I love ginger cookies – not the dense, tasteless gingerbread men with the too-sweet frosting – I like ginger/spice cookies that are not as sweet and taste great with a hot cup of coffee – dunked of course. This recipe is pretty tasty and has A LOT of spices in it – hopefully you have […]
These are a much requested cookie in our house. Todd likes them with Pecans as well as Walnuts – so choose whichever you like. They freeze, transport and mail quite well. They don’t get super brown – so don’t overbake waiting for them to brown up! In some cookies, it is okay to substitute margarine […]
We are big fans of the cranberry/orange flavor combination – especially around the holidays. The sweet and tart also lends itself to an amazing scone recipe – which I’ve adapted from a few I’ve used over the years into this one, which is easy to put together if you have a food processor!
So this recipe went around Facebook and I tried it – and then realized that I had to tweak it because a) I don’t keep buttermilk in the house; and b) it needed salt. These are Todd and Aerik’s favorite biscuit and they are yummy fresh and plain, under your favorite sausage gravy, or with […]
I found this recipe and modified it a bit, and although I think it’s VERY good – it feels weird to call it a “crisp” when it contains no oatmeal. Apple crisp – growing up, anyway- always had oatmeal. This recipe is great because it only takes 4 good size apples, 5 if they’re […]
I got one of those donut pans for Christmas – the baking pans that you fill and hope it doesn’t overflow. Well, they do overflow if you overfill, but they still taste fabulous. Todd loves the powdered donuts that have the cinnamon powdered sugar on the outside – but lets face it – donuts are […]