There once was a place in Atlanta that we all loved. Oh, my what a wonderful place this was....These ladies where ahead of their time. There would be a line out the door most every night. On weekends this line would be long and folks would que up until closing which would be late. They offered only … [Read more...]
Creamy Peanut Butter Pie
We had a guest coming to spend the night and I was told they really liked peanut butter. Yea! See, Mr. Fix it does not like peanut butter so I never get the chance to make any thing with peanut butter. I wanted to make an ole fashioned peanut butter pie. This is an ole version of the cream cheese … [Read more...]
Creamed Spinach
We at our house love creamed spinach. But, leave it to me to make spinach unhealthily hee hee oh well da gum it is really good any one would eat it this way. Believe me!! It is so, so good. This is a great make ahead dish for a dinner party too as a side dish. It comes out every time and holds … [Read more...]
Magic Cake Layer Bars
This is a layer cake I made for our coffee hour this week. I have had this cake recipe a really long time. Did not plan to post but had several request so here is the recipe. This cake recipe and similar ones are all over Pinterest. It really does as the title says it is like magic. This cake is … [Read more...]
Strawberry Rhubarb Cobbler…..yum!
Oh my you will love this recipe, I hope you will try it. I have never been a real big consumer of cobbler...until the other day. A friend and I went to lunch together and we had a version very similar to this one. I came home and got busy, remember that pavlova from a few days ago with the same … [Read more...]
School Cafeteria Yeast Rolls
I had a sweet reader contact me and share a wonderful recipe with me.....Thank you, Barbara Wright!! Barbara says, this recipe came from the high school where her mother taught Home Economics. This is the first yeast bread recipe she ever used. Makes great yeast rolls or cinnamon rolls. So, I had … [Read more...]
Buttermilk Waffles
<br< Well....When we go to my mom and dad's house you can bet we will have blue berry waffles at least once while we are there. This is my favorite recipe for waffles, this recipe is a keeper. The waffles always come out crispy on the out side, soft and fluffy on the inside. The buttermilk … [Read more...]
Strawberry Rhubarb Pavlova
Oh how I love pavlovas! Have you ever had one? Oh Goodness, you are surely missing out if you haven't ? This is one I made for a wedding shoot last week. Pavlovas are light yet crunchy, creamy with that little bit of whipped cream and then the fruit element just puts it over the top. I do love the … [Read more...]
Southern Creamy Pralines
These are so amazing and believe it or not they are pretty easy to make....really! I grew up 90 minutes from New Orleans. I have tried many and I mean many different pralines. Some yum ~ O and some not ~ O, I have tried many countless recipes as well. Some are great if the weather is cool and it has … [Read more...]
Meringue Cookies
These cookies are so very pretty and make such a beautiful presentation. They are great for a special party, shower or tea party. These are great to make a head. You can make them any color to match your party theme... … [Read more...]
Sweet Bread / Portuguese Sweet Bread
We call this bread Paul Bunyan bread. Why it is incredibly large, you would just have to see it to really understand how big it is after it is baked. This bread is so light, incredibly soft and smells so intoxicating. It is wonderful all by it's self and even better with jam or butter. I take fresh … [Read more...]
Creamy Key Lime Pie
I was never a great big fan of key lime pie.....I don't know WHY? But, I have come to my senses and well I do really like them now. Since, I did not care for them, I did not have many recipes for key lime so here we go. I love the one at BrickTops, they have a macadamia nut cookie crust so that was … [Read more...]
Lunch Room Rolls
Do you remember the rolls they served in the lunch room? Oh my I do, I did love them. I do have such fond memories of those rolls. The little school I went to, served square or rectangle rolls and they were rather large. I looked forward to those rolls each and every day. Some times I could trade my … [Read more...]
The Culinary Institute Of America
My son is a senior this year.....oh goodness what will I do next year with him a way at school. Who will I cook for? We are in the process of looking for a college for him to attend and guess what he wanted to go see The Culinary Institute Of America in New York? Can you believe that? So, we … [Read more...]
Toblerone Short Bread Cookies
Okay, I have been baking away this week...how about you? Well, you ask why no post well...see I made many of the same things last year. You can see them in old post just look over to your right. See I have old favorites and everybody wants the same thing from year to year. I let everyone pick one … [Read more...]
The Great Cookie Swap 2012
I am participating in a blog cookie swap. I bake 3 dozen cookies and send one dozen to three different bloggers in different parts of the country. They do not know who has their name and I do not know who has my name. The best part of all is I get cookies from 3 different bloggers. It is like secret … [Read more...]
Christmas Gingerbread House
I wish you could be here, stop on by the house smells so wonderful the christmas music is playing loudly in the back ground...lovely. I love gingerbread houses....why it brings back such sweet memories. My sweet little granny would make one each year for Christmas. After lunch on Christmas Day we … [Read more...]
Log Cabin Gingerbread House
Isn't this a great ginger bread house? See I have this sweet, wonderful girl in my life her name is Hannah. I was not lucky enough to have a little girl of my own, she is my God child. When she was just a weee little thing she and I started making gingerbread houses. Each year after Thanksgiving … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving Pumpkin Mousse with Ginger Snaps
Here is yet another take on the pumpkin thanksgiving dessert with the pumpkin jello pudding mix we tried this year. Now you have a choice to pick.....hummm which one do I like well? They are a lot a like and both have different flavors. This is really pretty easy and I topped it with homemade … [Read more...]
Southern Cornbread
Cornbread is one thing I love but....yea....there is a but....I like mine made with white corn mill. Corn mill that is ground the old fashioned way. Kinda course and larger than the factory in the bag kind. No, I do not like it sweet either. This is the way my grand mother made hers. I love it … [Read more...]
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