Pumpkins Are Fall’s Gift Pumpkin is plentiful in the Autumn. It’s one of our best-loved cooking ingredients and really symbolizes the Fall season. The treat I’m sharing is one of my favorite pumpkin cookie recipes, and I hope you’ll like them. They’re easy and not labor intensive to put together, but take some time for […]
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Chewy Granola Bars
Chewy Granola Bars Photo Credit I love granola bars, but only the soft, chewy kind. I created this recipe of Soft Chewy Granola Bars to satisfy my yearning for the kind that doesn’t break your teeth or your jaw when you’re biting or chewing them. Reasons for Loving Granola Bars Though there are many reasons […]
Easy Fruitcake Recipe
Photo Credit Easy Fruitcake Recipe If you love good fruitcake, here’s an easy recipe that’s really delicious, with that wonderful flavor you’ve come to expect at Christmas or holiday time. The cake is filled with candied cherries, apricots, pineapple and pecans. This isn’t the traditional fruitcake with candied citron, which is what many don’t like about […]
Daher Designed Tins
Daher Designed Tins What Are They? On this page you’ll find information about Daher Designed tins. They’re collectibles that are collected because you love them, not for their value. Daher designed tins are lithographed boxes, bowls, trays or platters that were designed and made in England or Holland. They were manufactured from the 1940s […]
Chocolate Teddy Bears
Chocolate Teddy Bears Recipe These Chocolate Teddy Bear Cookies not only are fun to make and cute, but they’re yummy too. If you’re a chocoholic these cookies satisfy that “gotta have chocolate” urge. If you need something to get you in the mood for Christmas, try making these little guys with your kids. They will […]
Peanut Brittle
Photo Credit Peanut Brittle Here’s an old-time family favorite, peanut brittle. It’s easy enough to do and you get the crispiest, crunchiest, richest tasting peanut brittle you’ve ever eaten. And no, you don’t break your teeth on it because it’s light and aerated. The trick is not to leave out the baking soda, because if […]
Chocolate Bourbon or Rum Balls
Photo Credit Bourbon or Rum Balls A favorite style of candy for adults are Bourbon or Rum Balls. These candies can be dusted with confectioner’s sugar, or cocoa powder, or rolled in crushed nuts, to make a beautiful varied display. They’re rich, chocolatey and simple to make and putting them into a gift basket or […]
Buttermilk Fudge
Buttery, Caramel-ly Buttermilk Fudge For A Change From Chocolate I bet you never thought of making candy with buttermilk. For a change from chocolate fudge, or for the caramel lovers you know, this fudge has a buttery, caramel-y taste. Even if you don’t like buttermilk, believe me, this fudge has no buttermilk flavor you […]
Old Fashioned Cocoa Fudge
Photo Credit Old fashioned Cocoa Fudge The kind Grandma used to make Remember the days when you went to Grandma’s and she had a pan of homemade old fashioned cocoa fudge cooling on the screened in back porch? Remember how you could hardly wait for it to cool (and sometimes you didn’t) to taste that […]