I am still on the road traveling and I must admit I am one tired puppy. So instead of writing a blog that focuses on my too-tired condition, I am instead re-posting a delicious recipe that I posted on this day way back in 2012. I figure many of you have not seen it. Here…
Category: Great Recipes
5-Star Ginger Cookie Recipe for Belated Father’s Day Celebration
We are celebrating Father’s Day tomorrow at Sarah’s and I asked Ray would sweet he would like me to make for him. He requested ginger cookies, which come from a recipe I adapted from the book bigfatcookies by Elinor Klivans. We don’t eat refined sugar so I used maple sugar instead. Here is the recipe with…
Ray’s Birthday Cake for Tomorrow
Here is the Hummingbird cake I’ll be making tomorrow for Ray’s 58th birthday. He requested this one and I went to the store today to buy bananas, pecans, flour and crushed pineapple, the ingredients I didn’t have at home. Ray has a serious sweet tooth and this should be just the cake to satisfy it….
A Tried and True Cookie Recipe
We have a whole tree full of lemons right outside the back door. I grabbed one recently and made these cookies. Hard to beat! Lemon Coconut Almond Cookies 1 cup butter 3/4 cup honey or agave 1 tbsp lemon zest 1 tbsp lemon juice 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup unbleached white flour 1 cup whole…
Excellent Orange, Cranberry and Pecan Muffin Recipe
I love collecting recipes and this one came from a recipe box I bought at an estate sale several years ago. The box has two long file drawers in a small oak cabinet and each drawer is crammed full of the owner’s favorite recipes clipped from newspapers or magazines, along with hand-written recipes from friends….
5-Star Recipe: Curried Red Lentil Salad
I know that many of my friends in west, north central and eastern Texas are holed up at home with all the rain and bad weather that is besieging those parts of the state. Stay warm, dry and safe, my friends. Here’s a recipe to try if you want some good protein coupled with interesting…
Revisited: 5-Star Gingersnap Recipe
Today I modified America’s Test Kitchen’s recipe for gingersnap cookies to fit into my non-refined sugar criteria. That mean basically just substituting white sugar with maple sugar. The results were excellent. The cookies have a real snap and they are filled with freshly ground ginger for a nice little kick. I’m going out on a…
A 5-Star Orange Cookie Sweetened with Honey or Agave
This is a great tasting holiday cookie recipe that is tried and true. Of course, fresh orange juice from the oranges in our grove would be best, but you can use any oranges you buy in the market. These cookies are light, orangey and delicious. Happy holidays! Orange Cookies Adapted from Rodale’s Naturally Delicious Desserts…
Fabulous Oklahoma Fried Onion Burgers: Cook’s Country Recipe
REVISITING OKLAHOMA FRIED ONION BURGERS – A 5-STAR RECIPE This is a great recipe for a turkey burger. It comes from Cook’s Country Magazine, which is part of America’s Test Kitchen and I can guarantee this is one seriously excellent burger. The Fried Onion Burger (FOB) apparently originated during the Depression in El Reno, Oklahoma,…
Oatmeal Date Bars with Maple Syrup
I love Greg Patent’s cookbook, Baking in America: Traditional and Contemporary Favorites from the Past 200 Years. I made a recipe for maple date bars with lemon zest just a few days ago, but tomorrow I am going to make the recipe below. Not only does it call for the zest of a whole orange,…
20 Minutes a Day 