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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 […]
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 […]
A classic, easy dessert that reminds me of lunch at my elementary school. I guess that is probably the first place I ever ate apple crisp. As I was not a fan of pie crusts, apple crisp was my ideal apple dessert. My sister is the person in my family known for making apple crisp. […]
Strawberry Pretzel Salad is a classic, nostalgic dish that can make any meal into a special occasion. It is a dish that can lighten your mood after just one bite. It is also a dish that is much better than the sum of its parts. There is a definite synergy when you take otherwise lackluster […]
I purchased three pounds of almond flour with the intention of trying my hand at making macarons, but I found myself staring at the unopened bag that reached its “best by” date the day before. I knew that almond paste could last a long time in the refrigerator and was made with blanched and ground […]
My dad loved Bear Claw pastries. He bought them whenever he could. I even witnessed him choose a Bear Claw over chocolate, which he could eat by the pound. However, I vividly remember my dad’s shock when he learned he learned that Bear Claw pastries were filled with an almond paste mixture. Although it was […]
This lemon pudding recipe is based upon one for banana pudding. Unlike my other recipe, this one does not require any cooking, making it a great dessert to make on a very hot summer day. I use an instant pudding that I buy at a bulk food store, but I assume that the boxed, brand […]
This post contains Amazon Affiliate links. If you click on one of the links and purchase something from Amazon, I will receive a small ad fee that does not affect your purchase price. When I noticed the Meyer Lemon Cookies were on sale at Costco I had an idea to make a lemon version […]
