Family Recipes
Flan is a baked custard with caramel. This is an easy and delicious dessert, especially good served after southwestern meals. It can be made 2 days in advance. To keep it easier, store-bought caramel sauce may be used in place
Read moreTyana has loved chocolate from a very early age. When she was a toddler, she got into this chocolate syrup and tried drinking it. I caught her in the act and stopped her. So, she devised a new method. When
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I really miss molasses ginger cookies and gingerbread now that I do not eat gluten or sugar. The gluten-free flour mixes taste funny to me. So, I had been dreaming up a new recipe. It needed to have butter and
Read moreThis mousse is so incredibly delicious! I made it for a filling for Tyana’s wedding cake. It complements the chocolate cake like nothing else. I usually go for a contrast with chocolate cake, so I thought hazelnut would be too
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Have you ever scraped the frosting off of a celebration cake because the frosting is so sweet? You would be in the majority if you do not care for overly sweet frostings. If so, you will love this frosting! It
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Ganache is simply an emulsion of chocolate and cream. It can be made with varying ratios of cream to chocolate for different consistencies of glaze. Chocolate ganache makes a wonderful frosting, or glaze, for chocolate cake or cupcakes. It is
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Chocolate cake should have been my first post, instead of my 75th. The reason it should have been first is because I am sure the most people have had my chocolate cake over everything else I have baked. I have
Read moreThis 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
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