TEXAS SHEET CAKE

This is a recipe that was given to me way back when I was a Junior Women’s clubber, and it is my very favorite way to enjoy chocolate cake. It is a moist, fudgy dessert, that is more like a brownie than cake. INGREDIENTS for CAKE 2 sticks butter or margarine4 tablespoons cocoa1 cup water2 […]

ANGEL FOOD CAKE

This cake is wonderful made from scratch using the recipe from either the Betty Crocker or Better Homes and Gardens cook book. I serve it with cherry or strawberry Jello/fruit cocktail salad. and vanilla ice cream.

WHAT’S FOR DINNER

Some days a good tummy filling country meal is in order.Today was one of those days.Sauerkraut and wieners, country fried potatoes straight from the garden,cucumbers and sliced onions also straight from the garden, corn bread and pinto beans cooked to perfection.Yum!

GARDEN BOUNTY

I couldn’t decide whether this should be a garden post or a kitchen post, since the potatoes were dug specifically for potato soup (requested by grandson Zeke.) This is one hill of potatoes from this year’s crop….nearly 4 pounds. I’m quite pleased with the yield. Potato soup it is!!!

RAISIN BREAD

I love a good loaf of raisin bread, moist, dense, slightly sweet with a hint of cinnamon, and loaded with plump, tasty raisins. There are some fairly decent ones sold commercially, but as is true with most things. “home made is better.” I have never tried making raisin bread from scratch, so I went looking […]

KITCHEN UPDATE

About five years ago I bought a fancy schmancy Kitchen Aid dishwasher that had all the bells and whistles on it that anyone could ever want. We had sold some timber, so I felt it was practically free at the time, and went all out! For the past two years I have been washing dishes […]

Cook Books

I have quite an extensive collection of cookbooks and recipes. some of them dating back to the 50s, but there is always room for one more. A good Twitter friend and I were discussing recipes and he mentioned a book he had recently purchased at Cracker Barrell. I looked it up on Amazon and found […]