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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 […]
I first discovered cherry plums at an international market in Atlanta. These fruits are a literal cross between a cherry and a plum have more of the texture of cherries and are the size of a small variety of plums. The ones I purchased were in the bulk bins, so I got to select the […]
Grandma’s baked custard was one of my favorite foods in childhood. My favorite baked custard was actually a pie, my grandma’s peach custard pie. However, I also loved her plain baked custard as well. Today, I still love baked custard. It is now a favorite comfort food, especially if I am not feeling up to […]
Angel Heath Bar Dessert is a VERY easy dessert that can be made in just a few minutes. Unless you want to make your own angel food cake or caramel sauce, it is just a matter of assembling a few ingredients. While this can be a last minute dessert, it is much better if left […]
Please Note: The following post contains Amazon affiliate links. If you make an Amazon purchase as a result of clicking a link, I will get a small ad commission that will not affect your purchase price. My paternal grandmother and her sister often fixed a lemon cake that was baked in a tube or Bundt […]
Among my mom’s Christmas cookie baking list every year was a recipe that she received from her sister-in-law for pineapple drop cookies. These cookies are great when fresh from the oven or even a day later, but they really are not my favorite choice for keeping for a while in a cool place…like the rest of […]
This heritage or old-fashioned recipe is often called simply Ammonia Cookies. Many people today do not know anything about Baker’s Ammonia (also known as Ammonium Carbonate, Hartshorn, etc.), so the name really does not sell the cookie. Quite frankly, naming a cookie after its leavening agent may not be a great way to name a […]
This post contains Amazon affiliate links. If you make a purchase through the link, I will make an advertising commission that will not affect your purchase price. My husband loves German Chocolate cake. It is what he requests almost every year for his birthday. I knew he would love German Chocolate Pie. German chocolate pie […]
Note: This article contains links to an affiliate account. If you click on the link and make a purchase, I may receive a small commission that will not affect your purchase price. This recipe is from my mom’s recipe box, but it is not a recipe that she ever made. She NEVER cooked with any wine, […]
The plan was to make the chocolate peanut butter sauce that I found in my Taste of Toronto (Ohio that is) Cookbook to take to an ice cream sundae giveaway. I made the sugar syrup and let it cool, placed the peanut butter in the bowl, and went to the refrigerator to get the chocolate syrup only […]
