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Tag: favorite recipe

  • Whipped Cream Horseradish Sauce Served with Ham

    Are you making a ham for the Holidays? Try this favorite recipe of mine for a special sauce to serve along with it. It is easy, special and good. Ingredients 1/2 pint whipping cream, whipped stiff 1 teaspoon sugar 3 ounces bottled horseradish Directions Beat whipping cream until stiff, add sugar. Stir in horseradish. Put…

  • Old Fashioned Fruitcake

    Fruit Cake is a joke among many and I agree that there are a lot of really bad fruitcakes out there. This is a favorite recipe from my Mom’s collection and this is a really, really good fruitcake. She used to make it every Christmas and we all looked forward to it. She would actually…

  • Pecan Squares

    Pecan pie is one of my favorite desserts. This favorite recipe is almost as good as pie. The best thing about bars is that you can cut them small and sample them all! Ingredients 3 cups flour 1/2 cup sugar 1 cup butter, softened 1/2 teaspoon salt 4 eggs 1 1/2 cup light or dark…

  • Best Ever Scones

    My friend Carol is an excellent cook. Eating at her house is always a treat and any recipe she gives me soon becomes a family favorite recipe. This is her scone recipe that she claims is the “best ever”. Hers are delicious. To be honest, mine never turn our quite as good as hers. It…

  • Peanut Blossoms

    I’m sure this is many family’s favorite recipe. No collection of recipes would be complete without this old fashioned Christmas goodie. Ingredients 1 3/4 cups flour 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon soda 1/2 cup shortening 1/2 cup peanut butter 2 Tablespoons milk 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 egg Hershey’s chocolate candy kisses…

  • Grandma’s Old Fashioned Sour Cream Raisin Pie

    This pie was always a favorite of my Mom and Grandma. They both loved it and considered it the ultimate dessert. My Mom still orders sour cream raisin pie when she sees it on the menu at Baker’s Square, but she insists that hers is better! Ingredients 1 cup raisins 1/4 cup cornstrach 1/2 teaspoon…

  • Hot Mushroom Dip

    This is a delicious and easy favorite recipe of mine for a mushroom dip. You can vary the flavor by the variety of mushroom you use. It’s a real crowd pleaser. Ingredients 1 pound sliced mushrooms 3 Tablespoons butter 1 cup sour cream 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 onion, finely chopped 2 Tablespoons flour 1/2 teaspoon…

  • COPIA Hot Chocolate

    COPIA was a center for wine, food and arts in Napa, CA. Unfortunately it is now closed. I was there a few years ago on Valentine’s Day and the focus was chocolate. We went to a chocolate class and tasted many degrees of chocolate. In my opinion, the darker the better. This is a favorite…

  • Grandma’s Old Fashioned Red Velvet Cake

    Red Velvet Cake is making a comeback. This was the recipe that my Grandma and my Mom used to make. It was always a favorite recipe of ours. These directions are a bit odd, but I am posting just as the original recipe reads. Cake Ingredients 1 cup shortening (they always used Crisco) 1 1/2…