recipes

Apple Nut Bread Recipe

Ingredients: 1/2 cup shredded carrots 1 1/3 cups applesauce 1/2 cup vegetable oil 1 tsp vanilla extract 2 eggs 3/4 cup sugar 2 1/4 cups flour 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp nutmeg  1/2 cup pecans or walnuts, chopped Directions: 1. Preheat oven to [...]

Chocolate Molten Lava Cakes

When we used to have Schwan’s Delivery, I used to get these little chocolate cakes where chocolate oozes out of the inside when you heat them up.  These are desserts that they have at a lot of restaurants and in the grocery freezer case.  I have been craving one for a long time, but refused [...]

Easy Make Ahead Crab Dip

One of my favorite things about having parties or get-togethers that my Mom goes to with me is that I can ask her to make crab dip for it.  I love that crab dip.  I crazy love it. I recently needed to take an appetizer to a dinner and I had my mind on crab [...]

Double Fudge Coca Cola Cake Recipe

  I have actually only made this cake once, but I’ve had it many times, since it is my Mom’s favorite cake.  Oh man — it is good.  Crazy good. I made this last week for the first time when we were having dinner over at our friends Amanda and Keith’s house with a priest [...]

Light and Airy Homemade Vanilla Frosting

Do you know what makes me happy?  Well, lots of things.  But, the one that I have in mind right now is my children’s great love for the vanilla frosting I make.  Jack, in particular, will sometimes say (just out of the blue), “Mom — you make the best frosting I’ve ever had.  It’s so [...]

Homemade Cake Donuts

Although I last made these before Christmas, with Autumn starting today, it seemed perfect to post about cake donuts.  This recipe is one that my Mom used when we were growing up. Before I post this recipe, please know this is from an old cookbook.  These are not low cal donuts.  Hang on, are there [...]

Delicious Bread and Butter Pickle Recipe (Quick and Easy)

I mentioned on Friday that I had eaten bread and butter pickles at my Mom’s house not long ago. When she asked if I wanted to try some of the sweet pickles she made, I quickly said no, since I can’t stand sweet pickles. But, when Eric had some, I decided to try a little [...]

Easy, Beautiful, and Tasty "Ice" Ring for The Punch Bowl

One of my favorite recipes for an easy punch for parties is super simple. Just one can of pineapple juice (the size you would buy in the juice aisle) to one two liter bottle of either raspberry or strawberry soda. (I just buy the generic store brand.) Because I typically don’t have a lot of [...]

Sugar-Topped Blueberry Muffins

I found this recipe on Allrecipes.com and it has been very popular at our house. When I made them, we ate a few right afterwards, but then put the rest in the freezer. I have been taking a few out of the freezer at a time, and the kids have been enjoying them for breakfast. [...]

Zucchini Raisin Walnut Muffins

That’s a mouthful of a name, isn’t it? In truth, we just call them Zucchini Muffins. But, Zucchini Raisin Walnut Muffins is a much more descriptive name, don’t you agree? I got this tasty recipe from my Mom, and with a bounty of zucchini from the garden, decided to whip up a couple of batches [...]

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