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One of The Most Decadent Quick Breads I Have Ever Made Oh my! Ever had a craving for chocolate? Well this should do the trick for satisfying that sweet tooth. There is just something  luscious about a well baked quick bread. My mom used to…

Perfect Fall Dessert and So Easy To Make I love fall time. Pulling out favorite sweaters, starting a fire in the fireplace, and eating lots of comfort foot. This classic apple dessert is among my very favorite fall recipes. It combines…

Surprise Your Co-Workers With These Fun Brownies My parents used to love to host Halloween parties when we were kids. My mom used to make a big stock pot of homemade root beer and you know what they used to carbonate the drink. Dry Ice! How…

I Couldn’t Believe My Eyes When I saw My Grandmother Pull This From The Oven I just can’t get enough of baked apples! Anything with baked apples, oats, and cinnamon just reminds me of fall. It is my favorite kind of comfort food and I never…

Banana Cream Cheese Bread for Breakfast! I love making small loaves of quick bread. Especially when I have some ripe bananas that need to be used. I have baked a dozens upon dozens of loaves of banana bread from a recipe I got from my…

Grab Four Favorite Sweater And Cozy Up TO This Cupcake I grew up not far from a place called Apple Hill. I love anything made with apples and that includes apple butter. My oldest son is a huge lover of the brown spicy apple goodness. I…

Move Over Betty Crocker, There Is a New Cookie In Town I have been an avid cookie baker from the time I was first married. I loved being able to fill up the cookie jar and be able to send freshly baked goods in everyone’s lunches. I guess I…

This Is the Recipe Bakers Don’t Want You to See This last summer I went to Colorado for my grandson’s first birthday. On a summery Saturday morning my beautiful daughter-in law and I walked to the local Farmer’s Market. We picked up a lug…

An Added Bonus Is That This Dessert Is Gluten Free Once of my mom's best friends from high school married a man from Australia and moved to the land of Koala Bears and Kookaburra birds. I remember it was a big deal every time her family…

I am a such a pushover for anything with lemon in it When our neighbor's lemon tree start to show bright yellow dots against the green leafy branches I get ready to apron up and try a few new recipes. They have several citrus trees that are…