No-Bake Pumpkin Pie

By Andrea | June 29, 2012 |

I recently came into the possession of a copy of Cuisine Magazine that was published in November 1979 – thanks Aunt Anna.  This recipe for no-bake pumpkin pie was advertized in it, and looks like it would be pretty good. Ingredients: 1 (9-inch) graham cracker pie crust 1 envelope Knox unflavored gelatine 1 teaspoon ground…

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Fair Foods

By Andrea | June 26, 2012 |

It’s getting close to fair time again here.  That means it’s time for me to decide what types of foods I’m going to make for open class at the Gibson County Fair.  There hasn’t been a year that I’ve not exhibitied something there. Last year I made holiday themed candy corn cookies – similar to…

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Quick Lemon Crispies

By Andrea | June 15, 2012 |

This recipe for a lemon cookie is great dipped in dark chocolate, or served by itself.   And, because the recipe uses pudding mix for flavoring, you can easily make other flavors.  If you make them small like the recipe calls for, you will get 4 dozen, but I usually end up with a little less…

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Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

By Andrea | May 20, 2012 |

This is the recipe for the “healthy” cookies I made for my sister Kayla’s bridal shower.  Everyone seemed to like them well enough.  Even with the cake, chocolate chunk cookies, and sugar cookies, I didn’t have many left. Ingredients: 1 cup butter, softened 1 cup sugar 1 cup packed brown sugar 2 eggs 1 teaspoon…

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Honey Bun Coffee Cake

By Andrea | April 19, 2012 |

This recipe for honey bun coffee cake is a favorite sweet breakfast food at our Home Ec meetings. Ingredients: 1 box yellow cake mix 4 eggs 1 cup sour cream 3/4 cup vegetable oil 3 teaspoons cinnamon 1 cup brown sugar 3 cups powdered sugar 1/2 cup milk Instructions: Grease and flour a 9×13 pan…

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Double-Dutch Chocolate Holiday Cookies

By Andrea | March 2, 2012 |

This recipe for chocolate-y cookies originally comes from the December 2011 Taste of Home publication, Gifts in a Jar.  I love recipe in a jar cookies, because I can prep cookies and display them in a pretty jar until I’m ready to make them.  Now, that being said, there’s no reason that you have to…

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Molten Butterscotch Cakes

By Andrea | March 1, 2012 |

This recipe for Molten Butterscotch Cakes comes from the September 2007 edition of the Betty Crocker Fall Baking publication.  It’s a good recipe, and a nice variation on all of the molten chocolate cake recipes out there. Ingredients: 6 teaspoons graham cracker crumbs 1 cup (6 oz) butterscotch chips 2/3 cup butter 3 eggs 3…

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