My dear mother’s old recipe box continues to provide me with long forgotten recipes and wonderful memories…like this “abbreviated” version of our dear Amish friend Katie’s Buttermilk Cookies. And since I had a container of buttermilk languishing in my refrigerator I decided to see if I could remember how these cookies were supposed to look […]
Iced Sugar Cookies 2017…My Valentine Tradition Lives On
I can still remember the feeling of searching through a box of Valentine cards and spending hours deciding which card was right for each of my classmates. And in my case that consisted of everyone in the whole school! Sixty years ago I attended a one room country school in the heart of Amish country in […]
Christmas Cookies And Memories…Generations Of FUN
When our sons were little boys, we made Christmas cookies together every year…and last year I asked Nick’s girls if they would like to continue the tradition. Let’s just say they were happy to oblige. And who cares that we couldn’t find the cookie cutters in their kitchen. We simply used some jar lids and […]
Mom’s Long Lost Ginger Crisps Cookies
Recipes are much more than a blueprint for preparing food. Recipes can be our connection to the past…and to the people we love. And that was so true yesterday when I stumbled upon my mom’s Ginger Crisps cookie recipe. I was feeling very nostalgic and a little sad in our much-too-quiet house after our amazing, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Chocolate Waffle Iron Cookies
It seems like only yesterday when all three of our Indy girls needed to stand on chairs to help Meemaw cook…but those days are gone forever. And recently, Big Sis and Middle Sis took over the mixing and measuring to make a batch of Chocolate Waffle Iron Cookies. (The full recipe is in printable form at […]
Rolled Sugar Cookies and Decorator Icing
Many of you have asked for my Valentine Sugar Cookie recipe…and the Decorating Icing that hardens…so here goes… ROLLED SUGAR COOKIES (You can double or triple this recipe as needed. I always make AT LEAST a double batch…and this year it was a TRIPLE batch.) 3/4 cup butter, softened 1 cup white sugar 2 eggs […]
Healthy Oatmeal and Applesauce Cookies
Our friend John leads a pretty exciting life. He is part of a Homeland Security SWAT Team, so he spends his days doing anything from boarding ships out in the ocean to search for drugs and contraband, to processing passengers who are coming through the ports of Miami and Fort Lauderdale, to deporting illegal aliens. […]