The combination of peanut butter and chocolate + fiber rich oatmeal = delicious dessert goodness. Peanut butter oatmeal bars are an easy and quick treat to make. They are a great to serve family gatherings and potlucks.
Caramel Icing
My daughter was having a difficult time deciding what kind of cake she wanted for her birthday, so I suggested that she decide what type of icing or frosting she wanted first then we could figure out a cake that went with it. So, I started naming over all the frosting and icing types I […]
Grandma’s Banana Cake
In my mom’s recipe box, I found a recipe in my paternal grandmother’s handwriting for banana cake. I can’t say I remember either my mom or my grandmother making a banana cake, but I decided I wanted to give it a try. My daughter wanted caramel icing for her birthday, so I suggested we try […]
Raspberry Filled Chocolate Candy
Whoever first thought of putting red raspberries and chocolate together must have had divine inspiration. To me, there is not any better combination as raspberry goes so well with every version of chocolate from very dark to white. As Easter is just around the corner, I am back into the candy making. I seem to […]
Candied Sweet Potatoes
Whether you eat candied sweet potatoes as a side dish or as dessert, candied sweet potatoes are a sweet and delicious treat. The sweet potatoes not only bring great flavor, but nutrients and fiber to this classic dish. As I make this version of sweet potatoes only a couple times of year at my house, […]
Sticky Rice with Mango
My favorite dessert in Thai and Vietnamese restaurants is sticky rice with mango. It also happens to be one of the few Asian dishes I cook at home. I used a short-grained brown sweet rice for the dish pictured. Although I used a different brand (I bought mine at a natural foods store), I noticed […]
Snow Cream or Snow Ice Cream
While growing up in the Mid-Ohio Valley, I heard my mother tell of making ice cream out of snow (snow cream) when she was a child in rural West Virginia far from any industries. It was never something that she (or I) ever considered doing in our city or farm homes closer to the manufacturing […]
Dusty Miller Cookies a.k.a. Molasses Crinkles
No matter what you call them, these cookies are similar in flavor to a good ginger snap. However, I think these cookies taste better. These were one of my dad’s favorite cookies. Mom made at least a couple of batches of them every Christmas. She had two recipe in her collection. They were almost identical. […]
Mom’s Fruit Cake
The beginning of December meant the beginning of the candy making/baking season for my mom. The first item she usually made was fruit cake (aka. fruitcake)…so it would be ready to eat by Christmas. Baking fruit cake for Christmas was a family tradition that both she and her oldest sister continued; however, there was one […]
Grandma’s Pie Crust Cinnamon Rolls
I remember being about my daughter’s current age, eight, and being taught by my paternal grandmother how to make pie crusts. My favorite part was helping her get the flour from the Hoosier cabinet’s flour bin by turning the handle to sift the flour into the container to be measured. My second favorite part was […]
