Variations on Cooking

I sort of just made these up the other day in prep for a dinner I was going to and another I need to make desserts for. Everyone liked...

I had found this recipe in my Grandmother's cookbook written on a piece of paper with many, many notes all over it. Cross outs,...

I have been playing around with these recipes for weeks now: adapting to other recipes from the turn of the century, to a recipe that was...

I have been making this for years until I actually came across several recipes in a few of the magazines I get and when I read the...

Continuing with the Bourbon theme, here is another recipe from a contest I had entered, which came in third due to a used "Spirits."...

There has been a running theme with the last few recipes I have posted - Bourbon. I found this on a recipe card in my Grandmothers...

Here is another recipe from my Grandmothers files, which I have adapted over the years, but it's a great holiday cookie - Enjoy....

This is another of my Grandmothers recipes, like the previous recipes I have mentioned, this one has many recipe cards stapled together,...

Here are another one of my recipes for a contest, I did win but the company never published the recipe since I was a Yankee, well at...

Here is another of my Grandmothers recipes that I adapted. It was a very well-used recipe card, to the point there were several stapled...

This is my grandmother's recipe and it's a mayonnaise cake and it's sort of a Mocha cake, I made them into mini bundts for better...

We were at a friend's house many years ago and they served German Chocolate Cake for dessert and it got me thinking could I make a...

Here is another adaptation from a 1960's recipe I came across in an old magazine. I swapped out a few ingredients and add the almond...

Here is a new cookie that will be in next years Holiday Dessert Cookbook - It is one of the special cookies I have not shared before -...

This is another recipe from my friend Ina, I did swap out a few ingredients but this is a heavenly cake. Okay it's a bundt, and I do...

Ingredients 4 sticks of unsalted butter, room temp 3 cups of raw sugar 3 cups of unbleached flour 6 eggs 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice...

My friend Ina gave me this recipe, I have adjusted a few of the ingredients over time, she used Limoncello and when the small bottle I...

This recipe came about from another baking contest I entered. I came in second again, I was told the judges loved my recipe but the...

Ingredients Chocolate cookie base 1 cup of unbleached flour 1 cup of Almond flour 1 cup of unsalted butter, 2 sticks, cubed and chilled 4...

Here is another of my favorite holiday treats I have not made in a while. I adapted from a 1960 Better Homes & Garden cookbook, the...