My empty nest world of scratch baking and chicken scratch
Light, buttery, crispy, old-fashioned gingersnaps flavored with powdered ginger, cinnamon, molasses, and cloves. Each cookie is rolled in granulated sugar before baking, forming a crunchy, sugary coating that enhances the appearance of the beautiful crackling across the top of the cookie. You can use ordinary table sugar, decorating sugar with larger crystals, or turbinado sugar which … Read more
This recipe for Chocolate Cupcakes is sooo tried and true in this house! I have been making these cupcakes for about 25 years and I constantly try new recipes just to make sure there is nothing better out there. So far, this is the recipe that friends and family love the best. Easy to make, no … Read more
For my sister, Sharon, with love. A classic in Texas, the Texas Sheet Cake is a dark, fudgy chocolate buttermilk cake topped with a pour-on fudge frosting and chopped roasted pecans. If you are not a fan of nuts, it is just as good without the nuts. The cake is baked and frosted in one … Read more
Fruit Cobbler is not a fussy or fancy dessert and relies strictly on taste, not presentation. As such, this dessert was allegedly “cobbled” together by Early American settlers using fruit – usually preserved, canned, or dried – and clumps of biscuit dough before baking it over an open fire. Modern day cobbler is a fruit filling … Read more