I mentioned awhile back that my second son Nate spends a lot of time on the Instructables website. This week he posted a recipe that he snagged from my files on how to make a SINGLE chocolate chip cookie. This post is part of a contest for making pocket-sized things. At this point, my son’s [...]
I have got this wonderful scam…er…scheme that I’ve been working. I beg people for their family Christmas recipes, and they show up at my door bearing not only the recipe, but also a plate of samples. (Some of you are making a note now to start a food blog so that you can work [...]
My dear friend Margaret (a real live Swedish woman who actually serves and enjoys lutefisk!) brought me a plate of these Dream Bars in November, and I nearly hurt myself, because I can’t stop eating them. There is NO self-control involved here. If you have that one Christmas party yet that you [...]
The month before Christmas is the best time of the year for baking, in our opinion. There are so many baked goods that are part of this time of year! The fragrance of cinnamon and bread and cookies wafting through the house is an important part of what makes it FEEL like Christmas! There are [...]
My dear friend, Auntie Karen, spent the last week visiting us. As is always the case when Auntie Karen visits, the kitchen was filled with fragrant, delicious aromas from morning until night. Some people are just FUN to cook with. Over the years I’ve learned so much about food and cooking from Karen.
This week as [...]
This recipe is for my friend Stacey whose chickens are laying eggs faster than she can use them. I find meringue cookies to be totally addicting. They’re so light and they just disappear in my mouth. They’re also fat free (so what’s not to like?) These cookies do contain sugar so they’re not really diet [...]
My sister-in-law, Clair made these cookies for us. She originally got the recipe from the Martha Stewart website (Under Outrageous Chocolate Chip Cookies). I’ve made a couple of modifications to kick these up a bit.
Before I had children, I was a classroom teacher. My last year of teaching was one of the most difficult because I had a combination 5th-6th grade class. There was a little boy in the 5th grade half of the class named David. His mom, named Jeanette, had been born in Scotland and made the [...]
My sister-in-law, Michele, and I were comparing notes on our holiday baking. She mentioned that she’d made a childhood favorite, Peppermint Bars. Asked her to share! This is a recipe that she grew up with as one of the flavors of Christmas at HER house. Michele originally got this recipe from her mom, but who [...]
Invariably, at least once during each Christmas season, I have a moment of panic when I realize that I totally forgot to get a gift for someone that I really, really wanted to get one for. Fortunately, I have a few tricks up my sleeve.
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