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A true family favorite here! This is "Aunt Stella's Fruit Cake," and it's delicious (and labor intensive). As with many ol...

In honor of Pi Day (March 14), we make a pie, naturally. This year's recipe was chosen from the Recipe Box . The spelling of this recipe...

This is my mother-in-law's recipe, and it is YUMMY! The original recipe calls for all blueberries, but she's made it with blueber...

The Quest for The Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookie Nine simple ingredients, maybe ten or eleven. That’s all you’ll find in the recipe that h...

Need a good, reasonably healthy patriotic treat this 4th of July? (or any hot day this summer?) This is delicious, very refreshing, and i...

This treat was waiting for us at my mother-in-law's house when we arrived for Memorial Day weekend. Mmmm  (It's a similar process ...

Mmmm.... the mere thought of Czech Palacinky (pronounced pah-la-chin-ky) makes my mouth water. These are essentially French crepes spread wi...

These are a touch labor intensive, but they are delicious and very impressive to look at. We planned on one pear/person, but that ended up...

Some recipes never go out of style! It's truly amazing how much you can delight a child with some great chocolate frosting: spread it on...

We love coffee cake around here--we have it on Sunday mornings (the sweetness tempts my children to eat up and not dawdle--a plus since we h...

Salty nuts + butterscotch + shortbread. What's not to like? These gooey bar cookies are yummy, easy to make, and a nice after school t...

The last time I tried peach kuchen was years ago; I remember not being terribly keen on it. However I decided, given the mountain of peaches...

I'm not usually a fan of strawberry pie, but this one is delicious! Our pastor's wife made this for us, and I requested the recipe. ...

Ha ha ha ha.... No, this is for real. Mostly because I had some zucchini to use up. And they're good! They're a bit different from o...

We hear a lot these days about America's obesity, our addiction to food, how fat our children are, etc. And there are certainly some leg...

Another recipe for this yummy "salad" which is really a dessert masquerading as a side dish. Can't remember where I got this.....

I love this stuff! It takes me back--it's definitely an old-fashioned "congealed" salad that still makes the rounds on church ...

Today is my boys' 5th birthday! In honor of their big day, we are, of course, celebrating with birthday cake. I thought I'd share ...

A fitting recipe on which to end my Lenten fast from blogging this year: resurrection rolls. Carrie and I first made these a couple of years...

My sister in law showed up to the big family Christmas gathering this year with a bag of this ADDICTIVE and AMAZING candy in tow. Yum, yum, ...