Category: Baking

Sausage Roll Ups

Hooray! It’s almost the weekend and boy do I have a breakfast idea for you. Sausage Roll Ups! Like Biscuits and Gravy – only cuter. And with lots more sausage. What could be better? Sleep

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Lime Meltaway Cookies

It’s not very often that I get excited about cookies that don’t contain chocolate. But these little Lime Meltaways are the exception. They’ve got that sweet and tart thing going on in a big way.

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Zucchini Pineapple Bread

It’s August. That means that right about now, if you have a garden, zucchini is taking over your life. When life hands you zucchini, make Zucchini Pineapple Bread. (Also make Ratatouille….that recipe is coming later.)

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Old Fashioned Strawberry Shortcake

Old Fashioned Strawberry Shortcake. Not the little sponge cake thingies you get at the grocery store. Full on biscuit-like, not too sweet, crumbly shortcake. That’s how I like them. Oh, and with plenty of strawberries and

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Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins on an Antique Celery Plate. I’m pretty sure the plate is happy with it’s new, upgraded occupants. These muffins are a great lesson in making due with what you have rather

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Blueberry Cobbler

Blueberry Cobbler. If it isn’t already blueberry season where you live, it will be soon. You’re going to want to make this cobbler. Head out to the U-Pick Blueberry Farm or, be lazy like me

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Almond Poppy Seed Muffins

Almond Poppy Seed Muffins Muffins are one of the first things I ever learned to bake when I was a kid. Blueberry Muffins from my mom’s Better Homes & Garden cookbook. You know, the big red

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Pumpkin Bread

Pssst…..there’s warm pumpkin bread and orange juice waiting in the kitchen. Why wait until pumpkin season or Thanksgiving to eat pumpkin bread when perfectly good pumpkin can be found in handy little cans at your

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Chocolate Cherry Oatmeal Cookies

Warm cookies. Right out of the oven. Is there anything better? Nope. Warm Chocolate Cherrry Oatmeal Cookies. Yes please. By the way, these cookies were a complete accident. A delicious accident. My friend Jen (who

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Lemon Bars

Lemon Bars. Tangy & Delicious. It must be a spring thing — I’m on a serious lemon kick right now with visions of Lemonade Cakes and Lemon Cheesecake dancing in my head. These Lemon Bars

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Oatmeal Heath Bar Cookies

Cookies. Up close and personal so you can see all the deliciousness. Dark Chocolate Chips. Heath Bar Toffee Pieces. Oats. Butter. Well, you can’t actually see the butter but it helps to know it’s there.

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Baked Oatmeal

Baked Oatmeal with Berries and Yogurt. Yes, oatmeal can be baked into something other than cookies. When baked, the oatmeal turns into a fluffy, almost cake-like texture even though there is no flour in the

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Chocolate Caramel Brownie Bars

Chocolate, Caramel, Pecans. Sign me up! My lovely sister is somewhat famous for making these delightful brownie type bars for parties. The recipe comes from someone she knew in junior high school and yet, some

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Krispies

Admit it. You know you want them. Chocolate Peanut Butter Krispies. Evil. Wicked. Delicious! Do you have a chocolate peanut butter thing? We all do. This is another Grandma Kenney Specialty. Remember Grandma Kenney of

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Raisin Bran Muffins

Raisin Bran Muffins – all lined up and ready to go. Sort of makes you want to put a bow on them and give them as gifts. Well, the good news is that you can!

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