I have told how to make the cream puffs, but you need to put a filling inside of them to make them tasty. The filling possibilities fall into two categories, savory or sweet. Savory fillings in small cream puffs make very good appetizers or light snacks. Here are a several ideas: Flavored cream cheese Cream […]
Archives for December 2010
Cream Puffs: Savory or Sweet Party Food
Every time I think of a gathering where appetizers will be served, I can’t help but think of _______salad sandwiches. The ladies of my mom’s social groups served ham, cheese, and chicken salad sandwiches at almost every gathering. They were usually on regular bread (sometimes with the crust cut off) or buns. Why? I have […]
Tasty Roasted Brussels Sprouts
If you wonder why I have not published more recipes for vegetable side dishes, the reason is there is really not much of a recipe usually involved. I usually fix very simply prepared steamed, roasted, and sauteed vegetables. Brussels sprouts are one of those veggies that I usually fix the same way my mom made […]
Servatii’s Christmas Yule Log
One great Christmas tradition is to have a Yule Log as a Christmas treat. I have made them in the past, but mine were just average in taste and never looked nearly as good as the ones from Servatii’s Pastry Shop and Deli in Cincinnati, Ohio. I imagine they never tasted as good either. Servatii’s […]
Yummy Honey Brown Sugar Ham
I love this honey, brown sugar coated ham. In fact, I think my daughter and I love it almost as much as Winnie the Pooh loves honey. Even my husband eats this ham,and he does not like ham! This ham is not only very yummy, it is also much cheaper to make than the spiral […]
Homemade Gifts of Candy: Coconut Filled Candy Bars
Another Spoiler Alert: If you know me, you may see your Christmas present ahead. My husband’s aunt made wonderful filled chocolate candies. She would give them as Christmas presents every year. (She had to have made hundreds every year!) Everyone looked forward to her delicious treats. She put together a recipe book a few years […]
Homemade Gifts of Candy: Chocolate Covered Cherries
Spoiler Alert: If you know me, you may be seeing your Christmas gift in this article. Although we don’t really know our neighbors across the road, they came by today and brought us Christmas Candy and a card. It was so nice of them! Ironically, we were just getting ready to make candy to give […]
Grace’s Old Fashioned Lemon Crackers
Christmas would just not be the same for me with out having these crackers/cookies. They have been a traditional Christmas “cookie” for generations. In fact, I know that they have been made for more 100 years in my family. However, it is not so much the actual cracker/cookie that is so precious me as the […]
Do You Have Baker’s Ammonia?
Growing up, my mom bought Baker’s Ammonia every year before her holiday baking season began from our local pharmacy. When I was an adult, that pharmacy went out of business, but we found it at other pharmacies. Heck, we even found it at a large discount retail chain pharmacy. It did become much harder to […]
Lehman’s Anniversary Cookbook
I could not wait to share what a terrific collection of recipes I found when I purchased 55 Years and Still Cookin’: Lehman’s Anniversary Cookbook on sale. The cookbook is from one of my favorite stores, Lehman’s in Kidron, Ohio. Kidron is located in Ohio’s Amish Country, an area known to have great food. This […]