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Among my mom’s Christmas cookie baking list every year was a recipe that she received from her sister-in-law for pineapple drop cookies. These cookies are great when fresh from the oven or even a day later, but they really are not my favorite choice for keeping for a while in a cool place…like the rest of […]
This heritage or old-fashioned recipe is often called simply Ammonia Cookies. Many people today do not know anything about Baker’s Ammonia (also known as Ammonium Carbonate, Hartshorn, etc.), so the name really does not sell the cookie. Quite frankly, naming a cookie after its leavening agent may not be a great way to name a […]
I happened to be close to Taconooga’s Frazier Avenue location on business that finished before lunch. My husband and I decided to meet for a quick lunch. By the time he met me in the parking lot behind the restaurant, it was the lunch hour rush. I was afraid we might not even be able […]
This post contains Amazon affiliate links. If you make a purchase through the link, I will make an advertising commission that will not affect your purchase price. My husband loves German Chocolate cake. It is what he requests almost every year for his birthday. I knew he would love German Chocolate Pie. German chocolate pie […]
Note: This article contains links to an affiliate account. If you click on the link and make a purchase, I may receive a small commission that will not affect your purchase price. This recipe is from my mom’s recipe box, but it is not a recipe that she ever made. She NEVER cooked with any wine, […]
My mom would frequently make creamed turkey after the holidays as a way of using up leftover turkey, but I remember it most from the massive amounts she made for our Girl Scout troop’s fundraising dinners. She was one of the leaders when we spent two years raising money for a trip to England. As […]
Sausage gravy is a quintessential comfort food. It is warm, substantial, and evokes contentment. It is one of those things that you make occasionally when you and(or) the weather are gloomy. It is great for breakfast when you need to feed a crowd. It holds very well in a slow cooker, which is great for holiday mornings […]
Across the road from the Herr’s potato chip and snack factory in the quaint town of Nottingham, Pennsylvania is Nottingham Inn Kitchen and Creamery. Our stop at this cute eatery in this southeastern Pennsylvania town was supposed to be just for ice cream, but the creamery part was not open when we there. We noticed that […]
The plan was to make the chocolate peanut butter sauce that I found in my Taste of Toronto (Ohio that is) Cookbook to take to an ice cream sundae giveaway. I made the sugar syrup and let it cool, placed the peanut butter in the bowl, and went to the refrigerator to get the chocolate syrup only […]
Okra was not that much of a thing when I lived in West Virginia and Ohio. However, my parents raised okra in our garden because my mom thought it would be fun and she LOVED okra and tomatoes. I don’t remember okra being a popular item with anyone outside of my immediate and extended family. […]
