Baking Basics

Here is an article on how to bake a spice cake. A great recipe from my Aunt. This one will surely cure that sweet tooth! One of my wifes favorites.

How to bake homemade sweet potatoes with apple toppings for your family Thanksgiving dinner. But if you dont want the apples just don't put them on.

don't you just love that taste of sweet delicious cookies? well now is your chance to make your very own. you and your family will love this easy recipe to have for a great treat or dessert after...

Without sugar, our food would be very different. In addition to making food taste sweet, sugar is a tenderizing and leavening agent, can be used to preserve food, helps to brown it and even...

Fast, Fast, Fast. And great with coffee in the morning. This is an old recipe from my mother-in law in Chicago. She reluctantly gave it up. Hope you enjoy these family favorite Italian X-mas...

this is how you make chocolate pudding in a microwave, very easy to do. 1/4 cup milk, 2/3 cup sugar, 3 tablespoons cornstarch, 1/4 salt, 1/4 cup cocoa one teaspoon of vanilla combine all...

Vanilla whipped cream tastes great and is very easy to master. Vanilla whipped cream goes with so many wonderful things. From baked goods to drinks this is a truly versatile recipe that you will...

Vanilla extract has been used for more than one hundred years. The early extract was more like a syrup than the commercial variety today. Vanilla extract is used in commercial and home baking to...

This is a great recipe handed down through our family and is perfect if you: 1) Have little time/energy for things you could buy at Trader Joe's that taste equally good; 2) Wish to teach a child...

This is one of the cookie recipes that makes it onto my Christmas baking list year after year. They are so tasty, pretty and easy! The candy cane provides a gentle peppermint flavor without being...

This is an easy dessert that most people have all of the ingredients on hand. Pound cake can be eaten plain or served with any number of sauces like lemon sauce. It is fun to make with young...

After trying the recipes that use a boxed yellow cake and add rum, I went back to REAL rum cake baking. It's more work, but sure is worth the extra work for special occasions.

Hey it T with another southern gem of a recipe. This time we are getting fat off pumpkin cookies.

Nothing is better than a fudgy, homemade brownie warm from the oven. This is my Aunt Betsy's recipe, given to me in 1976 when I was 10 years old. Much better than a boxed mix!

Biscotti is great served with coffee or tea, and when made with oats and honey with a little spice, is great for the lunch box as a snack or a quick treat for giving.

Want to have the best cookie ever? Great to keep and even better to share!

Flavored extracts are a wonderful way to add flavor to your cooking, but they can be expensive. They can also be difficult to find if you live in an area with limited access to specialty stores....

Almost everyone grew up making chocolate chip cookies. It's one of the first recipes that many kids learned to make. When you grow up though, the recipe seems to lack the adult flavors you now...

These cookies remind me of Nutter Butter cookies. A smooth peanutty filling is sandwiched between two yummy crunchy cookies. They are pretty simple to make. Bake and fill. The cookies are great...

how to make no bake banana pudding

Healthy Dessert Recipes

Vanilla extract, first developed by the Aztecs and valued by royalty, is one of the most tantalizing aromas that can fill a kitchen. Today Madagascar supplies 70% of the vanilla used...