When I was a kid, my mom’s brothers, sisters, their spouses, and kids would all come home about once per year. Every year they asked my Nana to make them her cinnamon rolls because they could never find ones as good as hers. I always liked them really well but never knew why no one…
Quick Desserts
Twinkie Cake = True Love!
My daughter says I shouldn’t post a recipe of a recipe I got from The Country Cook’s site and because it’s not mine. Well….1. As domestically impaired, there are not going to be a whole lot of recipes that are mine, and 2. I’m going to give the writer of said recipe full credit and…
New! Recipe Index and More
First, I want to share this with you. My daughter thinks it’s funny. Since she has just made some updates to the blog I thought I would share it. Anyone a fan of Walking Dead? Our family is! Now, onto the updates! On the menu bar above you might notice some changes. I have a Recipe Index…
Cindy Bear Cake
I am celebrating 2 things: My first eBook, “The Guide to Garage Sale Greatness” being the number 1 book in its category for the first time, and, the birth of my grandson. We are pretty sure he will be born by Saturday. If you don’t have a Kindle, don’t worry! There…
Neeto Nachos!
Don’t forget to enter out Kindle eBook Giveaway before Sunday evening! After I finished with Nana’s Chocolate Pie I still had one pie crust left over. I hate to see food go to waste because I see hungry people every work day, so I am very appreciative of what we have. I knew I wasn’t going…
Nana’s Chocolate Pie
My nana was a wonderful woman who tried like the dickens to teach me to cook, iron, crochet and any number of other domestic arts. The only one she ever succeeded in was teaching me to can fruits and vegetables from the garden. Every once in a while I decide there was something she cooked…
Kalamity Pie
As you know, I am domestically impaired. I was reading a wonderful Mennonite blog yesterday. It had a recipe for a jam tart. It sounded wonderful but, as I read the recipe I realized there were more ingredients and step involved than I was willing to participate in. But it got me thinking and it got…
Cherry Jam Chocolate Cupcakes
Cherry Jam Chocolate Cupcakes!! We love cupcakes at our house. My husband loves them more than just about anything. Not the wonderful works of art that you get at cupcake bakeries these days. Nope, my plain-palate husband loves the old-fashioned kind moms used to make for bake sales. I, on the other hand, love new…