated since it was originally posted. My dad did not really cook; fried eggs, oatmeal, toast, and grilled […]
This is one of those recipes that I think really should not work, but it does. Even when mixing it together it seems like it really will not form edible cookies, but it does. This is a very simple recipe that uses a few pantry ingredients and butter. It is a great option is you […]
This post contains an affiliate link for Amazon. I will get a few cents if you purchase the product using the link. It will not impact your cost. I am not affiliated with the manufacture of the product; I just like it. Sometimes going back to your roots can be very comforting. Just as Grandma’s […]
Although it is not something I do that often, I have been known to make a cake for my family to have for breakfast. Frankly, I really do not see much of a difference between eating donuts or pancakes for breakfast and eating a piece of cake for breakfast. I don’t even have much guilt […]
