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Cranberry Sauce
This one is so super simple! Cranberries pretty much make their own jellied consistency. I will be making Christmas jam with strawberries and cranberries shortly after Thanksgiving, too. I love it as gifts for teachers and friends with a loaf of cranberry orange bread. Here is my Thanksgiving Day Cranberry Sauce recipe. 12 ounce package…
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Pumpkin Pie
This is a must every year at our house. First, I will give you the basic recipe that I use… this particular photo is one I took from our family reunion cookbook I put together a few years ago. We self published it through a local printing company and sold them to raise money to…
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My Aunt Dorothy’s Squash Dressing
* 1 pan of basic cornbread (I leave the sugar out of the recipe I shared below) – about 3 to 4 cups crumbled * 1 stick of butter * about 1 cup of Trinity (2 parts onion to one part bell pepper and one part celery) * 3 cups cooked zucchini…
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S’more Pie
I know I make a lot of chocolate pies. My family really likes them. This was inspired by the classic marshmallow roasting tradition we share when we go camping with our family or scouts. The fact that I found out how to make Marshmallow Cream Meringue made this one a must. It has all the…
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A Pumpkin Pie Breakfast Smoothie
All this talk of pie has me in the kitchen exploring a different kind of smoothie recently. What if you could get the taste of pumpkin pie in your healthy breakfast beverage? Here is what I came up with. Load your blender with… 2-3 frozen peeled bananas 1/4 to 1/3 cup pumpkin puree (the more…
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Pie Crust 101
Let’s start with the recipe… This recipe was shared by my Pie, Cakes, Pastry class culinary instructor and is the simplest and most flavorful I have used. Chef New’s Recipe 1 cup flour (AP flour) 1/3 cup shortening or ( I used 3 Tbsp butter and 3 Tbsp shortening) 2-3 Tbsp ice water or just…