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During my youngest son’s senior year of high school, he went on a trip to Austin with his photography class. On the way, they stopped for ice cream. I have no idea where, but the place served Mexican vanilla ice cream. My son came home raving about it. So I tried to recreate it. I […]
Every Friday is steak night at our house and with those steaks, we always have baked potatoes and cheddar biscuits. I started out making the cheddar bay biscuit mix from Red Lobster. But I have become very picky about what I feed my family. I scour the labels and if it has ingredients I can’t […]
I’ve also seen these referred to as Snowball cookies. I haven’t made these in several years but they used to be among my Christmas cookie baking. I am going to add them in again this year to spice things up. I don’t think my kids remember them, so they (and my nieces and nephews) will […]
In honor of Fall, I thought I’d share my recipe for TV trash. I have to make this every Fall from September to November. My youngest started reminding me to get the ingredients last week sometime. He has taken the Fall time frame to heart. He asked me, “You know the 22nd is the first […]
Since I’m getting back on track with my writing, I started thinking about writing and realized that I’ve been writing for 24 years now. I started my first book when my oldest was a newborn. So in celebration of me getting back to writing after two years hiatus, I thought I’d post my son’s favorite […]
Blueberry Breakfast Cake CAKE BATTER: 1 ½ cups fresh blueberries ⅔ cups all-purpose flour, plus 2 teaspoons, divided ⅔ cups whole wheat flour ¾ cup old fashioned rolled oats, uncooked ¼ cup walnuts 2 teaspoons baking powder ½ teaspoon salt ¾ cup sugar 1 egg ¾ cup lowfat buttermilk ¼ cup canola oil 1 teaspoon […]
As you probably know from my post about tea, I love shortbread cookies. Well, I found a good recipe and tweaked it, so I wanted to share it with all of you. Scottish Shortbread Ingredients: 2 cups butter 3/4 cup brown sugar 1/4 cup vanilla sugar (or just granulated) 4 cups of flour. 1/2 cups of […]
Lemon Crisps Ingredients 1/2 cup butter, softened 3/4 cup white sugar 1 egg 1 tablespoon lemon zest 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup sliced almonds Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Beat […]
Ok, so I haven’t quite gotten brownies as good as the box mix, but these are by far the best homemade brownies I’ve found so far. And oddly, I found them in a book I’ve had for years. And when I say years, I mean I got this book before I was married, so it’s […]
I love to share recipes and the other day one of my readers asked me about a recipe for Hawaiian Bread. It just so happens I do have a bread machine recipe for Hawaiian Bread similar to King’s Hawaiian bread. I’ve tried several recipes and this one is by far my favorite. Hawaiian Bread Recipe ¾ […]
