There’s not much to say about this recipe, except that it’s delicious. DAMN delicious. It’s one of those desserts that makes you sneak away with the last piece and hide in the closet so you don’t have to share (yes, I’ve done that – I’m not ashamed. I refer you to the Tastykake Chocolate Junior…
I L.O.V.E. pie. Bake me a good apple pie and I’ll be your friend forever. This recipe contains the unusual step of partially cooking the apples before they’re put into the pie. But that’s the secret. The apples are always perfectly done – no half-cooked or mushy apples here. Another perk of this recipe – the…
Another winter snowstorm is upon us. Most of us have gone from BRING IT ON to Dear Mother Nature, if I have to be stuck in this house one more day with these kids, I may seriously lose the little bit of sanity that I have left. So, in a salute to warm days of…
It’s apple season and there’s nothing better than warm apple cobbler on a crisp autumn evening. You can use any apple that is good for baking like Granny Smith or Cortland, but my favorite apple to use in cobblers and pies is Honey Crisp. Old Fashioned Apple Cobbler INGREDIENTS 10 medium baking apples 2 cups…
One of the best memories I have of my Gramma Josephine was her rice pudding. She was a big Italian woman, permanently ensconced in an apron, who always seemed to have a wooden spoon in her hand and a pot of something boiling on the stove. Although many of her meals I would not even…
I had a couple zucchinis go rouge and I can now anchor a battleship with them. It’s time to bust out the zucchini bread recipe! Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread INGREDIENTS 3 eggs 2 c white sugar 1 c vegetable oil 2 c grated zucchini 2 tsp vanilla 3 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp salt 1 tsp…
Cinnamon rolls are one of my family’s favorite treats. Over the years, I’ve tried many different recipes, but none of them received a unanimous vote of satisfaction from everyone. Too sweet, too cinnamon-y, not ENOUGH cinnamon, blah, blah, blah. I was finally able to get the “seal of approval” when I took bits and pieces…
The Farmers in the Dell 