This is a good recipe to have made up now that the weather is getting a bit cooler. This bread will have you looking forward to a break with a cup of java or tea and a slice of nutty goodness. It comes from one of my mother’s friends, Mable Legg and is from the 1960s when […]
Nothing of my needlework files remain. You can read more about that in this post. This includes sewing, knitting, crochet, machine embroidery and all sorts of stuff missing. I would love to have your help with links to sites with free patterns as I cannot afford to buy much right now. I will leave you […]
This is a bread recipe from Jewish Cookery by Leah W. Leonard. According to Amazon, this book contains the dishes your mother used to make, from the cookbook your grandmother brought over from the old country. CHALLAH Makes 2 loaves 8 cups flour 1 tblsp salt 1 tblsp sugar 4 tblsp vegetable shortening 2 cups hot […]
This recipe comes from one of those cookbooks that are put together by churches and organizations as fund raisers. I no longer have the cookbook, so I don’t know what group put it out. I was bad and cut out the recipes that I really liked and passed the book on to someone else. This […]
It’s a little early yet, but time seems to have a way of flying. Soon the harvest season and then Thanksgiving will be upon us. This Pumpkin Bread recipe is one that I cut from some unknown magazine many years ago. You can make it in a loaf pan, but I like to make mini loaves. […]
The dog days of summer are about over now, but it’s still not too late to make up a batch of freezer punch. I’m back digging through the memories in my recipe box. Mom Otero gave me this recipe when I was in college in Joplin, Missouri. She was one of the dorm moms at […]
I’m going to share another recipe from my box. This recipe was given to me by a friend from Bible college. Toot Walls was not only a good friend to me, but also the mother of my daughter’s good friend. I miss you, Toot. It’s starting to get cold here on my island, so I’m […]
I moved a year ago this month and just today found my cookbooks and my special recipe box. That box is chock full of memories as well as recipes. Some of them are from family members, nurses, one of my mother’s friends, friends from Bible college, recipes from restaurants and minor celebrities, recipes from newspapers, […]