Family Recipes
There are plenty of banana bread recipes out there, but not all are really great. Here are two really good recipes. The first recipe is my favorite I have been making a few years. It comes from a great cookbook
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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 moreWhile ranch dressing is our favorite, I like to have a second choice for salad dressing when we have company sometimes. When we serve lunch to the pioneer school, this is one of the dressings we take for salads.
Read moreAt one time, Chili’s restaurant had a Hawaiian Chicken Salad that I loved. This is the copycat recipe I found for the dressing. It is so good with a green salad with either chicken or ham and mandarin oranges and
Read moreHomemade ranch dressing is so much better than bottled! It is super fast and easy, too. I am not sure where this recipe came from but I have been making it for many years now. This does last at least
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Biscuits usually have some kind of fat cut into the flour, such as butter or shortening. These are super simple because there is no need for that step, as cream provides enough fat to make them flaky. Regular biscuits take
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We all like this cornbread very much. We like a sweet cornbread. Southern style cornbread has less flour and sugar. I used to have a different favorite cornbread recipe but that was in Utah at an elevation of 5,000 feet.
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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
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I highly recommend this bread. It is so amazingly simple and fast, yet so delicious! This only takes five to ten minutes to prepare and is ready in under two hours. Roasted garlic ( use plenty!) and sharp cheddar cheese
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I love fruit smoothies for breakfast. Grant prefers his smoothie later in the day. It is refreshing any time of day during hot weather. I make smoothies about three times a week and have a leftover smoothie the day after
Read moreCider Sauce is fabulous with Pumpkin Puff Pancakes. The recipe comes from Marcia Adams’ Heirloom Recipes. It can be doubled, but make sure to serve it warm. This sauce would be great with any pancakes and I can imagine it
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One of the first pancake recipes I discovered years ago when I was searching for the BEST pancakes, Pumpkin Puff Pancakes are unforgettable. I remember making these at my mom’s house for my grandparents while on a visit. I had
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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
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This was Tyana’s first yeast bread that she made. She made it to go with beef stew that she was learning to make. It is simple but delicious and goes well with comfort food. kingarthurflour.com
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
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This recipe comes from Marcia Adams’ Heirloom Recipes. When we lived in Utah I would check out cookbooks from the library to read. This was a favorite cookbook. Eventually, I bought all my favorites, likely through Amazon. When I was
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Some of us LOVE roasted garlic! Grant says he hates it but if it is in small pieces he is okay with it. He loved the garlic cheese flatbread I made. I roast garlic when I have the oven on
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Long ago, I never made homemade pancakes. I loved pancakes but only had them at restaurants. One day I decided to find the best recipes for pancakes. I checked out cookbooks from the library and tried out many recipes. This
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This is so much better than powdered hot cocoa mix. It can be made as directed or substitute almond milk. I like to make just the hot cocoa base and keep it in the refrigerator. Then it can make a
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