Pineapple Upside Down Cake Yummy buttered brown sugar creates a pallet pleasing sticky sauce on top of pineapple slices dotted with maraschino cherries, all of which top a moist yellow cake mix, creating an old time favorite that still sings deliciousness. Click here for the recipe and directions. Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cake Grandmas across time…
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Sour Apple and Graham Cracker Crisp
Cooking should be fun, and there is little more rewarding and fulfilling than sharing the kitchen with a grandchild who likes to learn. We have a young grandson who loves to be in the kitchen when we are preparing anything from soups and salads to desserts. He is one of those children who snacks continuously,…
Traditional Pies for Pitch-in Desserts
American Apple Pie We always chuckle when we hear, “As American as apple pie.” The first recipe for apple pie was written in 1381 England, and used figs, raisins, and pears as sweeteners. Early apple pie recipes rarely called for sugar, an expensive and hard-to-get item at the time. (Never fear . . . our…
More Apple Pie, Please
Harvesting apples in the fall is such a rewarding undertaking! We, and our friends and extended families, always looked forward to the apple harvesting season. We would drive out to one or more of the local orchards where we could gather all we wanted of the various varieties of apples. We like to press a…
Fall Pumpkins and Chili Soup
The cooler weather brought by the fall season brings fond memories of camp outs, bonfires, black pots, apple and pumpkin pies, and hearty chili soup to warm the soul. Raised in the Midwest, we experienced the colors and weather of all four seasons, including the final harvest of the season, the jovial hayrides behind a…
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