Fb-Button

Spritz Butter Cookies

Delicate, buttery Spritz Cookies with festive variations, make a perfect adornment for a Christmas cookie tray.  You can add food coloring or leave plain – either way, these cookies are delicious and beautiful.  You will need a cookie press to make Spritz cookies.This is one of the very first Christmas cookies I learned to make … Read more

Orange Gingerbread Cookies with Rum Glaze

My children grew up in a bake-from-scratch household and have been introduced to more cookies than we can possibly count!  My youngest son, now in college, loves anything with ginger or molasses, so when I made these cookies for him, they became his all-time favorite cookie.   We are fortunate that we use the zest … Read more

Pecan Sandies

Pecan Sandies.  A melt-in-your-mouth shortbread cookie that is far better than its store-bought counterpart.  These cookies have only four ingredients and are a cinch to make up.  The dough can be made in advance, shaped into balls, and frozen for another time when you need a quick dessert.  Just take them out of the freezer and … Read more

Tea Cakes

            Depending on the cultural origin, there are numerous variations and interpretations of tea cakes around the world. In the United States, a tea cake is usually a dense cookie made with butter, sugar, eggs, flour, milk, and flavoring; Petit Fours are also sometimes classified as tea cakes in America. In England (where … Read more

Gingerbread Cake

Old-fashioned Gingerbread – dense, aromatic, spicy and moist. Gingerbread is one of those cakes that you can whip up for a quick dessert almost any time because most of the ingredients are stock pantry items.  I have several Gingerbread cakes that I like to make, however, I think this recipe is pretty much fool-proof and … Read more

Soft Amish Sugar Cookies

Years ago, I lived and worked in Center City Philadelphia.  On weekends, I would escape the hustle and bustle of the city and drive to visit friends who lived among the lush Pennsylvania Dutch farmlands in Lancaster, Pa. The Amish bakeries were a treasure trove of old-fashioned, homemade cakes, pies, cookies, and pastries. My favorite … Read more

Lemon Meringue Pie (Best Ever)

  This recipe comes from the September 1994 Southern Living Magazine. Reminiscent of old-fashioned American diners, this pie never goes out of style; always a classic and always a crowd pleaser.   The pie is bursting with a fresh lemon curd and topped with soft, billowy, creamy, vanilla scented meringue, all sitting on top of a … Read more

Coconut Cream Pie

Coconut Cream Pie is a classic.  A thick, rich, creamy coconut custard filling topped with either meringue or billowy mounds of whipped cream, this pie always makes a great impression! This pie is different from a Coconut Custard Pie which is more custard-like and does not get a topping.  When people eat this pie, they … Read more

Pound Cake

An old-fashioned pound cake from scratch in just a few simple steps.  Be sure that the butter and eggs are at room temperature and that you follow the order of the recipe – it’s that easy!  You can make this in a tube pan or in a couple of loaf pans, just be sure to … Read more