Your guests will roll their eyes into the backs of their heads when they taste that first glorious crunchy warm bite! After that... they will stampede for more!
I was curious about how to candy fruit and stumbled onto a whole new area that I had not known before. I am looking forward to trying it out! If you cannot find the fruit already candied... or you want...
Have a dessert craving and not sure what to make? Try this super simple apple cobbler. Made with self-rising flour and canned pie filling, you probably already have the ingredients in your pantry. The...
These dumplings were a staple in Grandma's recipe file. She made them for dessert with fruits like peaches, cherries, raspberries, and blueberries. For a main dish she left out the sugar in the dumplings...
Nothing fancy or different about this pie- other than it is so delicious and simple to make! You know that I have a weakness for Bisquick recipes and this is another tasty recipe for you not so sure about...
Another recipe featuring curry from a friend of mine. This one is just amazing. I think its my favorite desert of all time. You can serve it just as a hot fruit side dish or spoon it over ice cream or...
I adapted this recipe from an old new England magazine about 8 years ago. This recipe was from a country Inn in VT. Cream cheese is mixed in to the batter. It is a really buttery sweet cake,and very tasty....
I had some dried apricots that I wanted to use, so I found this on the web. It is beyond delicious, and very easy! Slightly tangy and quite sweet! I think it would be fantastic a la mode with vanilla bean...
I don't know where Grandma got this recipe. It, and many like it, were popular back in the 1950's and 60's. It may have originated with the Jello Company. Every church supper and family gathering had a...
This pie got me married! I made this pie for my husband when we were first dating. A few years later he told me that as soon as he tasted that pie he knew he was going to marry me. Now that is what I call...
I read all of the Mitford books and loved them. I found out later that there was also a cookbook. So, of course, I bought it. Can't wait to try this recipe. BTW, Donna B. said it was very good!! Just an...
This recipe was given to me years ago by a good friend who loved raspberries in any way, shape or form. They are not exactly my favorite fruit, but I am including this recipe for my Birmingham buddy. Thanks,...
I'm sure that you could substitute apples for the peaches. You could probably add YOUR favorite fruit to this recipe. If it could be put into a regular sized cobbler, it would work in this recipe.
I got this great recipe from my mother-in-law who's been making it for years! It doesn't have a strong rhubarb taste. It's sweet and moist. I hope you enjoy making it as much as I do. I always try to use...
I came up with this recipe by combining three family favorites. The topping is basic pineapple upside down cake with the addition of strawberries. The cake is yellow cake mix with bananas added with a...
Wow, this apple dumpling is great! The crust Barbara recommends is light and delicate with a warm cinnamon-filled baked apple inside. What really makes this recipe special is the vanilla sauce. If you...
I can hear you all saying "Oh, here she goes again with the cake mixes!" Sorry about that. I have found, as a baker, that cake mixes are the end all be all time saver. And, if you can't bake a lick they...
A friend of mine gave me ths recipe years ago. She made it for one of our office lunches and it was fantastic. I think she said she got it from the back of a Bisquick Baking mix. Anyway, I ran across the...
This is a recipe that I had that either reminded me of the Italian Flag or Christmas. So whether you make it for a Italy's Birthday or Christmas, it's flavorful and impressive!
Lemon heaven for lemon lovers. That's how we'd describe this cool and creamy limoncello cake. Each bite of this cake is bursting with lemon. This is fancy restaurant quality and isn't a dessert that can...
This recipe has been posted for play in CQ3 - Bahamas. This recipe is from the 1986 edition of the Bahamian cookbook: Rake 'N' Scrape In De Kitchen. The guava, is one of the few indigenous fruits to the...
July and August is the Mango season here in South Florida. Having an abundance of this lucious fruit I decided to make Cobbler with the ripe fruit. I followed my peach recipe but used mangos instead. The...
Joelle had us at pina colada - we love any kind of dessert with those flavors. This yummy no-bake pie does not disappoint. It's super easy to prepare and will be great for summer cookouts. Serve it cold...
One of my favorite movies is "Steele Magnolias". In the movie Truvy talked about her Cupa, Cupa, Cupa recipe. My mother made this for us all the time when I was growing up with either fresh peaches or...
These are very easy to make - These freeze well, place cut cakes on tray in freezer- when frozen- place in individual freezer bags for lunches or just to snack. light fluffy banana cream between two layers...
Such a simple and easy dessert. Good for when you have to come up with something in a hurry. This can be made with any type of fruit juice you like and served either warm or cold, with or without whipped...
We stumbled on this recipe in one of my mom's cookbooks last year. We all love pineapple so we gave it a go. Now it's a favorite. Easy to make, easy to eat, easy to put on some extra pounds if you consume...
I got this from a Weight Watchers cookbook. It's great for diabetics, ( like my mom,) or people who are watching their weight. Calories: 143 Fat: 5 grams Carbs: 22 grams Sugar: 11 grams.
This citrus cake is cool and fluffy! It's a lightened up version of a cake that was popular in the 1980's. The mandarin oranges are blended into the fluffy spongelike cake. Then, it's frosted with Cool...
We just love the contrast of flavors in this delightful recipe. There's *just* the right amount of sweetness to play off of the tart berries. Very tasty, indeed!
Delicious! I experimented today, and came up with this cake...it's absolutely delicious! If you want more banana than pineapple, simply use 2 cups of banana's and 1 cup pineapple....Hope you enjoy! My...
unlike a cobbler or crisp, a grunt cooks start to finish on the stovetop. Stewed, spiced berries are topped with dollops of biscuit dough, covered, and cooked until the dumplings are done. The technique...
This is one of my best tasting pies yet! I love how the pineapple is so creamy -like custard and the meringue just sets it off. But the crust also makes it special. So all you pineapple lovers give this...
My Mother calls these, "Lady Slippers" because they reminded her of the ballet shoes she used to wear as a young girl. My Grandmother was an amazing cook and baker. She had no cookbooks to follow, just...
This happens to be my husbands favorite bar cookie. He requests that I make it every Christmas. He loves it with the Raspberry jam. I found this recipe in 1978 on the back of a bag of Gold Medal flour....
I have a recipe that has been well received for a while now for Southern coconut custard cake. The only problem with this cake is that it is 10inches, 4 layers and weighs a bit over 12 pounds. It really...
While this fruit salad may be too much for some people, we love the concept. It is almost like a rich and creamy dip made into a fruit salad. The mixture of fruit is delicious. But, there's enough creamy...
Sweet and super strawberry-y, you can most definitely taste the flavor of the daiquiri mix. The rum flavor is very subtle, so don't be deterred by that. I can't wait to serve these at my next party!