Desserts

Lemon Bars

January 13, 2012

Pin It In case you haven’t heard – I’m giving away a Meyer lemon tree! The entries will close at midnight tonight and the winner will be announced tomorrow. And even if you don’t win, the nice people at Brighter Blooms Nursery will still be delighted to ship one to you. I’m still finding ways [...]

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Pecan Pralines

December 19, 2011

Here we are in the last minute countdown to Christmas, y’all! Are you ready? I’m getting there. Still have a few more things to shop for and a few more recipes to make, but I’m doing pretty good. Best of all – the grandkids are coming tomorrow!! We’ll pick them up after school and they’ll [...]

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Quick and Easy Fudge

December 15, 2011

Pin It I’ve been catching up on reading all my favorite food blogs for the past few days and everyone is just in a frenzy of baking for Christmas. Everywhere I look there are Christmas cookies! Now I know that lots of people really look forward to their Christmas cookies. But for our family Christmas [...]

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Classic Peanut Brittle

December 12, 2011

Pin It Last week when I posted the recipe for Buttermilk Baked Chicken, I promised that from that point on there would be nothing but Christmas recipes. Well, I’m keeping my word and starting off with a real classic – peanut brittle. I can’t remember a Christmas of my childhood that did not include peanut [...]

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Polly’s Pink Stuff (Raspberry Jello Mold)

December 2, 2011

Pin It Another Thanksgiving has come and gone and we’re well on our way to Christmas now. So much planning to do! So much shopping to take care of! So many menus to plan. Actually the menu planning part is my favorite. I know you’re shocked to hear that. If your family is like ours, [...]

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Lemon and Cherry Muffins

November 29, 2011

Pin It I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Ours was really nice. We had most of BeeBop’s family with us this year along with our daughter and grandbabies. Such a busy, busy day full of family time. And food! We were really on rich food overload for a few days there. All that turkey [...]

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Egg Custard Pie

October 17, 2011

It seems that I’ve been on a roll lately with the “heritage” recipes. That delicious lacy cornbread last week and now today I have one of my favorite childhood desserts for you – Egg Custard Pie. I’m not absolutely certain that this pie is strictly a Southern heritage recipe, but it seems so to me. [...]

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Apple Patchwork Cobbler

September 20, 2011

Pin It I know Fall is making its arrival in most of the country right now, but here in Georgia we’re still on the warm side. Even so, there’s something about the changing of the calendar, the routine of children going back to school and the appearance of apples at roadside vendors that just puts [...]

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Glazed Pumpkin Pound Cake

September 13, 2011

Pin It I’m trying to think if I’ve ever known a person who didn’t like pound cake. Hmmm…nope, can’t think of a single one. Because really, what’s not to like about pound cake? It’s rich. It’s buttery. It’s just delicious. Pound cake got its name from the old method of using a pound of butter, [...]

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Charlotte Russe

August 23, 2011

Do y’all remember me saying how sometimes I get a recipe in my head and I just can’t forget it until I make it? Even if it’s not the right time of year? Even if it’s a family tradition for Christmas and it’s the middle of August? Yeah. It happened again. For some reason I [...]

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Tapioca Pudding

August 14, 2011

Does anyone besides me remember Tapioca Pudding? That creamy, soothing, nursery sweet childhood pudding that is still so delicious? Honestly, I had almost forgotten about it myself until recently. I got it on my mind one day and couldn’t stop thinking about it until I made some. If you’ve been reading my blog lately, some [...]

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