The Bread of Life

Sunday, June 26th, 2011

 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life.  Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe.  Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and anyone who […]

Cold Weather Recipes

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

It’s cold outside and now would be a good time to have a nice warm treat.  Maybe a slice of warm homemade bread or a cup of tea and a handful of quick no bake cookies.  The first recipe is my Grandma Lawson’s Cottage Cheese Bread.  And no, it doesn’t taste like cottage cheese. Another […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Frost Is On The Pumpkin

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Not really, but it will be soon.  Pumpkins are part of our autumn season.  Harvest. Halloween. Thanksgiving.  The Rockville Covered Bridge Festival.  Today I’m going to share two of my recipes for pumpkin bread.  These recipes are from the ladies of Casa Grande, Arizona.  These come from the book that my friend Jeannie Vestal gave […]

Challah

Monday, September 15th, 2008

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 […]

Mexican Corn Bread

Monday, September 8th, 2008

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 […]