Category: Desserts

  • Apple Bread Recipe

    Apple Bread Recipe

    My mom shared a really good recipe for apple cake a few years ago and I make it regularly. We have 3 apple trees in the yard (lost one this year!) so have plenty of apples in fall and winter.  I saw this recipe for Apple Bread in the Penzey‘s catalog and thought I’d give…

  • Lemon Squares Recipe

    Lemon Squares Recipe

    My lemon trees are in overdrive mode these days! And my girl’s packing lunch so I figured these would provide a great dessert.   The recipe is from Mom’s Big Book of Baking.

  • Apple Turnovers

    Apple Turnovers

    Apple Turnover I made these the first time over 7 years ago. I remember the time because my youngest came home one day from school when she was in 2nd grade, a week or two after I made them for the first time, with apples from our own trees, and she announced that she had…

  • Easy Dessert: Oranges and Vanilla

    Easy Dessert: Oranges and Vanilla

    I’ve written before about sprinkling peeled and sliced oranges with a bit of cinnamon and sugar for an easy dessert. Last night I went a different route and sprinkled the orange slices with just a tad bit of sugar, because our oranges are extra tart this year, and then splashed a bit of vanilla extract…

  • Microwave Brownies

    Microwave Brownies

    I don’t use the microwave to actually cook much. I melt butter, heat milk, reheat leftovers, etc. But my girls found this microwave brownie recipe in Mom’s Big Book of Baking: 200 Simple, Foolproof Recipes for Delicious Family Treats to Get You Through Every Birthday Party, Class Picnic, Potluck, Bake Sale, Holiday, and No-School Day.…