This is SO delicious and SO easy to make! Everyone loves this one! I’ve made real fancy Irish liqueur cheesecakes that are amazing, but if I am short on time, this NO-BAKE one is a winner! Perfect for St. Patrick’s Day! Or any day! Use a chocolate crust or graham cracker crust. Sometimes I mix the chocolate and graham crumbs together, and that is really…
From Food Network in 2010 came this great Oatmeal Raisin Cookie recipe – it is my all-time favorite oatmeal cookie recipe! If asked what is my favorite cookie, no , it’s not chocolate chip, it is oatmeal! And this recipe in particular if I am making them! I love oatmeal as a cereal or a snack. I prefer oatmeal in a meatloaf over breadcrumbs. Oatmeal…
This Ocean Spray recipe got such great reviews I had to try it. They were right! It is a great combination! It is moist and I love the tartness from the cranberries and the strong banana flavor. I’ve repeated it several times and we love it! I was eager to try it because cranberry bread and banana bread are two favorite loaf breads of mine…
My son asks for these bars! They are so popular and everyone has their own version. Well, here is mine. Magic Cookie Bars, also known as Hello Dolly Bars or Coconut Dream Bars or 7-Layer Bars, is one of the easiest bar recipe to make ever! All you do is add layer after layer! There is NO mixing! The original recipe for Magic Cookie Bars…
GOT MAPLE SYRUP? I bet you have a few apples and raisins! You need 4 tubes of refrigerated biscuit dough and OKAY!! You are on your way to making this EASY, beautiful, and delicious sticky bun ring! This comes together in just a few minutes really! And it is fun to put together! You can only the use the rolls of dough, but I…
NO Time? Quick and easy peanut butter cookies with only 3 ingredients will get you a plateful of homemade cookies really fast that are SO-O GOOD! This recipe is still so popular after many decades! I made it as a teen! You use just 3 ingredients: peanut butter, sugar, and an egg. The egg binds with the peanut butter to keep it together. …
Do you like New England Boiled Dinner….the traditional New England Boiled Dinner with the famous corned beef and cabbage prepared in the United States on St. Patrick’s Day? For other times during the year, here is a variation I know. It is to replace hot dogs for the corned beef! My Mom did this once in a while! It was a recipe that went around…
This marble cake SWIRLS ITSELF and it is so soft and fluffy with buttermilk in the batter! I LOVE IT! Very easy to make too! I got this wonderful recipe from my dear friend Joan D. who is an excellent baker and cook who, like me, loves baking from scratch. She makes this beautiful cake in a standard size bundt pan and drizzles the…
Like RED VELVET CAKE? Yes? Then a “from scratch” red velvet cake recipe is the only way to go! A box mix comes out too dry and tasteless while this lives up to it’s name! The buttermilk helps to make it velvety smooth and rich! When you add the baking soda on top of the white vinegar, you will get a fizzing reaction. Watch…
The basic Cream Cheese Frosting is so easy to make from scratch, why eat the store-bought? This tastes so much better! There is no need to use white vanilla extract. As you can see, the frosting stays very white with the brown color vanilla extract. This recipe makes about two and one-half cups, enough to frost a 2-layer cake. See more pictures in the slideshow…
These are a favorite cookie in this house! And they are so easy to make! A few ingredients mixed into the brownie mix makes a stiff cookie batter and delicious brownie cookies! Use any type of Ghiradelli boxed brownie mix. You can use another brand of brownie mix, but there are different ratios of oil, flour, etc. in brownie mixes and differences in ounces in…
These beautiful Christmas Refrigerator Slice and Bake Cookies not only look festive with the red and green cherries, but they are SO delicious! The bottoms get browned and the tops stay white. They are a CRISPY cookie. The dough is very easy to make in less than 5 minutes! It has chopped pecans, but use whatever chopped nuts you like, or leave them out completely….
Love coffee? These are for you! Even non-coffee lovers like them! You mix the ingredients together in a food processor, roll them into balls and then roll the balls in confectioner’s sugar. SO EASY! NO BAKING! An oldie but goodie recipe I got from my Aunt Gloria that is loved by a LOT of people! I make this every holiday! See more pictures in the…
Chocolate rum balls, no-bake! (Adults only since they are not baked!) They are easy to make and soo good!! It is hard to eat just one! England, the United States, Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Austria, Slovenia, Hungary, Greece, the Czech Republic, and Denmark are countries where chocolate rum balls are loved and made a lot. They all use chocolate and rum but the…
An oldie but goodie sugar cookie recipe from my Aunt Gloria who was a cook by profession and an amazing baker! No other sugar cookie recipe comes close this one! And I haven’t seen this exact one published anywhere at all. I don’t know where she got it. Depending on your cookie size, you could get 26-30 cookies that average about 2-1/2 to 3 inches. If…
