Category: desserts
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Apple Cake and Dip
It is that time of year when wonderful fruits and vegetables are harvested. We love new crop apples. They are sweet, crisp and it’s time to bake with them. This recipe is another old one of my mother’s. I don’t know it’s origin. I just remember how much I loved it when she baked it. My…
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Crunch Top Salad
For years my husband and I made fun of jello salads, basically banning them from any dinner party. Growing up in Utah at the time we did it was at every dinner family or church. Then we found this recipe. “Crunch Top Salad” It is more like dessert than a salad. It is now a…
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Coconut Cream Pie
It really is too bad that we like desserts so much. It makes it terribly hard to resist such great recipes when trying to loose weight. Here is Great Grandma’s (my mom’s) favorite pie recipe. “Coconut Cream” 3/4 cup sugar 1/3 cup flour 1/4 tsp salt 2 cups milk 3 eggs separated 2 tbsp butter…
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Lemon Squares
I love to make new and different things when we go to parties at my in-laws. The first time I took lemon squares I did not bring any home. They are the most requested item when I am in charge of bringing dessert. I have even given them to my father-in-law for his birthday, as…
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German Chocolate Cake
In our kitchen you can never have too many onions, garlic or “NUTS”, in particular pecans. “German Chocolate Cake” is one of those recipes that calls for lots of nuts. Well at least the frosting does.