I enjoy reading the blog Mennonite Girls Can Cook.  The Canadian ladies that write this blog are excellent cooks who use fresh basic ingredients in their recipes.  This morning there was a recipe for Lemon Coconut Bars, and I knew I wanted to try them.  I love coconut, and to think about it paired with lemon […]

Let’s get started cooking for Christmas.  Date Skillet Cookies is a recipe from my childhood.  I remember Mother making these treats during many many Christmas seasons, and I thought they would be something different to share with you.  I was not sure I could find the recipe, but  I went hunting through my recipe boxes, and to […]

Let it be known – When we give parties, Friend BB and Mrs. Ralph (And Super Sister – when she is in town.) are designated sugar cookie icers.  Oh – I make the dough (Granny’s Sugar Cookies – Click HERE for the recipe.) I rolle out the dough.  I cut the dough.  I bake the […]

Announcing the winner for the most submitted recipe in my mother’s cookbook –  A+ in Cooking! Ta – da da da-a-a – da da-a-a! And the winner is…. Drum roll! Chocolate Sheet Cake — applause, applause, applause, whoop and more applause. No fewer than seventeen families submitted this recipe as their family favorite.  When planning […]

Do you ever have a hankerin’ to make a certain something?  How do I describe this?  It is not that I am hungry for this certain thing.  (Ever-Lovin’ and I can not and should not eat an entire pan of lemon bars.)   I want to make it or bake it, and share it with somebody. […]

First order of business.  Augh-h-h-h!  The computer gremlins are here again.  My post from yesterday, did not go to the email subscribers.  In that post, The Mrs. (my dear friend) shared her North Dallas home with us.  It is beautiful, and if you want to see this home tour, click on this link.  The Mrs. […]

Yummy Butter Cake This recipe for Yummy Butter Cake has been around a LONG time, and Paula Deen has certainly put it on the map with her bazillion versions of it. I have also seen it titled Neiman Marcus Cake or Cheesecake Bars. Forever in my memory is the first time I ate Yummy Butter […]