Caramel – In the Kitchen with Polly

Chocolate Covered Graham Crackers (with Caramel!)

PollyMarch 29, 2023July 15, 2025

This recipe is rustic and quick, and done in 20 minutes! But, once made, the bars have to sit in the refrigerator to harden up a bit 🙂 A long time ago some friends gave me a recipe for Saltine…

Breakfast & Brunch Fall Fruits

Banana Pancakes with Caramel Syrup

PollySeptember 1, 2012August 28, 2025

Hmpfff. I just got through looking at the two hundred and seventeen pictures of a recent bride’s Hawaiian honeymoon. As one of her friends commented, “The envy hurts“! I went to Hawaii once. I did. It was with my kids’…

Appetizers Eggs Sweets Winter

Caramel Corn

PollyFebruary 3, 2011August 28, 2025

Ooooh, Caramel Corn! Isn’t it lovely? You know I am not talking about that stale, pale, powdery stuff out of a bright and cheerful tin, right? I am talking about real Caramel Corn, the homemade variety! Here’s the recipe I use—I think…

Pies & Tarts Sweets

Banoffee Pie

PollyJanuary 15, 2011July 26, 2025

Banoffee Pie! You’ve heard of it, right? Toffee, bananas and coffee flavored cream in a pastry crust? There are more to British desserts than Trifle, Spotted Dick, and Sticky Toffee Pudding, you know! This pie took the British Isles by…

Asst Holidays & Events Christmas Cookies & Bars Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies

Triple C Bars (Chocolate-Caramel-Coconut)

PollyDecember 6, 2010August 28, 2025

Coconut Bars are a new addition to my repertoire this year. Over the past month or so I’ve spent a bit of time trying to cook my way through The Gourmet Cookie Book: The Single Best Recipe From Each Year 1941-2009…

Asst Holidays & Events Christmas Cookies & Bars Sweets Twelve Days of Christmas Cookies

English Caramel Bars (Millionaire Bars)

PollyDecember 3, 2010August 28, 2025

When I was a kid growing up in the north of England, Caramel Bars were my very favorite tea time treat. My Dad taught me to lick the top of the bar—then announce it loudly—so no one else would select…

About Me

It's all about the recipe—really, it is! I have amassed quite a collection of recipes from my favorite cookbooks, food magazines, friends, the Internet, and more recently my adult daughters. I test every recipe I post. Some I've been cooking for years, decades even, and a few I have made only a few times. I don't post mediocre recipes. I don't post good recipes. I post GREAT recipes! When I find a recipe I LOVE, I can't wait to share it. I started In the Kitchen with Polly on January 01, 2010, a joint venture between myself and my non-cooking but most excellent webmaster, proofreader, technical goddess and all-around bestie, ratty (not a joke—ratty is her chosen nickname—her Mama didn’t do that to her, she did it to herself!). Last year we hit a snag—the website went up in monstrous flames. It took a long time to sort out what happened and even longer to recreate what was lost. Hundreds of pictures gone, and every recipe we posted (300+) over the last 14 years had to be reformatted, many pictures retaken. It's done now though, and we are back! I like this brighter version :) Scroll through! Find something you like, and let's get cooking! There’s a search button and there are also tags to click on if you want to find a recipe for a specific food. If you need it, the print button is on the preview page and at the end of each post.

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