Lemon Mini Tarts with Raspberries are delicious individual desserts. Lemon and raspberry are perfectly paired with cream cheese. This recipe is a version of the classic cream cheese pie. These cream cheese pies were always topped with a can of pie filling, usually cherry or…

Stuffed Bell Peppers are a warm and comforting meal. Sweet bell peppers, stuffed with beef, onion, rice and cheese. Make them spicy with jalapenos in the filling, or crushed red pepper. Make them ahead and cook them when you’re ready. The leftovers are great for…

Vanilla Sugar is a simple, yet delicious ingredient. Use it for baking, sprinkle it on fruit or stir it into hot tea. Vanilla sugar adds vanilla flavor and a few specs of vanilla seeds as well.   What you need to make Vanilla Sugar Vanilla…

The Best Cinnamon Rolls are right at your fingertips. These buttery, gooey rolls are a traditional breakfast for cold, winter mornings. Great for holidays and birthdays. If you want to make someone’s morning, make these rolls the night before. In the morning they will be…

Cinnamon Banana Bread has warm spice and fresh baked flavor. Absolutely the best way to use up your ripe bananas. I buy bananas knowing that we won’t eat them all. And that is the plan. You can use ripe bananas for bread, muffins and ice…

Graham Cracker Sandwich Cookies are the very best way to use up excess icing. Whenever you make a cake and end up with a little extra icing, put it between graham crackers. This is the easiest ever sweet and delicious treat.  Perfect with a cup…

Apple pie is a favorite at our house. Great in the fall and very traditional. Best served with vanilla bean ice cream. Apple pie has always been my daughter’s favorite dessert. She has even requested it for her birthday instead of a cake. I have…

In my opinion, the way to make a perfect potato salad is lots of dill pickles. They are, in addition to the potatoes, the star of the show. We do have one person in our family who doesn’t like pickles. As in really doesn’t like…

Perfect pie crust, any way you like it. When I was a kid, my mom always made pie crust with shortening. So I always made pie crust with shortening. Up until last year that was the only way I made pie crust. Then I decided…

Pumpkin Pie is a holiday classic. This pumpkin pie is rich and creamy, made with both evaporated milk and heavy cream. Try this recipe and it will be your new favorite. Check out my homemade Perfect Pie Crust.   What you need Single crust pie…

Cheesy pull apart French bread is crusty, cheesy and delicious. Serve it as an appetizer before dinner, alongside a charcuterie board or as a side dish for your favorite pasta. You will always be happy to see this loaf sitting next to your main dish.…

Chicken Apple Pecan Salad is great for lunch or dinner. This recipe also works well as meal prep for lunches.  If you’re working from home, put each item in it’s own container and cut the apple as you need it so it won’t get brown. …