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German Apple Cake
German Apple Cake is a recipe I loved, growing up. ORIGINALLY POSTED OCTOBER 17, 2011 **I decided to re-post this today, November 18, 2013 because I made it this weekend for our friends who came for...
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Here’s to friends and pumpkin pie cupcakes
I’m thankful for being able to stay connected to friends from “way back when” who are both near and far. ORIGINALLY POSTED NOVEMBER 16, 2012 I went to a high school outside of my hometown, with kids...
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Your Tray or Mine? Cookie Tray Recipe of the Day: Chocolate Chip Butterballs
These cookies could be made with nuts instead of chocolate chips if you prefer! ORIGINALLY POSTED DECEMBER 5, 2011 Today’s recipe is another one of my favorite cookie recipes, one we’ve made for years...
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Your Tray or Mine? Cookie Tray Recipe of the Day: Chocolate Thumbprints
ORIGINALLY POSTED DECEMBER 1, 2011 I first posted this recipe on my FB page on December 5, 2008!! It’s a cookie recipe my mom and I make every year, and if I had to pick a top favorite, this would be...
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Your Tray or Mine: Recipe of the Day: Chocolate Buttersweets
These are my other top favorite cookie from our trays! ORIGINALLY POSTED DECEMBER 19, 2011 When I first began the Your Tray or Mine series of recipes earlier this month, I began with the Chocolate...
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Your Tray or Mine Recipe of the Day: Brown Eyed Susans, a Family Favorite
ORIGINALLY POSTED DECEMBER 7, 2011 When I posted my first recipe last week for Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies, I mentioned that it was one of my top two favorite cookies on our trays each year (I’ll let...
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Fun Friday: Jelly Thumbprint Cookies for a great after school snack
Once I tried these cookies the first time, I knew the recipe was a keeper! I tend to enjoy cookies of the chocolate variety. I know, you’re completely shocked by this news. However, last year when I...
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Fun Friday: Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cake
I was actually shocked at how much everyone liked this cake! Last week we had some very cold weather here; colder than our normal winter weather tends to be. When the weather gets cold, the first thing...
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Fun Friday: Paula’s Whole Bag of Chips Bars
These were delicious, especially when topped with ice cream! If you’re a longtime reader, you know that I often reference my friend Paula’s blog, My Soup for You. It’s a great blog and it’s so much...
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Fun Friday: Hot Fudge Sundae Cake
My mom used to make this all the time when we were growing up, but I’d forgotten all about it! Today’s recipe for Fun Friday truly is a fun recipe! It’s fun to make and fun to eat. Like many recipes,...
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Fun Friday: Peanut Butter Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Bars
This was an after school snack that was quick to make and disappeared just as fast! As you know, we love a good after school snack at our house! It holds us over from when we get home from school,...
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Fun Friday: Valentine’s Day Edition
Valentine’s M&Ms made these cookies extra special! It’s a Friday, and it’s Valentine’s Day! I love when special days fall on a Friday or a weekend day. It makes them all the more enjoyable. I got a...
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Fun Friday: War Cake
I love when books contain recipes that go along with the story. This was a great one! My kids and I are huge readers, and when it comes to history, all five of us, my husband included, are big fans. We...
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Happy St. Patty’s Day: Irish Soda Bread
ORIGINALLY POSTED MARCH 16, 2012: Everyone loves a good Irish Soda Bread with their St. Patrick’s Day meal! This one was passed along to me by my father-in-law last winter and it was wonderful. I can’t...
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Happy Birthday Don and Alexandra!
So what’s the best birthday gift *you* ever gave someone? ORIGINALLY POSTED MARCH 23, 2012 Today is a very special day. Today is Alexandra’s birthday. Today is also Don’s birthday. That makes me the...
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Fun Friday: Dump Cake for April Fools Day or any day!
This was a quick and easy dessert! In a recent What’s for Dinner Wednesday post, I mentioned that the stir fry recipe I was trying out reminded me of a cake recipe I’d once heard of called Dump Cake,...
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Easter Sweet Bread
This recipe makes three “small” loaves of sweet bread for Easter. It’s wonderful when you grill it! Originally posted April 4, 2012 This recipe is one that takes a while from start to finish- nine...
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Monday Musings: Got M&M’s?
If you have M&Ms and a messy house, host an M&M Cleanup! ORIGINALLY POSTED OCTOBER 27, 2011: As I look around my living room at this very moment, I see laundry in two big piles waiting to be...
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Fun Friday: In honor of National Chocolate Chip Day…Chocolate Chip Fruit Pizza
This was such a great recipe, it got all thumbs up, all the way around! This week I received an email message from a fellow cast member from last week’s Listen To Your Mother. The message was letting...
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Fun Friday: Peach Cobbler from GirlsGoGames.com
After a long, hard day, this was a great dessert to come home to! This was a long, tough school year. Lots of hard work, lots of time and schedule commitments. Oftentimes our kids, just like lots of...
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