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.
Cast-Iron Sugar Cookies with Royal Icing I decided to try out a new sugar cookie recipe today, and I’m really happy with how it turned out. The cookies came out great after about 13 minutes in the oven—nice and soft but still held their shape. I used a cast-iron pan for these, which gave them…
Classic Christmas Cookies: Sugar, Thumbprint, and Cream Cheese My Favorite Holiday Cookie Recipes Baking cookies is one of my favorite things to do during the holidays. There’s just something about filling the house with the smell of fresh cookies and spending time in the kitchen that makes the season feel extra special. I always find…
3 Christmas Cookie Recipes You’ll Love Baking is such a big part of the holiday season for me. Every year, I make a big variety of cookies (at least 10 different kinds!), but there are always a few that I have to bake because they’ve been family favorites for years. Today, I’m sharing three of…
Mom’s Old-Fashioned Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal No-Bake Cookies Who still makes these Old-Fashioned Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal No-Bake Cookies like our mother taught us? I’m telling you, this recipe brings back all the memories. No baking, no hassle, just pure, simple goodness. And seriously, it’s one of the easiest recipes out there! These cookies are…
Homemade Tomato Dumplings: A Cherished Family Recipe Tomato Dumplings: A Family Tradition My mama always made tomato dumplings, and we loved them! No one else we know has ever made them or heard of them. We lost my mama in September, and I decided to make some during the cold, snowy evening last night for…
Grandma’s and Mama’s Homemade Tomato Soup Made my grandma’s and my Mama’s homemade tomato soup recipe tonight out of my tomatoes we canned my mama use to make this for me when I was a kid and my grandma use to make this for my mama when she was a kid. Ingredients I used home…
Moist Carrot Cake with Pineapple and Cream Cheese Frosting CARROT CAKE RECIPE Carrot cake! I haven’t baked this in 25 years! It’s an old recipe. Here is the recipe! Ingredients: In large bowl, combine and set in refrigerator: 1 8-ounce can crushed pineapple (drained) 3 cups shredded, cleaned, and shredded carrots Wet ingredients: beat until…
Fried Green Tomatoes Another simple southern recipe. I think my mom and I make our fried green tomatoes differently. Ingredients: Green tomatoes Flour Salt Pepper Vegetable oil Instructions: Slice green tomatoes. Try to be consistent as it will help with cooking. Get a plate and put quite a bit of flour on it. Add salt…
Traditional Apple Rolls Recipe: Passed Down for Generations An old family “recipe”. Apple rolls! My Mom entered it in a name brand flour contest in the ‘70’s. She got 3rd place. Her main problem was, nothing had ever been measured, just copied from generation to generation. Ingredients: 3 pie crusts (I use butter instead of…
Depression-Era Water Pie with a Twist Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups water 1 9” pie crust (store-bought or homemade) 1 cup sugar (white or brown, I used brown today) 1/4 cup flour 2 teaspoons vanilla extract (or other flavoring, I used 1 tablespoon for extra flavor) 5 tablespoons butter, cut into pats Chopped pecans (optional, my…
