I grew up in the 1950’s on a farm surrounded by Amish neighbors. And one thing I remember was the way my “English” Mom and those Amish women learned about each other. It was by sharing recipes like this Amish Angel Cream Pie. The recipe was given to our family after I tasted it at […]
Rhubarb Cream Pie…Memories And Meringue
This recipe for Rhubarb Cream Pie, handwritten in pencil, brought back a flood of precious memories from more than forty years ago. When our two boys were very young, I was one of the luckiest working moms in America. I was able to walk several blocks to work as the receptionist in a doctor’s office […]
Banana Bars With Cream Cheese Frosting
I am usually far too optimistic when it comes to buying bananas. Those big bunches of yellow beauties BEG me to take them home with me…and I do. And there they remain…staring at me from our fruit bowl on the counter. Day after day. Until that lovely yellow bunch become an unappealing shade of…NOT yellow! […]
Amish Church Cookies – You Don’t Have To Be Amish To Love Them!
Amish women are always busy. If they’re not helping with the farm chores, they’re sewing clothes for the family, tending their gardens or spending HOURS in their kitchens. And baking is one of their most important tasks. I was thinking back to my childhood the other day…thinking about Pauline, my Amish neighbor, and how her […]
Top 10 Desserts of 2015
You came, you saw, you drooled. Drumroll please…..here are my top 10 dessert recipes of 2015! These are the recipes you, dearest readers, loved the most: 1. Chocolate Waffle Iron Cookies These cookies take so little time to make and even less time to disappear. They taste like moist, delicious chocolate cake. There’s nothing bad about that. Nothing […]
Rocky Road Brownies…Everything But The Kitchen Sink
Brownies are always a treat..especially when I find myself trying to use up all of the items in my cupboards before we head South for the winter. And if you’re REALLY observant, you’ll see this lone box of brownie mix expired in August! (I just noticed that date as I am writing this blog post.) […]
Creamy Rice Pudding
Sometimes…the BEST dishes don’t start out that way. Like THIS one… I’m still trying to get used to my new cook top. And as you can see…I have a long way to go. But here is the recipe for what finally turned out to be a delicious Creamy Rice Pudding… […]
Apple and Blackberry Crostata
When I’m in a hurry to make a dessert, I simply reach for whatever fruits are in my kitchen (today it was apples and blackberries) and I whip up a crostata. And you know me…there is NO recipe involved…but I did create a recipe card for you at the end of this post. I peeled […]
Joyce’s BEST EVER Chocolate Chip Cookies
After all the times I have made these cookies (and shared the recipe with friends) I recently realized I have never posted the recipe on my blog. So here it is…with my own variation added too! My dear friend Joyce made these at their home while I was attending a conference in Dallas. Both Joyce […]
Old Fashioned Banana Bread
While thumbing through one of my Mom’s old cookbooks, I ran across an old recipe for Banana Bread that was submitted by one her close friends so many years ago. And since I was blessed with three overripe bananas that had made the trip from Indiana with our son’s family, I decided to turn on […]