Preparing for the Holidays

Saturday, October 25th, 2008

Take a break from your sewing and spend a couple days baking.  Get the baked goods out of the way early.  You can freeze cookies and pies prior to baking.  You can also freeze them after they’re baked and then when Thanksgiving and Christmas roll around, you’re ahead of the game.  Here’s a few recipes […]

Covered Bridge Bonus

Friday, October 17th, 2008

I’m sharing two of the recipes that I used for my Covered Bridge Festival baking.  My grandmother mostly baked pies, but I was the cookie and bread queen.  These cookies were big sellers.  They were not the run of the mill cookies. Most first time visitors had never tasted them before.  Especially the persimmon.  PERSIMMON […]

From The Recipe Box

Monday, October 13th, 2008

This is a another recipe from Mother’s friend, Mabel Legg. APRICOT BREAD 1 cup apricots Soak for 30 minutes in warm water.  Drain and cut the apricots into 1/4 inch pieces.  Set aside. 1 cup sugar 2 tbsp soft butter 1 egg Mix together and add 1/4 cup water 1/2 cup orange juice Sift together […]