A Collection of Holiday Recipes, Treats. Comfort food…recipes handed down from family and friends. .
Don’t ya just love soup simmering on the stove when the weather outside is cold and dreary? The last week here in Florida has been just that! Granted, the temps are not in the minus catagory, but there is a chance of freezing temps during the evening hours which has the citrus farmers concerned. Luckily,…
This is a delicious syrup recipe that my Mother said came from one of her relative’s in Vermont..hence the name Vermont Apple Syrup. It is a recipe that uses real maple syrup, which can be expensive…but by adding the apples, it extends the syrup so you are getting more syrup for your money. And we…
Luan’s Cherry Mash Bars! Do you remember Cherry Mash Bars? Are they still around? My Mother loved chocolate and ate chocolate stars by the handfuls (she only weighed 90 pounds soaking wet, don’t know why I didn’t get her genes!!!)….Candy was a favorite for her and when she wasn’t eating from her little bowl of…
Only Daughter has requested I put this recipe on my Blog! I have made this Date Bar/Cake recipe for over 40 years and my kids all love it…even though the recipe contains dates and they profess to hate dates. They don’t even know they are there! Well, they do now because they are all old…
Chocolate Peanut Butter Balls are always made at Christmas time at our house. Usually the kids all chip in and lend a hand which sometimes make for a messy kitchen which is alright with me because it is making memories. These are so easy to make and they taste so good. Who doesn’t love peanut…
Chocolate Sour Cream Cookies are little mounds of chocolaty goodness in one little bite…well, depending on how big a drop cookie you make. Folks this little cookie is every one’s favorite. I always make them at Christmas and my family loves them so much that I usually have to make them several times before the…
There is a fancy term for these Fanned Baked Potatoes and it is called Hasselback Style Potatoes. Simply put, they are baked potatoes with garlic, bacon & cheese! Hasselback Style Potatoes usually start with a peeled or not peeled baking potato and the slices are very thin which makes them fan out in a…
Annual Christmas Open House! Whew! It is a lot of work but so worth the pleasure of seeing old and new friends! The Captain and I have a way of saying “Hello/Season’s Greetings !” to neighbors, family, friends … old and new ones we have just met, by having our Christmas Open House. People…