Family Recipes
This delicious recipe is also from Alice Medrich’s fabulous book, Cookies and Brownies. I like to serve a variety of shortbread cookies at times. Chocolate shortbread makes a great contrast to the buttery shortbread. Unlike the basic recipe, the chocolate
Read moreAlice Medrich is an outstanding cookbook author and chocolatier. One of her cookbooks is called Cookies and Brownies. She has the very best shortbread cookie recipe and it is super easy. I get many compliments on this shortbread. It is
Read moreTyana made this pie some years ago when she was getting started baking. It is a very tasty and rich yet simple pie. We like old-fashioned and unusual pies. It seems a little like a custard filling but it has
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This is like a cornbread cake. It is very sweet and delicious. There are many variations of johnnycake, most are more like a pancake. Whatever it should be called, you won’t be sorry to make this. It is so quick
Read moreTyana always loved these pancakes. They really are so feathery and light, as well as delightfully lemony. These would make a great dessert, served along with strawberries or other berries and ice cream. LEMON FEATHER CAKES 4 eggs, separated 1/4
Read moreMost of my life I would not have touched sauerkraut or cooked cabbage. I have always been a picky eater and afraid of trying new foods. However, about ten years ago, one of my aunts married a chef and had
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I grew up on Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books. My mother read the books to us children as we grew up. When I was able to read, then I read them myself numerous times. My children grew up with the same
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This recipe is on the first page of my “strawberry” journal that I kept my best recipes in. The front and back of the journal was covered with beautiful, red strawberries. I think it was while living in Utah that
Read moreUsually, a person may think whole grain pancakes must be heavy, but not these! I like to make this kind because we are not just eating white flour with little nutrition. Most often I make pancakes for dinner, rather than
Read moreChocolate and mint are a favorite combination in our home. Grant absolutely loves these brownies. He regularly shared at school and several schoolmates are as enthusiastic as he is now. One young man especially loves these, so Grant asked me
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Back when I was a young newlywed, we moved to Spokane and met another young couple and quickly became best friends. They were each a year older than us and had been married one year longer. We hit it off
Read moreButtermilk pie may sound a little strange for a pie, but it really is fabulous. Almost everyone who has tried it has been amazed at how delicious it is! It is Austin’s favorite pie and he is more of a
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Homemade ice cream is too good and too easy, but it is possible to use an ice cream machine for healthier treats. This recipe is sweetened with date paste. Date milkshakes are a delightful treat at roadside stands in date
Read moreGrant loves blueberry muffins and these are the best recipe I have found. Muffins are always delicious with a streusel topping but it is not necessary. The recipe comes from a fabulous cookbook my family gave me as a gift,
Read moreThis really is the very best pumpkin bread recipe I have ever come across. When I worked in a restaurant called Percy’s in Spokane, they served bread along with entrees. In autumn, pumpkin bread was one offering. That was the
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My recipe is written on an index card and must be about thirty years old. It may even be from my early baking years as a youth. I do not remember where the recipe came from. What I do remember
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This simple cake has a great texture and flavor. It can be dressed up with a dessert sauce, whipped cream, or ice cream. But, it is good straight out of the pan too. The recipe comes from one of my
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With a pandemic going on, getting groceries is a challenge in many ways. It is best to make use of what is already available. “Necessity is the mother of invention.” Hence this delicious soup. It turned out so flavorful! I
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Our lemon tree produced a bumper crop of delicious lemons this year. Grant juiced dozens last week and it hardly made a dent in the tree. We had ten cups of juice, enough for lemon bars, lemonade, frozen lemon juice
Read moreMany of my family members like hummus. Joel and Austin like it with pita chips. My Mom uses vegetable sticks to dip. I received this recipe some years ago from a dear friend, Diane. I set the recipe aside and
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