Once upon a time we were sitting at a big oval table festively decorated for Thanksgiving. The honored guests that day included friends and family. After eating ourselves silly with roasted turkey, baked, ham, and all the trimmings I proudly began to serve the homemade pies that my sous-chef dish-washing mom had lovingly slaved over … Read more
Do you have a favorite banana bread recipe? I don’t. At least I didn’t until recently. I’ve made a lot of banana bread through the years. Mostly crumbly, sometimes overly dense, occasionally dry, and always leaving me wishing I just hadn’t bothered. Then my friend Opal called asking me if I have a recipe for … Read more
Churches have long been known for a great place for recipe swapping. Now, don’t get your dander up, I’m not saying recipe swapping is the best function of a church 🙂 but it is a lovely by-product! A couple of weeks ago at our church small group meeting, my friend Maribeth served an Apple Crisp … Read more
My good friend Sue recently moved from Nebraska to Washington State. I was wondering how her move was going when I got this email and picture: “You’ve got to make this pumpkin bread. I always use Libbey’s pumpkin. You gunna love it cuz it tastes great and makes such nice gifts too.” She had me … Read more
Even though I had just baked up Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake Bars, I saw a picture of these blueberry crumb bars on three different websites within just a few days of each other and I knew I just had to make them. Thanks to a bumper crop this year, we have a fresh stock of blueberries … Read more
You’re darn tootin’ he loves fig newton! We cannot even mention fig newtons in our house without someone breaking out into this little jingle. So let’s just say there was a chorus of singing going on when I ventured into the do-it-yourself fig newton land. This is my third figgy recipe to share. I started … Read more