Category: desserts
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Hot Milk Sponge Cake
My husband loves cake. If it has fruit on it all the better. For years I would make angel food cake and serve it topped with berries and ice cream or whipped cream. Then we found this great Hot Milk Sponge Cake recipe in a 1973 printing of Better Homes and Gardens Cook Book.…
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Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies
Everyone has a food that is hard to resist. Mine is cookies. It doesn’t really matter what kind I love them. The problem is that I can’t usually stop with just one, and this “Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookie” recipe is no different. It has two of my favorite ingredients, CHOCOLATE and NUTS. Oh,ya!! They have cake…
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Bread Pudding With Pecan Topping
When I was growing up my mother made a recipe called “Crumb Pudding” and I always thought it was the same as “Bread Pudding”. I was way wrong! Totally different. Don’t get me wrong Crumb Pudding is wonderful and I will have to post it another time. I wanted to make Bread Pudding and see…
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Pecan Thumbprints
I think Pecan Thumbprints are one the prettiest cookies. They are so easy to make and they turn out beautiful. I like mine filled with Butter Cream frosting, but some people prefer jelly or jam. Either way they’re yummy. Pecan Thumbprints 2/3 cup Butter 1/3 cup Sugar 2 egg yolks 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 teaspoon…
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Snicker Cookie Bars
I enjoy Snicker bars. Halloween is the only time of year that I buy enough candy to make this recipe. These Snicker cookie bars are kind of like short bread and not supper sweet. Recipe 3 cups flour 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1 cup butter 1 cup brown sugar, packed 2 eggs…