Category : Desserts

Cherry Chiffon Gelatin

I've made this recipe so often, I can hardly read the card any longer. It's a beautiful salad or dessert, but beware. Once you've...

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Salty-Sweet Peanut Treat

Who knew slow cooking could transform chocolate, peanuts and pretzels? When the clusters are done, we tuck them into mini muffin papers...

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Mom’s Soft Raisin Cookies

With four sons in service during World War II, my mother sent these favorite cookies as a taste from home to "her boys"...

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Cashew-Pecan Pie Bars

A buttery shortbread crust is covered with a rich maple flavored topping that is just loaded with pecans and cashews. A little piece...

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Blood Orange Caramel Tarte Tatin

I never had blood oranges until I moved to California. The orange’s growing season is pretty short, so I use them in everything I...

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Crisp Graham Cookies

I was delighted to find the recipe for these fun cookies. The peanut butter makes them extra special.

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Gooey Peanut Butter-Chocolate Cake

Here in Wisconsin, winter weather is extreme. A hot dessert is just the thing to warm us up. This slow-cooked chocolate cake gets...

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Spiced Sherry Cake

My mother received this recipe from a friend years ago when fluted tube pans first became popular. The cake lasts a few days in the...

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Crisp Chocolate Chip Cookies

A friend gave me this recipe quite a while ago, and I like to make them for our five children and 18 grandkids. If you don't want...

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Very Blueberry Clafouti

This blueberry clafouti is somewhere between a fruit-filled pancake and a fruity egg custard. Wrong season for fresh berries? Use...

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Italian Holiday Cookies

Many of our holiday traditions center around the foods my mother made while I was growing up. These cookies, which we called "Strufoli",...

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M&M & Pretzel Cookies

Kids and grown-ups adore these sweet, chewy and crunchy cookies. Add more candy for M&M's lovers, or toss in a few additional pretzels...

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