This category feature recipes that have been passed down through generations of a family, with stories and anecdotes about the family members who made them.
Easy Rum Balls (NoāBake Chocolate Christmas Treat) From Office Cookie Swap to Midnight Fridge Raids šš„ If thereās one plate that vanishes fastest at any December cookie exchange, itās the glossy pile of easy rum ballsāthe grownāup truffle that tastes like brownie batter met a splash of holiday spirit. These biteāsize sweets come together in…
OldāFashioned Lemon Rice Pudding (Southern Baked CustardāStyle) Ā Recreating Mamaās Sunday Supper Dessert š Mom never measured when she made rice puddingāsheād eye leftover Sunday rice, crack āabout six eggs,ā and scent the custard with a splash of Watkins lemon flavoring. When the casserole emerged from the oven, the top was bronzed like crĆØme brĆ»lĆ©e and…
Red Velvet Cool Whip Cookies (3āIngredient CakeāMix Crinkles) TikTokās Easiest Crinkle Cookie Goes Scarlet š Scroll Facebook or TikTok long enough and youāll stumble on Cool Whip cookies: one egg, a tub of whipped topping, a box of cake mix, rolled in powdered sugar. Thatās it. No butter to soften, no dough to chill, barely…
Huckleberry Cherry Flag Pie (AllāButter Crust Patriotic Dessert) When Two Mountain Berries Salute Old Glory šŗšø If summer had an official aroma where I grew up in Idaho, it would be huckleberries simmering with sugar on the stove. Add fresh cherry juice and youāve got the filling that anchors this Huckleberry Cherry Flag Pieāa patriotic…
American Flag Berry Pie (Patriotic BlueberryāStrawberry Dessert) A Sweet Salute to Independence Day šŗšø Fireworks pop, the grillās still warm, and the last chorus of āGod Bless Americaā drifts across the backyard. Thatās when I bring out the American Flag Berry Pie, and conversation turns to pure applause. Half blueberry, half strawberry, all wrapped in…
No Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies (PeanutāFree Option!) Ā Grandmaās 10āMinute Christmas Classic Every December, while the fudge cooled on the porch, Grandma kept the stove busy with no bake chocolate oatmeal cookiesāsweet little haystacks of cocoaālaced oats that set firm enough to stack in gift tins by the fire. The best part? No oven to monopolize…
Lemon Meringue Pie with Condensed Milk Ā Sunshine on a Plate The very first pie I ever baked solo was a lemon meringueāand I almost torched it. My teenage self cranked the broiler to āvolcanic,ā walked away, and returned to peaks the color of charcoal briquettes. The kitchen smelled like campfire lemonade for days. Thankfully, Grandma…
Coconut Cream Pie with MileāHigh Meringue A Slice of SundayāDinner Nostalgia Thereās something about a coconut cream pie crowned with golden peaks of meringue that turns grownāups into giddy kids again. Maybe itās the way the custard smells like Grandmaās kitchen in midāJuly, or how the first forkful sends toasted coconut snowflakes drifting onto your…
Soft Hungarian Kifli Rolls Easy CrescentāShaped Yeast Bread The aroma of soft Hungarian kifli rolls can transport me straight back to my greatāgrandmaās tiny Galician kitchenāeven though I never actually set foot there. She passed the recipe down to Grandma, Grandma passed the bentāedge index card to Mom, and last week Mom slid it across…
Easy Sourdough Discard Crackers The first time yeast disappeared from grocery shelves, I stared at my dwindling stash like it was buried treasure. Thatās when Jill Wingerās āsimple sourdough crackersā (pageĀ 179 of The Prairie Homestead Cookbook) rode in like a Kentucky cavalry charge and saved the day. Three days into nurturing my very first starterāstill…
