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Have you ever eaten buttermilk pie?  It’s always been a bit of a mystery to me and yet it’s a southern classic. Recently I baked a buttermilk pie because it was national pie day and I don’t need much of an excuse to bake. I was curious about a recipe that had been tucked away […]

My dear mom made tuna casserole for dinner far too often when we were kids and none of my sisters can stand the thought of it now. I have tried to convince Tracy, Valerie and Julie that mine is nothing like Mom’s, which I don’t think was all that bad. Although I did have a […]

My dear friend, Kristy, gave the most delicious homemade spaghetti sauce with a package of pasta and a few other goodies to help make life easier for me and several other women who were under her leadership. Her recipe took years to perfect and it is just that. Perfectly thick tomato with mild herb flavors […]

On the streets of Amsterdam, you’re likely to find an outdoor vendor selling hot-off-the-grill, bite-sized little pancake puffs called poffertjes. Just like our two oldest children (Lindsey served in Hong Kong and Macau for 18 months and Christopher is currently in Thailand for two years), I was a missionary in The Netherlands and Belgium for […]

When you want to make a statement with color in a cookie, nothing is as satisfying and fun to bake as Monster Cookies. I have created more color combinations on practically every occasion to coordinate with a variety of themes than you can imagine and the best part is they taste so good too. I […]

Bread sometimes gets a bad wrap with people avoiding it each January trying diligently to lose the weight they may have put on after the holidays. Bread makes the world a better place and homemade is the best! Hopefully these smaller sized loaves can help resist the urge to indulge too much. I have created […]

My daughter shared this recipe with me when she was in college and every time she comes home to Texas, she requests these lemon poppyseed waffles for breakfast.  It’s a Lindsey meal, and since she’s pregnant and has been having all kinds of cravings, Mom (that’s me) has been cooking up a storm since she […]

Give me all the coconut, please! Here’s another recipe with coconut for you, so tender, chewy and full-on coconutty. I am in love. You will be too if you’re keen on coconut. Coconut Macaroons 14 ounce bag (5-1/3 cups) flaked sweetened coconut 2/3 cup sugar 6 tablespoons flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 4 egg whites 1 […]

Toasted Coconut Blondie Bars with butterscotch chips are cake-like with a soft, buttery texture. I volunteered to take treats to my son’s school today for a staff cookie exchange as the “bars” category had an opening on Signup Genius. I baked them last week and put them in the freezer, then thawed and delivered the […]

This past summer I enjoyed watching the thirteenth season of Food Network Star and began following one of the eliminated contestants, Trace Barnett, on Instagram, as the television show was in progress. My website was relatively new and I was eager to interview someone whom I considered to be an interesting individual that others would […]