Recipes

Aug 10

Fresh Peach Tart

Frozen puff pastry is easily found in the supermarket freezer section. For fun variations to this recipe, substitute 1 cup fresh blueberries for 1 cup of the peaches. Or sprinkle ¼ cup finely chopped pecans on top of the tart before baking. Or, sprinkle ¼ cup fresh raspberries and another 1 tablespoon sugar on top [...]

Jul 27

Chocolate Mint Ice Cream Cake

Nothing soothes the summer palate better than ice cream. And nothing is more in sync with summer’s relaxed approach to baking than a do-ahead ice cream cake you stash in the freezer for up to a week before serving. We love Chocolate Mint Ice Cream Cake, but if you’re not a fan of mint use [...]

Jul 22

Heirloom Tomato Gazpacho

Gazpacho may be stored in the fridge, but for best flavor serve it at room temperature. Choose ripe, locally grown tomatoes. These local, heirloom tomatoes, such as Cherokee Purple, begin dark green with more chlorophyll and ripen into splotchy red tomatoes that are sweeter, have more flavor, and contain more oxidant-fighting carotenoids, says DiscoveryNews.com, than perfectly [...]

Jul 02

Julia’s Chilled Zucchini Soup

Read more about cold soups and the origins of this recipe here.

Jun 21

Lemon Poke Cake

Perfect for summertime baking, this lemon cake can be baked the night before when the kitchen is cooler or at the last-minute. We like it with fresh raspberries and blackberries or with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. It is loved by all ages. This recipe calls for my Old-Fashioned Yellow Mix. You can buy the [...]

May 25

Peanut Butter Chocolate Bars

This is one of our family’s favorite recipes. My girls used to beg me to bake these bars, and now they bake them on their own! It is that perfect combination of crunchy peanut butter cookie-like crust and gooey chocolate filling. Eaten warm, they are unbelievably decadent. And when allowed to cool, they are still [...]

Apr 26

Almond Cream Cheese Pound Cake

This is a terrific, all-purpose pound cake recipe. Notice the added flour because the 18.25-ounce cake mixes are now 16.5 ounces. If you want to turn this into a lemon pound cake, substitute 1 tablespoon grated fresh lemon zest (from one large lemon) for the almond extract and use the juice from the lemon for [...]

Apr 06

Last-Minute Coconut Cake

Use your favorite white cake for this recipe, whether it be from scratch or from a mix. I use my yellow cake mix and turn it white by adding egg whites and sour cream. A great coconut cake needs coconut flavor in the cake, so add ½ teaspoon coconut extract. And the frosting, too, is [...]

Mar 14

My Buttermilk Chess Pie

Based on my grandmother Mur’s recipe, this is the pie I tote to Thanksgiving dinner and the go-to pie when berries and peaches aren’t in season. It is simple and delicious, based on just eggs, butter, sugar, buttermilk, a little cornmeal, and a pie crust. So simple, so the story goes, that the first baker [...]

Feb 14

Easy Brownie Cookies

For a perfect shape, allow the dough to chill 1 hour before scooping into balls and baking. These cookies are delicious and very chocolatey. Feel free to add a pinch of cinnamon or ground espresso powder to the dough. Or, you could add a pinch of cinnamon to the confectioners’ sugar before rolling the cookie [...]

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