Bar cookie recipe #3 for today, this is another one that I’ve had for so long that I can’t remember where it originally came from. Courtney ate one and said “tastes like Christmas” me “Christmas? does that mean they’re good?” Courtney “of course! Christmas is always good!” 🙂 3/4 cup butter, softened 2 eggs, slightly beaten … Continue reading
Bar cookie recipe #2 for today, this is one of those recipes that I’ve had for so long that I can’t remember where it came from. 1 cup butter, softened 2 eggs, slightly beaten 2 teaspoons vanilla 1 cup creamy peanut butter 3/4 cup sugar 3/4 cup brown sugar 2 cups flour (I ended up … Continue reading
Lots of nice neighbors fed my kids while Bob and I were in Alaska so I wanted to thank them (thank you Teresa, LaRobyn, Mary Linda, Merrilee and Tom!) for doing something that they did not have to do (my kids are 18 and 21 so capable but not always willing to make food for themselves!) … Continue reading
This recipe comes from “The Cookie and Biscuit Bible” by Catherine Atkinson which my friend Julie gave me for my birthday this year. These are thick and yummy, make sure you have a glass of milk ready to guzzle! 1 1/2 cups soft light brown sugar 2 cups butter (the recipe doesn’t specify that it … Continue reading
So I didn’t forget about you all while I was in Alaska, dear blog readers, so I picked up a few Alaskan touristy kitchen items to give away on my blog! A set of Salad and Pasta Paws, 4 oz of Smoked Salmon and an Ulu knife can all be yours for doing one or both … Continue reading
Ok, last entry on the food we ate! We ended our tour in Fairbanks, Alaska. We rode the hotel trolley into downtown Fairbanks and asked the driver where a good place to eat lunch was and he directed us to a barbeque place called Big Daddy’s just around the corner. Now granted we were starving … Continue reading
We signed up for a sled dog excursion in Talkeetna and had to ride the shuttle from the hotel at 7am for the 1 hour trip in to town and then when we got there at 8am we found out that the excursion was cancelled because of an illness in the family so now we were … Continue reading
(For those of you who subscribe to my blog, you might be getting this in an email twice, sorry about that! I published this post and it got sent in emails and posted to Facebook but then never showed up on the blog itself so I’m republishing it to see if I can get it … Continue reading
Another Pillsbury recipe. I get a lot of my recipes by signing up for emails from Kraft, Pillsbury, Betty Crocker, etc. My crescent bowls did not turn out even remotely like theirs; they all looked deformed but they tasted good. Even Courtney, who is my picky eater, had two of these for dinner tonight. 1 … Continue reading
Another treat for Book Group last night. Also from Gale Gand’s “Just a Bite” cookbook. biscuits: 1 1/2 cups flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 4 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest (I probably used 1 whole teaspoon) 1 cup chilled heavy cream 2 tablespoons honey topping: 1 cup creme fraiche (I could … Continue reading
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