Hershey’s Best Brownies

This is my favorite go-to dessert.  I love anything chocolate and especially a brownie.  My mom used to make these brownies.  When I moved out-of-state when I was 20, she wrote the recipe on a card.  I still use that card today.  I thought of taking a picture of it, but the card is quite stained…

Lemon Poppy-Seed Tea Cake

This is one of my recipes I go to when the hot summer days start to become unbearable.  Lemon Poppy-Seed Tea Cake is a delight on the tongue.  The sour lemon and the sweet sugar glaze are a perfect combination.  It’s like a sophisticated glass of lemonade in a cake.  I chose to make it for the…

How to Make Chocolate Curls

I absolutely love chocolate cake.  It is my favorite food.  When I give my students their spelling test I try to use each word in a sentence about chocolate cake.  If I want a crowd pleaser I will usually make my favorite chocolate cake recipe.  But to top it off, to make it really pop,…

Shepherd’s Pie

This is one of my family’s favorites.  On cold winter days, this comfort food warms your insides.  You will love this recipe! 4 large potatoes, peeled and quartered 1 TBS margarine or unsalted butter 1/4 C milk 1 TBS dried parsley 3/4 tsp salt 1/2 tsp black pepper 1 1/2 pounds ground turkey 2large cloves…

Gingersnaps

My favorite Christmas cookie has to be Gingersnaps.  They are a family favorite.  I almost titled them Aunt Louise’s Gingersnaps, as they are known in our family.  I give them as a gift each year to my sister’s kids.  I honestly believe that the Gingersnaps are their favorite Christmas gift.  Today I am going to a “White…

Hot Cocoa

It’s cold outside.  Winter has arrived.  My girls and I are all cozy at home drinking hot cocoa.  I am posting this today because the girls insisted.  Here’s my simple recipe for the best hot cocoa. 2 tsp sugar 1 tsp hot cocoa 1 cup milk a handful of mini marshmallows Simple Steps: Combine sugar…

Apple Bread

  I cannot take credit for this recipe, only for sharing it with you. Years ago, a coworker found this recipe in a magazine.  I don’t know which magazine.  She photocopied it for me.  Here is a picture of the recipe. I make this recipe all through the fall and winter. It is so moist;…

Dark Chocolate Brownies

I was giving the cookbook Hershey 4 Books in 1:  Bars, Brownies, & Treats; Cookies, Candies & Snacks; Cakes & Cheesecakes; Pies & Desserts for Christmas last year.  I have found many wonderful recipes.  I took “Best Fudgey Pecan Brownies” and adapted it to our families liking.  I hope you enjoy it as well. 1/2…