"It's all about the recipe!"
Every Christmas cookie plate needs an old fashioned Gingerbread cookie! I have been using this recipe for years. The cookie is sturdy, bakes flat and although it has a pronounced gingerbread taste, it’s not overwhelming; kids can decorate it without it…
My daughter, Hannah, has started a new Thanksgiving tradition for our family, and I rather like it. She invites our neighbors and friends over for Pumpkin Pancakes on Thanksgiving morning. She suggests they come in their jammies, too! I am not seen…
Yesterday I went to Costco and Trader Joe’s. Both places had samples of make-it-from-a-box turkey dressing. Did they think the samples would entice people to buy that stuff? What WAS it? The texture was glue-y, the taste was, was…, sigh. There was…
Poached Pear Salad is ideal for any fancy meal and also be good for a light lunch when paired—peared! now there’s a joke in the making—when paired with a sandwich or quiche, baked potato or flat bread, pizza or a…
Is it a cookie? Is it a lollipop? It’s a Fun-Face Cookie-Pop! My kids loved these, both making them and eating them. We’ve been making these candy studded spice cookie pops every Fall since 1998, and unfortunately I don’t remember where I originally found the recipe. One…
Look what I made for my grandson’s Pups and Trucks birthday party, cheddar dog bone crackers! Aren’t they adorable? I think the two-year-olds, and their parents, are really going to enjoy them 🙂 I used a small cookie cutter to cut the bone…
My new favorite muffin recipe, just in time for your fall weekend baking: Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins! This muffin has been likened to the Starbucks Cream Cheese Pumpkin Muffins, and I think that’s a fair comparison, but I like this…
Mmmm, must have been the thought of Cinco de Mayo, but I’ve finally found a great green sauce for enchiladas! Not spicy—though it would be easy to up the heat—but tasty and tangy, which it should be, having being made…
