I have a book of slow-cooker recipes. It’s not that this recipe comes from that book – it doesn’t. But the pages of that book are fairly stuffed with recipes clipped from other places that I haven’t tried yet. This is one of those recipes -I stuck it in the book for five years before… Continue reading Pork and Cider Stew — A Harmonious Marriage
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Our Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies (which we got from a certain TV show)
I was going to send everyone to the website belonging to that certain TV show, as a gesture of goodwill and indebtedness to them for the method detailed below, but you have to join their website and give them your credit card number (so they can claim their payment in case you forgot to cancel… Continue reading Our Favorite Chocolate Chip Cookies (which we got from a certain TV show)
Joe Carson’s Ginger Cookies (Midwest Living, December, 1990)
A friend from Indiana sent us this recipe. Clipping it from the magazine “Midwest Living”, it came with an article attached. I dimly remember the story of these cookies – after all, it was almost 25 years ago when I received it! Joe Carson ran a bake shop out West, and when the holidays approached,… Continue reading Joe Carson’s Ginger Cookies (Midwest Living, December, 1990)
Fudge Crackle Kiss Cookies (Woman’s Day magazine, 10/15/1991)
The first year we gave tins of cookies for Christmas, this is one of the cookies we put in. The second year, we mixed it up, and made other kinds of cookies, which our gift recipients liked a lot, but nevertheless sadly inquired after these cookies, saying, “Oh, you didn’t make the ones with the… Continue reading Fudge Crackle Kiss Cookies (Woman’s Day magazine, 10/15/1991)
Mom’s Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookies
Before I tasted these, I didn’t much care for sugar cookies. This is the archetypal Christmas cookie in our household. My spouse is the third generation of family bakers using this particular recipe. It simply is not Christmas time without it. 8 ½ cups flour 1 ½ cups shortening (melted) 3 cups sugar 3 eggs… Continue reading Mom’s Old-Fashioned Sugar Cookies
Italian Style Cheese and Macaroni
Italian Style Cheese and Macaroni (16 Servings) Although I inherited this recipe from my mother’s recipe box, I really don’t know if she ever cooked it. I figure it comes from sometime in the 1960s, and sat in the recipe box, unremarked for many years. It was typeset and printed on yellow index card stock.… Continue reading Italian Style Cheese and Macaroni
Fish and Seafood Breader ( from Indian Head Corn Meal)
¾ cup yellow cornmeal½ cup all-purpose flour1 ½ tsp. salt¼ tsp. Ground red pepper½ tsp. black pepper½ tsp. cumin¼ tsp. chili powder1 tsp.garlic powder1 tsp. onion powder Blend all ingredients in mixing bowl until mixture is uniform. Did the fish fillets and water and then coat with spreading. Place coated fillets in greased baking pan. … Continue reading Fish and Seafood Breader ( from Indian Head Corn Meal)
Recipes out of the Blond Box 