Category Archives: Baked Goods

Experimental Cooking: Chocolate Chocolate-Chip Cookies

I can’t follow directions very well, we know this. Halfway through making regular chocolate-chip cookies I was inspired to add more chocolatey-goodness. So I modified it. Results below: Chocolate-chocolate chip cookies Makes about 2 1/2 dozen Ingredients 2 1/4c flour … Continue reading

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Update — How Thanksgiving went and upcoming events

Oh my! I realized I forgot to update you guys about how my Thanksgiving meal went! Silly me! It was a good meal, overall. It was my first time cooking a turkey… which was definitely an adventure! I decided to … Continue reading

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Not-too-sweet Strawberry Biscuits

It is fresh strawberry season here in the Pacific Northwest. A local burger joint has their fresh strawberry shakes, shortcakes, and smoothies on special right now. My father-in-law purchased a half-flat (6 quarts) of strawberries recently, and needed them to … Continue reading

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Foods from Childhood: Mamma’s Apple Pie Filling

Okay, here you go! Here is the pie recipe I have been promising you. Smelling or baking it takes me back to my childhood, stirring crust, rolling out the crust, and using the apple-corer-peeler to bake pie with my Mamma. … Continue reading

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Foods From Childhood: Grandma Bennett’s Simple Pie Crust

Before making any pie, you need to start with the right crust. My mamma used the same pie crust for berry and fruit pies. She learned the recipe from her Mamma. It was simple, used few ingredients, and was really … Continue reading

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Foods from Childhood: Mamma B’s Quick-n-Easy Chocolate Pie

Hello, family and friends! My Mamma’s Apple Pie recipe is still coming soon. I keep forgetting to grab my hand-written cookbook to get it. I have yet to memorize it. To make up for it, I am featuring my Mamma … Continue reading

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Pie season

As my husband has aptly pointed out, we are entering pie season. The photograph my mamma flaunted on a certain social network made me think of it, too… and made me wish I had dropped in on my family yesterday … Continue reading

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Easy Chicken Zucchini

So, I took this from an online source and tweaked it a little bit. I really like how simple this meal is and relatively quickly. It is a pretty healthy dish, too. And very delicious. Easy Chicken Zucchini feeds 6+ … Continue reading

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Quick, Easy Beer-Bread

A feature about an Egg-Carver on etsy, and a delicious bread recipe. Continue reading

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Lasagna!

In which I give an idea of how to cook lasagna my style. Continue reading

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