Family Recipes
These are extremely popular cookies! I have made them for Pioneer Schools and for Joel to take in to work and people love them. The deep dark chocolate contrasted with dried sour cherries is simply wonderful. The soft and chewy
Read moreI have been making this coffeecake for over 20 years and it is always well received. It came from the inside of the Libby’s pumpkin label. The print is so faded now, I can hardly read it. Of course, the
Read more
This is a super quick but delicious bar cookie. I use preserves, jam or fruit spread for the fruit filling. The original recipe is from Better Homes and Gardens. That recipe has three choices of fruit fillings that can be
Read moreMocha sauce is great for more than ice cream. We especially love it with plain yogurt. It can be used for hot cocoa too. The recipe comes from my ice cream cookbook, Ice Cream and Sorbets by Lou Seibert Pappas.
Read more
Toasted coconut and pecans, chocolate chips, oats, toffee; these cookies are chock full of good stuff! I say unforgettable because people seem to remember these cookies long after they have had them. I chuckle when I think of our friend
Read moreDo not make these! If you do, you won’t be able to stop eating them until you are sick! We actually do stop sometimes, so go ahead and take a chance. We usually only make these to share at gatherings,
Read more
The first time I ever heard of snickerdoodles was while babysitting as a teenager. The mother had me bake snickerdoodles with her kids and I thought that sounded quite strange. But I had a pleasant surprise when I tasted them.
Read moreThis is another delicious yet easy recipe from King Arthur Flour. The topping is amazing. The recipe says to bake for 35 minutes but I found it was not fully baked at that time. Then when you put the topping
Read more
These are some of Grant’s favorite cookies. The tops are crinkly and insides are chewy. The recipe comes from Sunset Cookies. I usually double the recipe. It is a popular cookie so I often make them to share. I like
Read more
Ah, lemon bars! Wonderful, scrumptious, unforgettable lemon bars! When life gives you lemons, forget lemonade, make lemon bars! I have compared several recipes, but this is the most luscious combination of sweet and lemony. The recipe comes from Sunset Cookies.
Read more
I believe chocolate chip cookies should be more than a vehicle for chocolate chips. The cookie itself should be delicious. To me, Nestle Toll House cookies are not good enough. Most recipes for chocolate chip cookies are all the same.
Read moreWhat should I name my very own recipe for pumpkin pie? “Inconceivable” is the name suggested by two of my children. In searching for my favorite pumpkin pie recipe, I found several pies that had very good elements, but each
Read more
Lemon “curd” is not a glorious name, but the taste is certainly glorious! It took some searching to find such a luscious lemon curd. King Arthur Flour has a super easy recipe for microwave curd and I had made that
Read more
Here is the best and easiest chocolate pudding recipe. No, it is not instant, but is so much better that it is totally worth making it from scratch. I found this recipe in a microwave cookbook and have been making
Read moreThis may sound a little strange, but these are very good and we all love them. Sometimes I double the recipe. It comes from a cookbook I used to get from the library, Pancakes – From Morning to Midnight. It
Read more